Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday inaugurated the International Kite Festival 2023 right here, which can see the participation of round 125 kite flyers from 68 nations primarily based on the G-20 theme “One Earth, One Family, One Future”.

Apart from international participants, 65 kite flyers from 14 states in India and 660 from different parts of the state will also take part in the week-long event, which will culminate on January 14.

“Under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the kite of development of Gujarat has been crossing new heights for two consecutive decades,” Patel mentioned whereas inaugurating the occasion at Sabarmati riverfront right here.

The kite pageant is a chance to contact the sky and attain new heights. Kites are an emblem of progress, prosperity, and flight, he mentioned.

Patel additional mentioned the kite business has acquired a lift beneath Modi’s management when the latter was the chief minister, and has grown from a Rs 8-10 crore business some twenty years in the past to Rs 625 crore one, and has given employment to 1.30 lakh folks.

India is internet hosting conferences of G-20 nations for the primary time, and it has been made doable as a result of the prime minister has made India’s picture sturdy on world platforms, Patel mentioned.

It is a matter of delight for Gujarat to get the chance to host 15 conferences of G-20, he mentioned.

Under Modi’s management, India has seen large-scale modifications in areas starting from digital economic system to the defence sector. India has develop into the fifth largest economic system in the world and is rising on the highest price, the chief minister mentioned.

“We have given particular emphasis on tourism and employment to maintain the journey of growth in Gujarat uninterrupted. Today’s kite pageant is an instance of that,” Patel said.

Speaking on the occasion, state Tourism Minister Mulubhai Bera said Uttarayan celebrations give the message of preservation of nature.

“The state tourism department has tried to give a unique identity to our culture and civilisation by giving Uttarayan a prominent place in its calendar,” the minister mentioned.

Apart from Ahmedabad, the kite pageant can also be being organised in Vadodara, Vadnagar, Somnath, Rajkot, Dholera, and Dhordo, he mentioned.

The International Kite Festival has elevated the footfall of overseas vacationers. Celebration of such festivals enhance the state’s economic system and create employment alternatives, Bera mentioned.

Around 125 kite flyers from 68 nations, 65 from 14 states and greater than 660 from numerous districts of Gujarat are collaborating in the pageant.

Australia, Canada, France, Russia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Colombia, Denmark, New Zealand, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, Belgium, Bahrain, Iraq and Malaysia are among the many 68 nations collaborating in the occasion.

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