And ‘development tourism’ continues in Ahmedabad

By our correspondent, Ahmedabad, 19 November, 2011

Municipal Commissioner of Ahmedabad, Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra today announced visits of several delegations to city to learn about the development projects here. He also announced details of a conference in Ahmedabad that will be attended by Mayors from across Gujarat.

According to announcement made by the Commissioner, on 21st of this month, a delegation of Afghanistan will visit various development projects of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. The visit has been organized by Urban Management Centre(UMC). The delegation will try to understand the works completed in the areas of water sanitation, drinking water and solid waste management.

On 24-25 November, Mayors and elected representatives of six cities (Simla, Bhuvneshwar, Puri, Gangtok, Indore, Jaipur) will be visiting the city under the JnNURM-Pearl(Peer Experience And Reflective Learning) programme of ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India. They will visit development projects including Kankaria lake front, Sabarmati river front, e-governance and BRTS.

On 9-10 December, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will host a convention of all Mayors, Deputy Mayors, Standing Committee Chairman, and party leaders of Gujarat’s all Municipal Corporations to discuss sources of revenue, project implementation and other issues.