PM Modi Inaugurates 23 Projects Near Statue of Unity

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 23 projects and laid foundation stones for eight more in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat, on 31 October 2026. The projects represent a combined investment of ₹426.71 crore, with ₹307.83 crore for completed works and ₹118.88 crore for upcoming projects. They are intended to develop tourism and civic infrastructure around the Statue of Unity.

Tourism and civic infrastructure

New attractions include a ₹50-crore Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation hotel, the ₹16-crore Ekta Cruise, a ₹14.30-crore rainforest attraction and a ₹3.67-crore Eco-Trail. Modi also inaugurated the Ekta Prakash Parv heritage display, campus exterior lighting and an upgraded Unity Glow Garden.

Visitor facilities include ₹28.22-crore travelators, a 24-metre colony road, two nine-metre air-conditioned electric buses and an extended walkway linking Ekta Nagar railway station with the Visitor Centre. A ₹45.53-crore sewage treatment plant, ₹21.40-crore water treatment plant and ₹23.81-crore parade track were also inaugurated.

Projects announced and Rashtriya Ekta Diwas

Upcoming works include the ₹59.32-crore Gora-Bhanadra Road, a ₹36.58-crore Smart Zero Waste integrated waste management facility, Khalwani Bridge, a cactus and butterfly garden, Khalwani Eco-Tourism development, Vaghadia Road widening and a disaster control room for the Sardar Sarovar Dam. Modi paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 151st birth anniversary, observed as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas.

Important Facts for Exams

• Treatment stages: Ekta Nagar’s sewage-treatment project relates to a process that commonly uses primary and secondary stages, with tertiary treatment adding polishing and nutrient removal.
• Particle removal: For the Ekta Nagar water-treatment project, coagulants can neutralise suspended particles, helping them aggregate into floc that can be removed by sedimentation and filtration.
• Passenger access: The travelators listed for Ekta Nagar are moving walkways: slow-moving conveyors that carry people across horizontal or inclined routes over short to medium distances.