Chief Minister inaugurates Agriculture College, other works at Bharuch

Bharuch

Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today inaugurated the newly built Agriculture College, refurbished Mataria Talav beautification project and 13 other development works totaling Rs.56-crore at Bharuch.

Speaking on the occasion at the Dudhdhara premises, she hailed the presence of a large number of female students who took admission in the college. She lauded the emergence of women power as four female motorcyclists proceeded on a global tour to spread the Save Girl Child message of Beti Bachao.

The other project included toilets built a cost of Rs.6-crore on donation by GNFC in the Bharuch district. She expected other industrial houses would also come forward to build toilets from 2 per cent of their profit as part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

She said that her government has completed many a development projects through sheer will power and determination involving people’s participation. These include preserving the heritage as well as reviving ancient water reservoirs to meet water shortage.

The Chief Minister said the BJP Governments at the Centre and States have given a new direction to solve on-the-spot people’s problems incorporating ‘Sauna Saath, Sauna Vikas’ by establishing direct link through ‘Lok Samvad Setu’ – an initiative the previous Congress rule had utterly neglected.

The District In-charge Minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja said that the Chief Minister visited the district eight times during her two-year term ending May 22, 2016. He listed the development works undertaken in Bharuch.

Minister of State for Civil Supplies Chhatrasinh Mori gave details of the projects dedicated to the public. A booklet was released on the occasion.

The Chief Minister was received at the GNFC helipad near Bhrigu Teerth on the bank of the Narmada.

Those present on the occasion included prominent citizen Bharatsinhji Parmar, MLAs Dushyant Patel, Ishwarsinh Patel and Arunsinh Rana, Dudhdhara Dairy Chairman Ghanshyam Patel, office-bearers, In-charge Secretary Shahmina Hussain, GNFC Managing Director Rajiv Gupta, District Collector Vikant Pandey, DDO Anandbhai Patel, Police Superintendent Sandeep Singh, among others.

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