Gujarat polls: PM Modi lands at Sabarmati river's Dharoi dam via seaplane

Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani said this is for the first time in the history of the country that a sea-plane will land on a water body

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday travelled in a sea-plane from Sabarmati river in the city to Dharoi dam in Mehsana district, the first-ever flight by such a craft in the country.

Modi boarded the single-engine sea-plane from near the Sardar Bridge connecting the old city with Ahmedabad West, the first-ever flight by such a craft in the country.

A special jetty was constructed to facilitate the prime minister's boarding from the river.

The plane took off from the Sardar Bridge-end amid chants of "Modi-Modi" from BJP workers and other city dwellers, who flocked the Sabarmati Riverfront to