PM Modi to participate in Vallabhbhai Patel birth anniversary events in Gujarat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in a series of events in Gujarat's Kevia this week to commemorate birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and inaugurate various projects, including a seaplane service connecting 'Statue of Unity' with Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedab.

Modi will offer floral tributes at 'Statue of Unity' in Kevia, minister 'Ekta Pledge' and witness 'Ekta Diwas Pare' on occasion of Patel's birth anniversary on October 31, Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.

As a part of integrated development of Kevia, Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate various projects on October 30 and 31, it said.se include flag-off of Ekta Cruise Service to Statue of Unity, inauguration of Ekta Mall and Children Nutrition Park re, statement ded.

Through Ekta Cruise Service one can experience viewing of Statue of Unity through ferry boat service from Shrestha Bharat Bhavan to Statue of Unity by covering a distance of six kilometres, ded a statement from PMO. 

40-minute ride can be covered by a boat which can ferry 200 passengers at a time. New Gora Bridge is built especially for operation of ferry service. Ekta Mall displays a diverse range of handicrafts and tritional items from all over India symbolising unity in diversity and is spre over 35,000 sq ft.

mall consists of 20 emporia each representing a specific state in India and is built in just 110 days.

Children Nutrition Park is world's first-ever techlogy driven nutrition park for children and is spre over an area of 35,000 square feet. A Nutri Train runs across park to various exciting me-based stations, namely ‘Phalshaka Griham’, ‘Payonagari’, ‘Annapoorna’, ‘Poshan Puran’, and ‘Swastha Bharatam’, statement ded.

It will raise nutritional awareness through various edutainment activities like Mirror Maze, 5D Virtual reality atre and Augmented reality games, it ded.

Prime Minister Modi will unveil website of Statue of Unity in all UN official langus and will launch Kevia App, at Unity Glow Garden, statement ded.

prime minister will also launch seaplane service connecting Statue of Unity in Kevia with Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedab. prime minister will dress probationers of Indian Civil Services at Lal Bahur Shastri National Acemy of ministration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, through a video conference from Kevia.

This is part of integrated foundation course 'Aarambh' launched in 2019, statement said.

Aarambh is an initiative to bring all probationers of All India Service, Group-A Central Service and Foreign Service toger for a Common Foundation Course (CFC) with vision to break silos of departments and services from very beginning of career of a civil servant.

Aarambh aims at making civil servants capable of leing transformation and work seamlessly across departments and fields.

This year, second edition of Aarambh 2020 is taking place in LBSNAA from October 14 to 31, in which 428 Officers Trainees from eighteen Services and three Royal Bhutan Services are participating.

However, due to prevailing pandemic situation, this year Aarambh 2020 is a virtual one, with chosen me as “Governance in India @100”. 

(IM CREDITS:PTI)