Gandhinagar, March 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on March 31 to inaugurate and lay foundation stones for a range of urban development projects, as the state highlights two decades of rapid urbanisation and infrastructure expansion.The visit comes as Gujarat marks 20 years since 2005, when Narendra Modi, then Chief Minister, had declared the year as “Urban Year” with a focus on strengthening urban infrastructure.The state government said the urban development journ…
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Vadodara, March 6 (IANS) Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Friday inaugurated and laid foundation stones for development projects worth Rs 203 crore in Vadodara, including works related to water supply, roads and urban infrastructure.The projects were launched during a programme organised by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation during Sanghavi’s visit to the city.On the same occasion, the foundation stone for a new girls’ hostel at the Swarnim Gujarat Sports University in Desar was…
Gandhinagar, Feb 12 (IANS) As many as 70 gardens across Gujarat’s municipal areas have been developed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0, with work on 61 more currently underway, as part of a wider plan to expand green cover and improve urban infrastructure, officials said on Thursday. According to official details, a total of 131 gardens are being developed in urban local bodies across the state at an estimated cost of Rs 117.56 crore.The initiative for…
Imphal, Jan 17 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Tokhan Sahu on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has changed the outlook of the Northeastern states through focused development initiatives.The Minister chaired a review meeting of ongoing schemes under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and also held departmental review meetings of the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO) and National Buil…
Indore, Jan 14 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday hit out at the opposition Congress, accusing it of playing politics over disasters, while asserting that the state government welcomes suggestions from the opposition, but in the “proper way”.”It is unfortunate that Congress takes disasters as an opportunity for politics. We have taken the issue very seriously and felt the pain with sensitivity. I would also advise them to raise the issue with a sense of positivity. We …
Indore, Jan 14 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday said that “challenges will not be resolved by speaking ill of each other” and can only be addressed through collective effort.The Minister made the remarks in the backdrop of the contaminated water tragedy in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area while addressing a state government programme under AMRUT 2.0 (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) in the city.“Challenge…