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New Delhi : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on July 11, 2021, inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of development projects worth Rs 448 crore in his LokSabha constituency Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Shah inaugurated the Civic Center at Bopal, Ahmedabad, costing Rs.4 crore and the newly constructed Reading Room costing Rs 7 crore as well as the Community Hall and Party Plot at Bejalpur. He also inaugurated various projects of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA), Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, and Western Railway.They included renovation of Ahmedabad railway station at a cost of Rs 17 crore, development work of Rs 4.05 crore at Chandlodiya railway station and of Rs. 2.35 crore at Amli Road station, Rs 1.72 crore at Khodiyar station and of Rs. 3.75 crore at Kalol station.
The Home Minister also laid the foundation stone of two water distribution schemes of AUDA, in which the Rs 98 crore Ghuma TP scheme will benefit about 35,000 people of the area, and the Rs 267 crore Telav Headworks water supply project will benefit about 45 villages around Sardar Patel Ring Road. Along with this, Shah also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 1,220 development works worth about Rs. 43 crore in Sanand, Bavla and Daskroi, according to a PIB release.
Shah said he is very happy that today is an important day in the development campaign going on across the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said that today is an occasion of great joy that a total of Rs 267 crore development works are going to start. The facility of reaching pure drinking water to the homes of more than 35,000 citizens at an expenditure of about Rs 100 crore under the Ghuma TP scheme through AUDA is starting from today. It has been planned with great foresight so that even after increase in population in the next 30 years, there will be no water problem.
The Union Home Minister said that he has studied a lot of development stories of the country and the world and of men of inspiration. There are two types of leaders –the one who says let what is happening continue, and the other who works tirelessly for the best that can be done in his time. A third leader is like Narendra Modi, who create a system in which good work will continues even after his departure.
Shah said Gujarat has received huge benefit from this. During the rule of Narendra Modi for 14 years, Gujarat got many such facilities, which are running on their own today. No one had to raise their voice, there was no need for an agitation, no one had to raise a demand and a Rs 100 crore plan was organised. This is a great example of how someone sowed the seed and it became a banyan tree. He said that in Bopal, the middle class youth have to give 10th, 12th, open exams, they had to think about where to go to study, facilities were not available, electricity was not available and even solitude. Many types of facilities have been made available in the Civic Center which has been inaugurated today.
Shah said modernisation and renovation works have been done through the Western Railway at an expenditure of Rs 29 crore. Ahmedabad railway station has been renovated at a cost of Rs 17 crore. He said that railway stations like Ambli, Khodiyar, Chandlodiya, and Kalol did not have basic facilities. He corresponded with the Western Railway for creation of all these facilities and Western Railway also took care of all the minor facilities with great sensitivity.
The Home Minister said that the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, which is made up of both rural and urban areas,will be at the forefront among all Lok Sabha constituencies across the country before 2024. He shall ensure this by keeping the trust reposed by the people in him and the leader of the country PM Narendra Modi.
Shah said that under the able leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we are firmly battling the Covid-19 pandemic. This included the battle against the first wave, the second wave, and now the start of creating the protective shield. Gujarat is at the forefront of vaccination in the country in terms of vaccinations per million (every 10 lakh). He said that he wishes to convey special felicitations to the Ahmedabad district administration as 86 percent of the citizens above 45 years of age have been vaccinated in the district and 32 percent of the citizens of 18 to 44 years of age have also been vaccinated. He said that their will be complete security only when all the citizens make themselves safe by taking both doses.
Iinaugurating and laying the foundation stone for a total of 1,220 development works worth about Rs. 43 crore in Sanand, Ahmedabad, the Home Minister said PM Modi believed in him, that is why he is also the Home Minister and the Minister for Cooperation, but he will always remember that he is first a Member of Parliament.
The Union Home Minister said the Olympics are beginning from July 23 in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. It is a matter of pride that six daughters of Gujarat including three daughters from Ahmedabad are going to represent India at these Olympics.