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Infrastructure
Trains to Kevadia
TOURIST DESTINATION KEVADIA
Connecting Sardar Patel’s Statue of Unity to rest of India with 8 new trains
Trains ensure better tatue of Unity, the colossal statue of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel, is now connected to
connectivity and save time. Sdifferent regions of the country. On January
Under the leadership of 17, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off
the Prime Minister, eight eight trains facilitating seamless rail connectivity to
trains connecting different the Statue of Unity. The trains connect Kevadia in
Gujarat directly to Delhi, Varanasi, Rewa, Mumbai,
regions of the country Chennai, Pratapnagar and Ahmedabad. This will
to Kevadia in Gujarat not just add a new chapter in the development
were started. This has of Kevadia, but will also enhance tourism in the
region. What better tribute can be for Sardar
helped in ensuring railway Patel—the unifier of India.
connectivity to Kevadia, Not just this, Kevadia Station is also India’s
having the statue of Sardar first railway station to start with green building
certification.
Patel, from all directions.
Kevadia is no longer a Scripting a new chapter in Kevadia's
small block in some remote development
More than 50 Lakh visitors have come to see
area, but has come up as the Statue of Unity after it was dedicated to the
one of the biggest tourist nation. The number is steadily picking up once the
destinations of the world monument was opened to public after remaining
closed due to Corona lockdown. Keeping its
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