PM Modi releases butterflies in Gujarat’s Kevadia on his birthday

Kevadia: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday released basket full of fluttering butterflies at the Butterfly Garden here on his 69th birthday. Earlier in the day, he reached Kevadia and performed a pooja at the Sardar Sarovar Dam site.
The Prime Minister also paid a visit to Khalvani Eco-Tourism site and strolled across the rope bridge which was constructed across the river there for adventure activity.
Modi also took a safari ride at Jungle Safari Tourist Park and watched animals there.
“In our culture, it is believed that development can be done while protecting the environment and it is evident here. Nature is dear to us, it is our jewel,” he said while addressing people later in the day.
“On one side is the Sardar Sarovar dam, there are electricity-generating equipment, on the other side there are very beautiful arrangements related to eco-tourism like Ekta Nursery, Butter-fly Garden. Amidst all this, a grand statue of Sardar Patel is seen blessing us,” he added.
He said that Statue of Unity brought Kevadia and state of Gujarat on the tourism map of the world and highlighted that more than 23 lakh people have come to see the tallest statue of the world since it was unveiled last year.