Gujarat CM dedicates development works in Ahmedabad city

Ahmedabad, 8 November 2014

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today asked the revenue department to adopt a compassionate and humane approach towards the problems of common man and farmers.

Speaking at a function to mark the inauguration of the Sardar Vallabbhai Patel Revenue Appeal & Revision Bhavan, comprising 20 rooms over 10,153 sq m and built at a cost of Rs.6.12-crore here, she listed the steps the government has taken up to simplify the revenue rules to deliver justice to the common man.

Even as the building has been named after Sardar Patel, who firmly fought against injustice to the farmers, Mrs. Patel said, the revenue staff would stand up to the legacy of the Sardar. She said that attention should be paid to reduce the pending revenue cases to zero. She said the campaign to regularize particularly inheritance cases has resulted in accumulation of lakhs of pending cases.

Minister of State for Law Pradeepsinh Jadeja called for fast, simple and transparent justice system to settle revenue cases, with a view to lend speed to the Chief Minister’s speedy justice move.

Earlier, Additional Chief Secretary for Revenue J N Singh welcomed all.

Those present on the occasion included Minister of State for Health Shankerbhai Chaudhry, who is also Ahmedabad’s In-Charge Minister, Ahmedabad Mayor Meenaxiben Patel, AUDA Chairman Dharmendra Shah and MLA Rakesh Shah, among others.

New facilities added at Kankaria and Isanpur Park; Government MCA College building opened

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today called for setting up a Bal Swachchata Sena to create awareness and inculcate a habit of cleanliness among the people in parks, gardens and at public places.

She said the administration should take up the cause to involve children in building a Gujarat free from litter. The childlike innocence should appeal to all to mend themselves. She exhorted all to contribute their mite to build a clean India as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary in 2019. The Mahatma was himself an embodiment of cleanliness, she said.

Mrs. Patel was speaking at functions to mark the inauguration of entertainment-cum-adventure games through Public Private Partnership built at a cost of Rs.32-crore in the Kankaria Amusement Park, and a park in the Isanpur ward. She said the modern rides should help the people enjoy comparable to that in developed countries.

She also inaugurated the newly constructed building of the Government MCA College built at a cost of Rs.11-crore on the K. K. Shastri Educational Complex here. She said that this MCA College, equipped with eleven modern laboratories, is one of the best among institutions of higher learning in India. It should help youth update knowledge befitting the 21st Century.

Others present at the functions included Education Minister Bhupenderasinh Chudasma, Ministers of State Pradeepsinh Jadeja and Shankerbhai Chaudhry, MP Kiritbhai Solanki, Ahmedabad Mayor Meenakshiben Patel, MLAs, Corporators and Officers.