Published: 1st Sep, 2022
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated Smritivan, a museum in Gujarat's Kutch built as a tribute to those who died in the 26 January 2001 Gujarat earthquake.
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Smritivan museum:
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Important Blocks Smriti Van Earthquake Museum is segregated into seven blocks on seven themes:
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- Location: The 470-acre Smritivan Memorial Project is situated atop Bhujiyo Dungar, Bhuj, Kutch.
- The journey of Bhuj following the 2001 earthquake is narrated in the form of a presentation.
- It carries the names of around 13,000 people who had lost their lives during the earthquake.
- The museum's floors and walls were created from indigenous Kutch stone.
- This stone's fascinating trait is that it only gets stronger with use.
- The project boasts of an earthquake museum spanning over 11,500 square metres, 50 check dams, sun point, and pathways with an overall length of eight kilometers.
- In addition to providing a glimpse of the rich Harappan civilisation, the science of seismology, Gujarat's legacy, culture, and art, and real-time emergency circumstances via a control room.
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