Festive spirit runs high in city as year nears end

Talking about the new attractions on the lakefront,Modi invited intelligentsia of the city and elsewhere to come and have a critical look at the sandstone murals and analyse their “scholastic value and historic perspective” for further value addition and improvement.

Tipped to be the world’s largest sandstone mural (30,000-foot long),the mural is going to be a great source of inspiration and learning for children and elders alike,he said. Modi said it was an unimaginable use of the lake in this fashion to educate people about their history of growth and progress etched in stone.

The CM said since its renovation four years ago,Kankaria had been visited by over 90 foreign delegations who were greatly impressed. “Now people do not feel shy of taking their guests to Kankaria as it was the case in the past,” he said.

Earlier in the day,Bhagwat Vidyapith’s Rushikumars welcomed Modi with chants of shlokas while Mayor Asit Vora greeting him with garland and municipal commissioner Dr Guruprasad Mohapatra presenting a book to him.

Modi also inaugurated a desert safari being built for Rs 3 crore,which is going to be a permanent feature on the lakefront.