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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Ahmedabad on Friday morning on a two-day Gujarat visit. During his Gujarat visit, PM Modi is scheduled to launch a host of projects, including the seaplane service between Kevadiya and Ahmedabad.
This is PM Modi’s first visit to Gujarat since the coronavirus outbreak in March-end.
PM Modi visited the family of former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel in Gandhinagar. The 92-year-old BJP stalwart died in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning due to prolonged illness. PM Modi on Thursday paid rich tributes to Patel through a series of tweets and said the veteran leader had mentored and groomed many younger workers, including him.
PM Modi avisited to residence of Gujarat’s megastar, singer Naresh Kanodia and Mahesh Kanodia and paid tributes to both of them. PM earlier tweeted and paid tributes to both Kanodia brothers and said it was a loss.
The PM then left for Kevadiya in Narmada district where he inaugurated ‘Arogya Van’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a tour of ‘Arogya Van’ after its inauguration. The park has hundreds of medicinal plants and herbs and also provides information about their usage and importance.
During his trip, PM Modi will pay tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the ‘Statue of Unity’ near Kevadiya on the occasion of birth anniversary of the first Home Minister of independent India on October 31.
PM Modi will first inaugurate the Sardar Patel Zoological Park, popularly known as Jungle Safari, developed near the 182-metre tall “Statue of Unity” which is dedicated to the “Iron Man” of India.
The zoo houses wild animals and birds brought from all over the world.
Later, PM Modi will inaugurate a boat service which would operate in the Narmada river between the statue and Shreshth Bharat Bhavan, around 4km away, according to the schedule.
The PM is expected to take a boat ride after the inauguration of the service, the official said.
PM Modi will also inaugurate Ekta Mall near the statue where tourists can buy handicraft items brought from all over the country.
Later on 31st October afternoon, the PM would launch the seaplane service connecting Kevadiya and Ahmedabad. A water aerodrome having a floating platform has been built in a lake near the Sardar Sarovar Dam, the official told.
The PM would board a seaplane from the lake and reach the Sabarmati Riverfront. He will then wind up his visit and leave for New Delhi, said the official.
