In a yet more brilliant e-governance initiative, Chief Minister Narendra Modi today launched ‘Gujarat Swarnim Gram E-Broadcast Project’ in Amreli. Initially the project is being implemented as ‘district pilot scheme’ in 51 villages of 11 talukas of Amreli district.

Launching the project, Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi in his address congratulated the District Development Officer(DDO) of Amreli who had presented this idea in state government’s Chintan Shibir.

“If kerosene is dispatched for your village from district headquarter, you will be informed about that on this LED board, while RTI application can take month to provide information, this brave initiative will provide you important information very speedily. Be it a vaccination drive announcement, or APMS prices, be it a natural calamity or some information about Krushi Mahotsav, you will get all on this LED screen. This is the century where information is a key, and therefore this initiative is important for you,” Modi said.

Under this project, the state government has place LED display screens in villages with a view to establish direct contact with villagers. The government has planned to use the LED screens to rapidly broadcast all useful information like – precautionary actions to be taken at the time of natural calamities, weather information for agricultural use, pro-village schemes of the government, 24-hour alert system, important public messages of the government, daily commodity rates, government recruitment, health related information and others.

The project is one of the yields of the deliberations made during Chintan Shibir organized by Chief Minister this year and will be the first experiment of mass communication on village level throughout the nation.

LED display Installations would prove to be a great boon at times of natural calamities or epidemics. Besides info like,

• Weather reports for agriculture
• 24 hours alert system
• Important messages from the government
• Market prices for agriculture products
• Announcement about Government recruitment
• Announcement of different Government schemes
• Health related announcements