Vadodara, 12 June 2013

Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi was on a visit to Vadodara today.

This was Shri Modi’s first visit to Vadodara after his elevation in party during Goa meet. BJP workers welcomed Shri Modi at airport and at venue of his public meeting at Muktanand ground.

Shri Modi arrived at Harni airport and inaugurated Amitnagar flyover. He later reached Muktanand ground to inaugurate development projects like Sama bridge, public health laboratory, ward 3 and 9 offices, 44 meter hydraulic elevated platform, 4 new civic centers, new call center and smart class. He also performed ground breaking for anganwadi building.

Rs 31.51 crore flyover at Amit nagar circle is 595 meter long and 16.50 meter wide. Rs 18.95 crore Sama bridge is 592 meter long and 10.20 meter wide. The projects inaugurated by Shri Modi today are worth Rs 71 crore.

Shri Modi addressed a public meeting at Muktanand ground at around 7.00 pm and left for Ahmedabad by air.

Official release

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi dedicated flyovers and other urban development projects worth Rs.71-crore here today. They included a Amitnagar Junction flyover bridge costing Rs.31-crore and Urmi bridge expansion project costing Rs.20-crore, besides 100 Anganwadi Blocks and Skill Development Courses.

Speaking at a huge function on the occasion, he appealed to the people to resolve to build a ‘Congress-Free India’ as the people have lost trust on the non-performing Central Government. The root cause of India’s malady is the corrupt Congress rule, having no policy, unashamedly playing vote bank policy with the poor. The Centre could no bring the Food Security Bill in the last ten years.

Mr. Modi took strong exception to the Centre’s starving the poor and allowing millions of tons of food grains to rot and distribute the now rancid food grains to the liquor manufacturers at throwaway price of 65 paise per kg,

On the other hand, he said, Gujarat is humming with development activity with people’s participation, despite being hit by several calamities during the last decade. Gujarat has institutionalized disaster management, equipping the municipal and other local bodies with modern systems. The state government has gearing up the disaster management techniques in this age of skyscrapers.

Mr. Modi said the annual budget for urban development in the state has increased from Rs.175-crore to Rs.7,000-crore over the last decade. Nearly Rs.15,000-crore has been spent on the urban poor.

Earlier, as Mr. Modi drove from the airport to Muktanand Maidan through Karolibag, people lined up along the route to cheer the Chief Minister.

Finance Minister & District Guardian Nitin Patel and Revenue & R&B Minister Anandiben Patel also spoke on the occasion.