Air travelers will soon see the amazing sight of a gigantic ‘Charkha’ at the Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has decided to install the World’s largest Charkha at the Airport asda tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
The dimensions of Charkha are 9.00 meters(27ft’) length 5.00 meters (15 ft’) height.
KVC chairman VK Saxena said that Charkha was the symbol of independence of the country and 2016 being the centenary year of the arrival of the Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa, “We have decided to immortalize the occasion.”
Saxena says the display of this World’s largest charkha at National capital’s ‘busiest airport’ will inculcate the feeling of indianness and swedeshi amongst the domestic and international travelers of the country.
In a meeting held on 13th January, 2016 Saxena and CEO, GMR I Prabhakar Rao, the GMR agreed to allot this space for putting up the large wooden charkha at the IGI Airport, Terminal-3 at departure forecourt between Gate No. 4 & 5. The KVIC will install the Charkha in one month’s time which will be viewed by approximately 1,50,000 passengers every day.