New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with CM Vijay Rupani will inaugurate the ‘Garvi Gujarat Bhavan’ built by the Government of Gujarat in New Delhi on September 2. Deputy CM of Gujarat Mr. Nitin Patel gave this information to the media in a press conference held yesterday in Gandhinagar. Ministers from the Central Government and the state government in addition to a number of MLAs and senior officials will attend the inauguration ceremony.
World’s first green building Garvi Gujarat, situated at Akbar Road is equipped with many traditional and modern artifacts and technologies. It will serve as a home for Gujaratis in Delhi far from Gujarat. It will represent the culture, craft, and cuisine of Gujarat in a modern yet traditional way.
Deputy CM mentioned ‘Garvi Gujarat built at a cost of Rs.131 crores, has been constructed keeping in mind the rising needs of better office space to serve the people better. The Central Government granted an area of 7066 sq. metres for the same and the cost for the new building has been borne by Government of Gujarat’.
While the old Gujarat Bhavan at Chanakyapuri will continue to function, the new structure is built on an area of 20,325 square meters and have 19 suite rooms, 59 regular rooms, a restaurant, a public dining hall, a business center, a souvenir shop, a multi-purpose hall, conference hall, four lounges, a gymnasium, a yoga center, a terrace garden and a library.
On this Occasion, The Gujarat government is organizing a cultural program at Vigyan Bhavan.