Modi@9:
From new Parliament to Statue of Unity, the wonders India got under PM
India got its
new Parliament building
on 28 May, two days prior to when Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on his second term in 2019.
The new Sansad is just one of the many architectural marvels India has received since
Modi
came to power.
It is bigger and high-tech with a built-up area of about
65,000 sq metres.
The Modi government earlier renamed
Rajpath
, formerly known as Kingsway, to
Kartavya Path.
India Gate's Grand Canopy, once graced by King George V's statue, now proudly hosts a towering 28-feet statue of
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
In October 2022, the Prime Minister Modi also inaugurated the magnificent
"Shri Mahakal Corridor"
in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
During last year's Hanuman Jayanti celebration, Modi presented Gujarat with a towering 108-foot statue of
Lord Hanuman.
Prime Minister inaugurated the remarkable
Kashi Vishwanath Corridor
in December 2021.
The project seamlessly connects the revered
Kashi Vishwanath Temple
in Varanasi to the ghats of the
sacred Ganga.
The corridor, dubbed the prime minister's
"dream project,"
spans more than 5000 hectares.
In November 2021, he also unveiled the 12-foot statue of
Guru Adi Shankaracharya
at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand.
A 35-tonne Shankaracharya statue was constructed at the
seer's samadhi sthal
in Uttarakhand.
The all-weather
Atal tunnel
in Himachal Pradesh was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October 2020.
It was recognised as the
world’s longest single-tube highway
at this height by the World Book of Records, London, in February last year.
In December 2018, PM inaugurated the 4.94-km-long
Bogibeel Bridge
over the mighty Brahmaputra in Assam, giving India its longest rail-cum-road bridge.
It is the
second-longest
such structure in Asia.
In October 2018, Narendra Modi inaugurated the
Statue of Unity,
a 182-metre giant structure built in honour of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Gujarat.
It is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty in the United States and holds the
world record
for the tallest statue.
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