Viramgam observes successful and fruitful strike

Ahmedabad district’s Viramgam town observed complete strike on Friday on various development related issues. The strike was designed exactly on a day when influential state Revenue Minister Anandiben Patel was visiting here for school enrollment programme. In view of total strike, the minister called half a dozen representatives of Viramgam to discuss their problems.

After seven representatives of the town held a meeting with the Revenue Minister in local circuit house and raised their issues, following announcements were made:

1. The state Highway department will take over the maintenance and construction works of local roads of Viramgam as Nagarpalika(local civic body) has been a failure.

2.State will release grant for development of historical Munsar lake.

3.Viramagam has terrible amount of mud. As local Nagarpalika has been a failure, the task of removing mud would be handed over to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

4. Rs 7 crore grant allotted to Viramgam Nagar Palika will now be utilized and controlled by district collector.

5.Local Chief Officer Gautam Brahmbhatt will be transferred immediately.

6. The tasks of roads and gutter would be taken up in priority rather than the ongoing work of removing Sardar Patel’s statue near Golpeeth.