Tribute to the Greatest Ever.......India..

Rameswaram 

included under 

AMRUT 

as tribute to 

A P J Abdul Kalam:| 

Rich tributes were paid to Kalam at a huge function organised here by Defence Research and Development Organisation, with which he was associated for long, the Defence Ministry and Ministry of Urban Development. (Reuters)

Commemorating the first death anniversary of former president Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, his life-size statue was unveiled here today, while the Centre also announced inclusion of his hometown Rameswaram under AMRUT as a tribute to the ‘People’s President’.

While Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said Kalam had left a an irreplaceable void, Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said the Centre has decided to include Rameswaram in Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) by relaxing norms as a tribute to the former president.

Rich tributes were paid to Kalam at a huge function organised here by Defence Research and Development Organisation, with which he was associated for long, the Defence Ministry and Ministry of Urban Development.

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