Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in connection with the project that the world famous statue of Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who united India in Kevadia, Statue of Unity has been established.
Lakhs of devotees and tourists visit here. It has become not only a tourist place but also a place of inspiration, which is inspiring us for the unity and integrity of the country. Direct rail connectivity from Rewa in the state will provide special facility to the people of Vindhya region to visit Kevadia. For this I congratulate and thank the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
Union Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Chief Ministers of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, MP, Rewa Janardan Mishra, MP Rajamani Patel, MLA Rewa Rajendra Shukla etc were present in the video conferencing. Additional Chief Secretary Home SN Mishra, DRM Udaya Borwankar, Principal Secretary Manish Rastogi etc. were present in the video conference at CM House.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that Kevadiya is realizing the vision of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who is responsible for the unification of India and who gave India the mantra of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. It is presenting a beautiful picture of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. This is probably for the first time in the history of railways that so many trains are being started from different corners of the country for one destination simultaneously. It is also realizing the mission of Indian Railways that is uniting India. Today, a new chapter of unity integrity of the country has been written here. A miniature India will appear in Kevadiya.
Modi was launching the Dabhoi-Chandod Aman converted broad gauge rail line, Chandod-Kevadia new broad gauge rail line, Pratapnagar-Kevadia newly electrified rail section and new station buildings of Dabhoi Junction, Chandod and Kevadia through video conferencing on
Sunday.
Along with this, Prime Minister Modi and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan flagged off (virtually), Varanasi Junction-Kevadia Express, Dadar-Kevadia Express, Ahmedabad-Kevadia Jan Shatabdi Express, Hazrat Nizamuddin-Kevadia Express, Rewa-Kevadia Express, Chennai-Kevadia Express, Pratapnagar-Kevadia Memu and Kevadia-Pratapnagar Memu.
