PM Modi Promises Digital Museum for Adivasi Freedom Fighters
Nationwide celebrations are planned on the occasion of PM Modi’s 67th birthday.
Celebrating his 67th birthday on 17 September, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river, saying no other project in the world has faced so many hurdles as this “engineering miracle” which many people had “conspired to stop”.
Addressing a rally 55 kms from the dam site in Dabhoi town of Vadodara district, the Prime Minister said, “Sardar Sarovar will become a symbol of India's new and emerging power and propel growth in the region ... the project is an engineering miracle.”
He also promised a museum in memory of the tribal freedom fighters who lay their lives down in the independence struggle.
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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 67 on Sunday
- He inaugurated the ambitious Sardar Sarovar Dam in Kevadia, Gujarat
- It is said to be the world’s second biggest dam
- PM Modi announced the creation digital museums dedicated to adivasi freedom fighters
- He called upon farmers to launch ‘sweet revolution’ and ‘blue revolution’
PM Modi Addresses the Sahakar Sammelan in Amerli
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon farmers to launch ‘sweet revolution’ and ‘blue revolution’ by taking up honey bee farming and optimising use of waterways for transportation.
After inaugurating the Amreli Agriculture Produce Market Committee’s new marketing yard in this Saurashtra town, Modi appealed to farmers to adopt modern practices such as drip irrigation and solar power to improve income, and pledged his government's support.
Modi Inaugurates APMC Market Yard in Amreli
PM Modi inaugurated the Agricultural Products Marketing Committee (APMC) Market yard in Gujarat’s Amreli.
Digital Museum in Memory of Adivasi Freedom Fighters: PM Modi
Invoking the memory of the Adivasi tribals who had laid down their lives during India’s struggle for freedom, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government would build digital museums as a “tribute to their bravery.”
'Work Towards New India by 2022'
Addressing a rally at Gujarat’s Dabhoi, PM Modi urged the nation to strive towards a ‘New India’ by 2022, to mark the 75th year of Independence.
Citing Sardar Vallabhai Patel and Dr Ambedkar, Modi said that the two leaders gave importance to waterways and irrigation during their stint as Ministers.
He also termed the newly-inaugurated Sardar Sarovar Dam as an “engineering miracle”, which will benefit the farmers of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
He thanked the temples in Gujarat for contributing towards the construction of the dam, at a time when the World Bank had denied funding the project.
Watch: PM Modi Addresses Rally in Dabhoi
PM Modi Reviews Statue of Unity at Kevadia
Visuals of the Newly-Inaugurated Sardar Sarovar Dam
Watch: PM Modi Inaugurates the Sardar Sarovar Dam
PM Modi to Dedicate Sardar Sarovar Dam to Nation
At an event coinciding with his 67th birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat to the nation. The event will take place at Kevadia in Narmada district. After inaugurating the dam site at Kevadia, Modi will go to Sadhu Bet, an island in the Narmada river where a 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – billed as a ‘Statue of Unity’ – and a memorial complex dedicated to the country’s first Home Minister are coming up.
Modi will then visit Amreli in Saurashtra where he will attend a host of programmes and address a public gathering. He had reached Ahmedabad last night for the inauguration, when the dam and the Sardar Sarovar statue were lit up.
Good Wishes Pour in From Across the Nation
Politicians, bureaucrats and citizens from across the country wished PM Modi on his 67th birthday.
Birthday to Be Celebrated as 'Seva Diwas'
To mark PM Modi’s 67th birthday, BJP will observe 17 September as ‘Seva Diwas’ across the country, with party leaders attending medical camps, blood donation events, and taking part in cleanliness drives.
BJP chief Amit Shah will be in Ranchi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Kirti Nagar in Delhi, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal in Chennai, and Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar in Mumbai, as part of the party’s plan to celebrate their top leaders birthday as a ‘day of service’ (Seva Diwas) across the country, according to a party leader.
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