Indian Railways To Provide Pan-India Connectivity To Statue Of Unity, To Start Express And Memu Trains
by Arun Kumar Das - Jan 15, 2021 04:51 AM
A view of Statue of Unity. (@pavnkaushik/Twitter)
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With this, the Statue of Unity at Kevadiya, built at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore, the tallest in the world, will be added to the railway map of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi would flag off six express trains including a Jan Shatabdi Express from Varanasi, Dadar, Nizamuddin, Rewa, Chennai and Ahmedabad for Kevadia, the place of the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, through video conferencing on 17 January.
Read more about PM Narendra Modi to e-inaugurate railway station near Statue of Unity on Business Standard. CM Rupani said the PM would flag off eight trains from Kevadia, some 195 kilometres from here, during the virtual function on Sunday
Night curfew extended in Gujarat s Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot for next 15 days
Night curfew extended in Gujarat s Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot for next 15 days
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani said the night curfew after 10 pm will continue for 15 more days in all four cities. There will be no relaxation for now, as there is a drastic decrease in new cases because of curfew, he said.
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Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Friday announced that night curfew will remain in place in four major cities of the state for the next 15 days as a precautionary measure even as fresh cases of coronavirus are on decline in the state.
PM to inaugurate railway line connecting Kevadia
January 15, 2021
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To flag off eight trains to reach Statue of Unity from different parts of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday will inaugurate a railway line connecting Vadodara and Kevadia home to world’s tallest statue Statue of Unity.
The e-inauguration will also be attended by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, a statement said on Friday.
Opening of the railway line will boost tourism for the region and help to achieve a target of one lakh daily visitors to the Statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Kevadia station has been placed as a B-grade railway station in the Indian Railway network. This enables travellers from across the country to have train connectivity straight to this Eighth Wonder of the World as pronounced by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Read more about Indian Army soft-pedals light tank of DRDO-L&T for China border on Business Standard. L&T is looking to complete delivery of its contract for 100 K-9 Vajra tracked guns by February, well ahead of schedule