PM Modi, on the last day of campaign for the 2nd phase of Gujarat elections today, travelled from Sabarmati riverfront to Ambaji temple in Dharoi in Gujarat . His return from Dharoi to Sabarmati will also be in the same seaplane.

"Tomorrow for the first time in the history of the country a sea-plane will land on the Sabarmati river. I will go to Ambaji in the sea-plane after landing in Dharoi dam and come back," Modi announced at a poll rally on Monday.

Ministry of Shipping also carried out a demonstration in Mumbai on Saturday. The event was attended by Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.

These amphibious planes will help connect small towns which remain unconnected due to lack of roads while promoting inland waterway transport.