Gandhi theme park to come up at Sewagram ashram

January 22, 2013 11:50

Sewagram ashram in Wardha district, where Mahatma Gandhi stayed for six years after Dandi March, is all set to become a major tourist attraction with a 'Gandhi for Tomorrow' theme park being developed there at an estimated cost of Rs 62 crore.

The major attraction of 'Gandhi for Tomorrow' is an international convention centre worth Rs 95 crore. This will be an appropriate memorial when the place is celebrating 75 years of Gandhiji's stay in the area, Wardha district collector Nawin Sona said.

He said the district administration was in the process of acquiring 10 acres of land for the theme park and the Maharashtra government has already released Rs 1.2 crores from the budgeted funds.

The theme park will depict that Gandhi was in favour of appropriate technology and not against technology.

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