Pan-Gujarat Taluka-level Garib Kalyan Mela to begin July 8

Enthused by the success of earlier versions of Garib Kalyan Mela, Gujarat Government will hold pan-Gujarat Garib Kalyan Mela at 21 taluka places from July 8 to 11, 2010.

A brainchild of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Garib Kalyan Mela aims at empowering poor, erasing poverty and eliminating middlemen, coming as a big bane in the fight against poverty. The event is so designed that the various government schemes for poor are provided to them at single point.

Ministers and other functionaries will distribute the kits and gadgets to the beneficiaries during the fairs, in the morning and afternoon for four days.

On July 8, it will be held at Deesa (Banaskantha district) at 10 a.m. at Unjha (Mehsana) at 4 p.m., at Bayad (Sabarkantha) at 10 a.m., at Lunawada (Panchmahals) at 4 p.m., at Harij (Patan) at 10 a.m., at Patdi (Surendranagar) at 4 p.m., at Olpad (Surat) and at Hansot (Bharuch) at 10 a.m.

On July 9, it will be at Anjar (Kutch) at 10 a.m., at Morbi (Rajkot) at 4 p.m.; at Jamjodhpur (Jamnagar) at 10 a.m., at Manavadar (Junagadh) at 4 p.m., at Matar (Kheda) at 10 a.m. and at Sojitra (Anand) at 4 p.m.

On July 10, it will be held at Lilia (Amreli) at 10 a.m. and at Daddha (Bhavnagar) at 4 p.m.

On July 11, it will be held at Devgarh Baria (Dahod) at 10 a.m., at Chotaudepur (Vadodara) at 4 p.m., at Jetpur (Rajkot) at 10 a.m., at Keshod (Junagadh) at 4 p.m., at Sanand (Ahmedabad) at 10 a.m.