Ahmedabad: At a public function in Dwarka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the Sudarshan Setu connecting Okha mainland and Beyt Dwarka island near the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat.
Built at a cost of around Rs 980 crore, the Sudarshan Setu is the longest Cable-stayed bridge in the country of around 2.32 km.
Sudarshan Setu boasts a unique design, featuring a footpath adorned with verses from Shrimad Bhagavad Gita and images of Lord Krishna on both sides.
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It also has solar panels installed on the upper portions of the footpath, generating one megawatt of electricity. In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office said, “This bridge will ease the transportation and significantly reduce the time of devotees travelling between Dwarka and Beyt-Dwarka. Before the bridge’s construction, pilgrims had to rely on boat transport to reach Beyt Dwarka. This iconic bridge will also serve as a major tourist attraction of Devbhumi Dwarka.”
The Prime Minister will also dedicate a pipeline project at Vadinar involving replacement of existing offshore lines, abandoning existing Pipeline End Manifold (PLEM), and relocating the entire system (pipelines, the PLEMs and the interconnecting loop line) at a nearby new location.
Modi will dedicate Rajkot-Okha, Rajkot-Jetalsar-Somnath and Jetalsar-Wansjaliya Rail Electrification projects to the nation.
Modi will lay foundation stone of the widening of the Dhoraji-Jamkandorna-Kalavad section of NH-927D; Regional Science Center at Jamnagar; Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) system installation at Sikka Thermal Power Station, Jamnagar among others.
Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Prime Minister is in a foundation stone laying and inaugurating spree. Earlier in the week, Modi was in Jammu where he inaugurated and dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 32,000 crores.
Later, he laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 13,500 crores in Gujarat’s Mehsana district.
