Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the Statue of Unity at Kevadia in Gujarat to mark Patel's 147th birth anniversary. (ANI/PIB)
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On the occasion, President Droupadi Murmu paid homage to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan.(President of India Twitter)
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Later in the day, PM Modi visited the town of Tharad in Banaskantha district to inaugurate or perform ground-breaking for various projects in the parched region, mostly related to water supply, worth ₹8,000 crore, according to government officials. (ANI/ PIB)
Some of these projects include water distribution pipelines, construction of a canal and construction of 56 check dams.(ANI/PIB)
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PM Modi Modi also witnessed the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Parade which included contingents of the Border Security Force (BSF) and five State Police Forces, one each from Northern Zone (Haryana), Western Zone (Madhya Pradesh), Southern Zone (Telangana), Eastern Zone (Odisha) and North Eastern Zone (Tripura). (ANI/PIB)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
