New Delhi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi right this moment inaugurated India’s longest cable-stayed bridge in Gujarat’s Dwarka.

The ‘Sudarshan Setu’, connecting Okha and Beyt Dwarka island, has been constructed at the price of Rs 979 crore. PM Modi had laid the muse stone of the two.3 km-long bridge in October 2017, saying that it’ll function a hyperlink between outdated and new Dwarka.

“The four-lane 27.20 metre broad bridge has 2.50 metre broad footpaths on either side,” an official launch stated. Sudarshan Setu boasts a singular design, that includes a footpath adorned with verses from the Bhagavad Gita and pictures of Lord Krishna on either side. 

The bridge, which was often called ‘Signature Bridge’, has been renamed as ‘Sudarshan Setu’ or Sudarshan Bridge. Beyt Dwarka is an island close to Okha port, which is almost 30 km from Dwarka city, the place the well-known Dwarkadhish temple of Lord Krishna is located.

PM Modi will even supply prayers at Dwarkadhish temple earlier than addressing a big gathering close by.

The Prime Minister this afternoon will even inaugurate Gujarat’s first All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rajkot.

Moreover the Rajkot AIIMS, the prime minister will even just about inaugurate 4 different newly-built AIIMS in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

The 5 super-speciality hospitals, together with the one in Rajkot, have been constructed by the Centre at the price of Rs 6,300 crore

PM Modi can also be anticipated to participate in a mega roadshow within the metropolis this night.