PM Modi inaugurates Smriti Van memorial as tribute for 2001 Gujarat earthquake victims

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 28 (Sunday) inaugurated Smriti Van memorial built on the outskirts of Anjar town in Kutch district as a tribute to schoolchildren and teachers who died during the 2001 earthquake in Gujarat.

Modi is on a two-day visit to Gujarat, his home state, from August 27 during which he will take part in a host of programmes and inaugurate or lay the foundation stone of multiple development



projects.

On August 28, PM Modi is also scheduled to address a gathering in Bhuj town of Kutch district. From the same venue, he will virtually inaugurate or perform ground-breaking ceremonies for nearly 10 projects in the region.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch projects worth Rs 4,400 crore at Bhuj in Gujarat's Kutch district during the second day of his visit to the state where the Assembly elections are due later this year.