Heritage status for Dandi-yatra route

Gandhinagar, June 10 (UNI) The Centre has accorded the National Heritage status to the Dandi yatra route to mark the 75th anniversary of the historical march taken out by Mahatma Gandhi.

The historical Dandi route, covering 386-km long route from the famous Sabarmati Ashram of Mahatma Gandhi in Ahmedabad to Dandi village in Navsari district, has been marked as National Highway No 228 and will be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 344 crore, Gujarat Road and Building Minister I K Jadeja said here today.

Mr Jadeja said, 'The Heritage Project' will cover all the important historical places on the route which the Father of Nation had covered on foot with his thousands of followers between March 5 and April 6 in 1930 to commence the ''salt satyagraha'' against the British regime.

The Minister said the state government had completed all necessary paper work for transfer of lands to proper authorities for smooth functioning of the project.

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