Today on Sunday if August 28th, 2022, PM Modi inaugurated the Smriti Van memorial for the victims of the Bhuj Earthquake on 2001. Today marks the end of PM’s two day visit to his home state.
Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the Smriti Van memorial built in the outskirts of Anjar town of Kutch District in Gujarat. The structure is built as a memorial for the victims of the Bhuj earthquake of 2001. The memorial gives tribute to the teachers and school children who died in the sever earthquake.
PM Modi is on his two day visit to his home state Gujarat where he attended various ceremonies and inaugurations. The Minister also addressed a huge gathering in the Bhuj town of the Kitch district in Gujarat. Along with many in-person inaugurations, PM Modi did a lot of online inaugurations as well.
PM Modi addressed the event sayig, “I remember when the earthquake happened, I reached here on the second day itself. I was not CM back then, just a worker. I didn’t know how many people I would be able to help. But I decided to be there with you all.”
“There were many who said Kutch won’t be able to recover from the 2001 earthquake but people there have changed the scenario.” he added, marvelling at the structure.
The Smriti Van Memorial
The Smirit Van Memorial is built over a large area of nearly 470 acres in the outskirts of the Anjar town, next to Bhuj, in the Kutch district of Gujarat. The memorial pays tribute to the 13,000 people who lost their lives in the hands of the Bhuj earthquake of 2001.The memorial has the names of people engraved who died in the destructive earthquake.
Within it, there is also a Smriti Van Earthquake Museum which preserves art of the state. The museum deplays Gujarat topography with rather charm. It narrates the stories and initiatives of people who survived the 2001 earthquake. It also showcases the state prone to the disasters and it’s readiness to face them.
In one of the blocks, there is a 5D simulator which gives experience of an earthquake and another block to pay homage to the people who lost lives and families.
Along with the Memorial PM Modi inaugurated a lot of projects in Bhuj which held a worth of more than Rs 4,400 Crores.
