{"id":323849,"date":"2020-06-10T08:57:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T08:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=323849"},"modified":"2020-06-10T08:57:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T08:57:49","slug":"pm-modi-conducts-review-of-kedarnath-reconstruction-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-conducts-review-of-kedarnath-reconstruction-project\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi conducts review of Kedarnath reconstruction project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323850 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/modi-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/modi-1.jpg 804w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/modi-1-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/modi-1-768x374.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/modi-1-533x261.jpg 533w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/06\/modi-1-696x339.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday conducted a review of the Kedarnath Math development and reconstruction project with the Uttarakhand state government via video conferencing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Laying out his vision for the reconstruction of the shrine, Prime Minister said that the state Government should envision and design development projects for holy sites like Kedarnath and Badrinath in a way and manner that stands the test of time and is yet eco-friendly and in harmony with nature and its surroundings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Keeping in mind the present situation and comparatively lean pressure in terms of tourists and pilgrims to the holy sites, Prime Minister suggested that the present construction season could be utilized for completing pending works by proper distribution of labour pools, keeping in mind the norms of social distancing. This will help to create facilities and infrastructure to better sustain tourism flows in the years to come, according to official release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As part of specific suggestions, Prime Minister also gave directions for further development of other heritage and religious spots in the stretch extending from Ramban to Kedarnath. This work will be in addition to the re-development of the main shrine in Kedarnath, the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The meeting also saw detailed discussions on topics related to status of development of Brahma Kamal vatika (garden) and museum to greet pilgrims en-route to Vasuki Taal, re-development of old town quarters and properties of historical significance keeping in-tact their original architectural fa\u00e7ade as well as other facilities like eco-friendly parking spaces at a proper distance from the shrine and at regular intervals, it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat and other senior officials also participated in the discussions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday conducted a review of the Kedarnath Math development and reconstruction project with the Uttarakhand state government via video conferencing. Laying out his vision for the reconstruction of the shrine, Prime Minister said that the state Government should envision and design development projects for holy sites like Kedarnath and Badrinath [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":323850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[13095,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323851,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323849\/revisions\/323851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/323850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}