Shri Somnath Trust meeting held at PM residence, figure of visitors per year touches 1 crore

Somnath: The meeting of Board of Trustees of Shri Somnath Trust was held today at Prime Minister’s residence 7 Racecourse Road in Delhi. Chairman of Shri Somnath Trust Shri Keshubhai Patel couldn’t attend the meeting due to poor health. In his absence Shri Lal Krishna Advani chaired the meeting which was also attended by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, BJP president Shri Amit Shah among other trustees.

Financial accounts of year 2015-16 were approved and analyzed. Note was taken of the fact that number of visitors in past year had been as high as 1 crore. Review was carried out for further pilgrim facilities at Shri Ram Mandir, Golokdham, Bhalka Tirth, Buddhist Caves and Dormitory, roads, parking etc projects.

New projects including the project for beach and virtual reality show displaying history of Prabhas Patan were planned in this meeting.

It was pointed out in this meeting that Somnath now reaches over 20 lakh people through whatsapp, Facebook, twitter etc.

 

 

PM attends meeting of Somnath Trust

A meeting of the Board of Trusties of Somnath Trust was held at the Prime Minister’s residence in Delhi, today. As the Chairman of the trust Shri Keshubhai Patel being unwell could not attend the meeting, Shri L.K. Advani chaired the meeting. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Shri Harshavardhan Neotia, Shri P K Laheri and Shri J D Parmar as the trustees, also attended the meeting.

The newly appointed trustee Shri Amitbhai Shah was welcomed by the board.

The Prime Minister stressed the need to develop the Somnath as an ancient heritage pilgrimage as well as a tourist destination. The Trust reviewed the progress of various Projects of continuous growth of devotees visiting Somnath. The Trustees also said that as Somnath is about to witness one crore of Yatris, the state of the art infrastructure for the all-round development should be envisioned. Somnath has more than 2 million followers on social media.

The Prime Minister also suggested excavations of areas to establish various missing historic links. He said that high-tech marine attractions and virtual reality shows should be covered in the future plan. He also suggested to bring maximum areas under CCTV surveillance network.

The Somnath Trust has also decided to deposit about 6 kg gold under Gold Monetisation Scheme of Government of India.

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