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Sudarshan Setu: PM Modi inaugurates India’s longest cable-stayed bridge.

What is Sudarshan Setu?

  • Formerly known as the ‘Signature Bridge,‘ it is the longest cable-stayed bridge in India.
  • connecting Okha mainland and Beyt Dwarka island in Gujarat.
  • It’s a 4 lane bridge spans 2.32 km, with a central double span cable-stayed portion measuring 900 meters and a 2.45 km long approach road.
  • Bridge is a part of National Highway 51 that runs along the sea coast of Saurashtra.
  • Located off Gujarat, situated in the Gulf of Kutch, the okha town of devbhumi Dwarka district of mainland Gujarat to bet Dwarka. ( After the Union Territory of Diu (40sqKm), located at Una coast in Gir Somnath, Bet Dwarka(36sqKm) is the second largest island off Gujarat coast.).
  • Its pillars are decorated with verses of Bhagavad Gita and images of Lord Krishna.
  • It also has solar panels installed on the upper portions of the footpath, generating one megawatt of electricity.