Gandhinagar, DeshGujarat

In his budget speech today, Finance Minister Saurabh Patel announced Rs. 10,269.74 crore allocation for the Urban Development and Urban Housing department. Some of the eye-catching features of this allocations are listed out below:

-Rs. 611 crore for initial phase of Ahmedabad Metro Rail project.

-Rs. 200 crore for the projects of developing the unique identity of cities.

-Rs. 150 crore for the works related to Smart City.

-Rs. 100 crore for the works related to the Ring Road for the cities including Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and Vadodara.

-Rs. 75 crore for Dream City project at Surat.

-Rs. 50 crore for Vishwamitri river front project related works in Vadodara.

-Rs. 50 crore for basic amenities in the newly formed 6 municipalities.

-Apani Mandi in cities where the farmers will be able to sell their organic products directly in the urban areas.

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