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Sankalp Yatra of New India Cover Story

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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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