Make Ahmedabad a model city in all front, CM tells AMC councillors

While inaugurating a three-day training camp for new-elected councillors of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation today at SPIPA, Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi called upon them to develop Ahmedabad as a model city in all front.

Shri Modi appealed to make Ahmedabad a slum-free city and said that five years’ tenure of councillors is the opportunity for them when they can change the face of Ahmedabad city. If all the 192 councillors can tune up there work on the same note, people of Ahmedabad would see a symphony of growth, he said.

Chief Minister urged the counselors to call for meetings with the leaders of society and to seek their ideas for the development of the city.

Shri Modi said that motive behind the steps taken by British government was to prevent any sort of discontent among people and thus to safeguard their power position, but ‘people’s service’ should be the only motto behind any measures after independence. ‘Working for the good of people and of the state should be the only aim, no matter what party you are coming from’, he said.

Appealing to put Ahmedabad on the global map, Chief Minister said that the city is among those parts of the country that can shape itself up to global standards. He said that Gandhiji also gave priority to cleanliness and so Ahmedabad can not afford any compromise on this front.

Chief Minister asked all 192 councillors to work as ‘Team Ahmedabad’ and earned reorganization for Ahmedabad that is based on some theme.

Ahmedabad Mayor Shri Asit Vora delivered welcome address and said that Ahmedabad is marching ahead with a balanced growth. He said that with the projects and programs like Sabarmati Riverfront, BRTS, Kankaria Carnival and others, infrastructural facilities in Ahmedabad have increased.

Revenue Minister Smt. Anandiben Patel, Former Secretary for the urban development ministry of union government Shri Anil Baijal along with senior officials was present on the occasion.