Ahmedabad, 10 November 2014

Assam Governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik today visited Gandhi Ashram, Sabarmati Riverfront and Vatva GIDC during his Ahmedabad visit. Later he visited Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation(AMC)’s West Zone offices to understand various best practices like BRTS, Solid waste management, Kankaria lake front, city management etc implemented by the AMC. Municipal Commissioner D Thara, Deputy Municipal Commissioners and other senior officials were present during the presentation and visits.

Patnaik has been Governor of Assam since 2009. A leader of the Indian National Congress, he was Chief Minister of Odisha from 1980 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 1999, holding that post for the longest time on record before Naveen Patnaik.