PM Modi Inaugurates Surat Diamond Bourse, World's Largest Office Building
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated the Surat Diamond Bourse, which is the largest office building in the world. It will serve as the most modern centre for the international diamond and jewellery business, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
The building spans over 67 lakh square feet and is located in Khajod village near Surat. The Surat Diamond Bourse will be a global trading centre for both rough and polished diamonds, as well as jewellery. It features 4,500 offices and 130 elevators, along with several facilities such as the Customs Clearance House for Import-Export, jewellery Mall for retail jewellery business, and International Banking and Safe Vaults.
Additionally, PM Modi also launched the new integrated terminal building of the Surat airport, capable of handling 1,200 domestic and 600 international passengers during peak hours. The building is designed to increase peak hour capacity to 3,000 passengers, with an annual handling capacity of 55 lakh passengers.
Later on the same day, the Prime Minister also inaugurated the New Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Nagar-New Bhaupur Dedicated Freight Corridor Project in Varanasi at a cost of around Rs 10,900 crore, along with inaugurating several other projects, including the Ballia-Ghazipur City rail line doubling project and the Indara-Dohrighat rail line gauge conversion project.
Additionally, he flagged off the Varanasi-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express train, Dohrighat-Mau MEMU train, and a pair of long-haul goods trains at the newly dedicated freight corridor.
