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Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the new International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC) complex at Pragati Maidan.
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi launched the International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC) complex and named it ‘Bharat Mandapam’ which is worth Rs 2,700 crore. The world-class IECC Complex is India’s largest destination of MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions).
The national project IECC complex was redesigned and has a campus site of around 123 acres located at Pragati Maidan in the heart of the national capital. PM flew a drone for the inaugural and approximately 3,000 visitors comprising Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Rajnath Singh, Jitendra Singh, actor Aamir Khan and several other notables attended the inauguration ceremony.
IECC comprises numerous installations including convention centres, exhibition halls and amphitheatres. Level three of the convention centre can seat 7,000 people, making it even larger than the iconic Sydney Opera House in Australia.
During the inauguration of the IECC complex PM Narendra Modi said that Yuge Yugeen Bharat will be constructed in Delhi. The Prime Minister conducted ‘pooja’ at the launch and also communicated with the employees who were occupied in the construction of the complex and complimented them.
The PM said that India will be among the top three economies in the world in his third term. He included, “We have to achieve the target of making India a developed nation in the next 25 years”. Mentioning a NITI Aayog report which demonstrated 13.5 crore poor status lifted out of poverty, he said that poverty can be certainly eradicated in India. He also told that the Indian economy was beholding the tenth position when his government took office in 2014 and now it is at the fifth position in the world.
PM Narendra Modi expressed that Bharat Mandapam will host the G20 summit in September under India’s presidency will promote conference tourism. And he said, “World will witness the rising stature of India when newly built Bharat Mandapam will host the G20 summit”.
