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Sankalp Yatra of New India  Cover Story

        KEDARNATH DHAM                                                          75




        RECONSTRUCTION
        Due to the terrible disaster in 2013,
        the pilgrimage town of Kedarnath
        Dham was devastated. The central
        government has now renovated
        it under the leadership of Prime
        Minister Narendra Modi.
        n  The Saraswati Aastha Path and the security
           wall around the Ghat, the Mandakini Aastha
           Path, the Tirtha Purohit Griha, and the
           Garuda Chatti Bridge over the Mandakini
           River are among the infrastructure projects
           completed in Kedarnath. These projects
           have cost more than Rs 130 crore to
           complete.
        n  The Samadhi of Sri Adi Shankaracharya,
           which was destroyed in the 2013 floods,
           was rebuilt.
        n  PM Modi laid the foundation for a number
           of projects totaling more than Rs 180
           crore, including the Medical and Tourist
           Facilitation Centre, Administrative Office
           and Hospital, Two Guest Houses, Police
           Station, Command and Control Centre,
           Mandakini Aastha Path Queue Management
           and Rain Shelter, and Saraswati Nagrik
           Suvidha Bhavan.

           76     RESTORATION OF SOMNATH TEMPLE



          The Somnath Samudra Darshan Path, the Somnath Exhibition Center, and the renovated temple complex of Old
         (Juna) Somnath were all inaugurated on August 20, 2021, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During the event, the
                          Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone for the Shri Parvati Temple.

         n  Juna Somnath temple complex development             and "Solid Waste Management," were completed
           includes access ramps, courtyards, pilgrim seating   and dedicated to the nation in July 2020.
           arrangements, 15 shops, lifts, and two large halls.   n  Samudra Darshan Path was built under the Central
           Shree Somnath Trust invested Rs 3.5 crore in this    Government's "PRASHAD" scheme, with the
           project.                                             natural beauty of Somnath in mind.
         n  The Ministry of Tourism approved the PRASHAD     n   On January 21, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra
           scheme project for the development of pilgrimage     Modi inaugurated the Somnath Circuit House. This
           facilities in Somnath, Gujarat in March 2017. This   structure has been designed in such a way that
           project cost Rs 45.36 crore to complete. The         guests will have a "sea view." That is, when people
           project's various components, such as "Parking       sit quietly in their rooms, they will be able to see
           Area Development," "Tourist Facilitation Center,"    the waves of the sea and the peak of Somnath.


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