Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner’s press briefing(video)

Ahmedabad, 2 December, 2011

Presented above is Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra’s interaction with the media persons in Ahmedabad on Friday, December 2nd, 2011. Shri Mohapatra briefed shortly about an award to BRTS, smart card option which is soon to be launched in BRTS, and a long painting in the city to be painted by artists during Kankaria carnival later this month.

On wall paintings in the city

On the occasion of Kankaria carnival 2011, a group of professional and amateur drawing artists and students of various art institutes will paint selected walls of the city depicting traditional paintings.

The programme will kick off on 25th of December this year and will continue till 14th January 2012. The walls selected are (1) Jodhpur tekra Sundarvan to Isro wall upto Satellite police station (850 meter), (2) Jodhpur tekra SPIPA, Shivanand ashram, Naranay gurukul, Bhavnirjar mandir wall (1000 meter) and (3) Memnagar circle to Vastrapur blind men association wall, Gujarat University, GMDC wall (1350 meter).

All wall paintings will be painted using all weather proof paint for.

With the help of Gujarat Visual Artist Asociation and other art related organizations, Kankaria lake front’s 1250-meter long wall that has average height of 2.5 meter will be painted entirely in 2 meter width during Kankaria carnival by 300 amateur/professional artists/painters and 200 students of art institutes.

On award to BRTS

Department of Urban development, Government of India will present award to Ahmedabad Mayor and Municipal Commissioner a national award in the best intelligence transport category. On 6 December, Ahmedabad Mayor and Commissioner will be visiting New Delhi to accept the award from central Urban development minister Shri Kamalnath.