On Friday, July 16, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi virtually inaugurated a five-star hotel atop the redeveloped Gandhinagar railway station in Gujarat.
The redevelopment of the railway station in Gandhinagar and construction of the five-star hotel on top of the station began in January 2017 after Modi had performed the groundbreaking ceremony.
The luxury hotel with 318 rooms and to be operated by a private entity is spread across 7,400 square metres and has been built at a cost of Rs 7.9 billion (Rs 790 crore).
The hotel will host national and international guests who would come to attend seminars and conferences at Mahatma Mandir, a convention centre situated just opposite the property.
Modi also inaugurated three new attractions at the Science City in Ahmedabad -- an aquatic gallery, a robotic gallery and a nature park.
The aquatic gallery, built at a cost of Rs 2.64 billion (Rs 264 crore) in the Science City, is India's largest aquarium having 68 large tanks to display marine life, including sharks.
In all, the aquarium has around 11,600 fish and marine animals of 188 different species.
The gallery also has a 28 metre-long underwater walkway tunnel to watch the marine species.
The robotic gallery, built at a cost of Rs 1.27 billion (Rs 127 crore) and spread across 11,000 square metres, has over 200 robots of 79 different types, including humanoid robots having human-like bodies and machines which can interact with human beings.
The nature park, built at a cost of Rs 140 million (Rs 14 crore), is spread across 20 acres and has life-size statues of animals.
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IMAGE: A multi-themed lighting view of the new look Gandhinagar capital railway station.
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IMAGE: A view of India's first 5-star hotel atop a railway track at the Gandhinagar capital railway station.
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IMAGE: Outside the station.
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IMAGE: Inside the station.
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IMAGE: A close-up of the station.
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IMAGE: Accommodation at the station.
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IMAGE: The restaurant at the station.
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IMAGE: The lobby at the station.
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IMAGE: The Science City entrance in Ahmedabad.
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IMAGE: An aerial view of the the Science City with the aquatic gallery and robotic gallery.
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IMAGE: The entrance to the aquatic gallery.
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IMAGE: Inside the aquatic gallery.
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IMAGE: An aerial view of the robotic gallery.
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IMAGE: Inside the robotic gallery.
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IMAGE: The entrance to the Nature Park.
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IMAGE: The Nature Park houses a mist garden, chess garden, selfie points, sculpture park and an outdoor maze.
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