Gujarat govt to supply 1,000 buses to cities/towns for city bus service

Gandhinagar

Gujarat government will give away 1,000 buses to various towns and cities across Gujarat as per their demand so that they can run local city bus service. The operational and maintanance cost will be beard by urban local bodies.

This was announced by Chief Minister today in a function in Gandhinagar in which she handed over cheques of total Rs. 1395.75 crore to municipalities and municipal corporations for public works.

Chief Minister in her speech pointed out that the financial year has been just conculded and the government has handed over cheques for grant-aid in just 20-21 days.

She also pointed out that Rs. 50 crore allotment has been made for development works in 6 new municipalities while Rs. 100 crore grant has been allocated for development works in out growth areas around cities. Rs. 40 crore amount has been allocated for railway underbridge-over bridge works in municipality and municipal corporation areas.

Speaking in this function, MoS Urban Housing Shankar Chaudhary said that this grant amount should be utilized properly by local bodies. He said government is giving advance cheques for development works which show pro-active approach.

– DeshGujarat