New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today take part in a series of events in Gujarat’s Kevadia today to commemorate the 145th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and inaugurate various projects, including a seaplane service connecting the ‘Statue of Unity’ with the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad. PM Modi will offer floral tributes at the ‘Statue of Unity’ in Kevadia, administer the ‘Ekta Pledge’ and witness the ‘Ekta Diwas Parade’ on the occasion of Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary today, which is celebrated as ‘Ekta Diwas’. At 8 am PM Modi will offer floral tributes to Sardar Patel at the Statue of Unity. He will then witness the ‘Rashtriya Ekta Diwas’ parade and address the gathering at 9 am. At around 11 am, PM Modi will address civil services probationers. This will be followed by PM Modi inaugurating the Water Aerodrome in Kevadia at 1 pm. He will also inaugurate the seaplane service (from Kevadia to Sabarmati riverfront).