PM lays foundation stone for the extension of terminal building at Surat Airport

As part of his day-long visit to Gujarat on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for extension of the terminal building at Surat Airport.

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New Delhi: As part of his day-long visit to Gujarat on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for extension of the terminal building at Surat Airport. The eco-friendly  terminal building  using solar energy and LED lighting  is being constructed at a cost of Rs.354 crore with an area of over 25,500 square metres. Once completed, it will have a peak handling capacity of over 1800 passengers. Later on Wednesday evening, the PM shall be dedicating to the nation the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial at Dandi commemorating  Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary. The memorial is a tribute to the Father of the Nation and Satygrahis led by him in Dandi march, which was a landmark moment in the freedom movement of the nation. "Tomorrow, on Bapu’s Punya Tithi, I will be in Dandi, the place from where Bapu challenged the might of colonialism. In Dandi, the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial will be dedicated to the nation. This is a tribute to Satyagrahis led by Gandhi Ji, who worked for India’s freedom," PM Modi informed n social media. “PM Modi will go to Dandi in Navsari district where he will dedicate the National Salt Satyagraha Memorial to the nation on Bapu’s death anniversary,” an official release said. “The memorial has statues of Mahatma Gandhi and 80 Satyagrahis who had marched with him during the historic Dandi Salt March. It also has 24-narrative murals depicting various events and stories from the historic 1930 Salt March,” it said. It was on this day, as a part of the Civil Disobedience Movement against the British rule, 80 Satyagrahis led by Mahatma Gandhi marched 241-miles from Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to the coastal village of Dandi and made salt from sea water breaking the Salt Law imposed by the British.