CM allot 216 crore for repair of rain-damaged roads in 8 cities from Navratri

Gandhinagar: CM Vijay Rupani has allotted Rs 216 crore grant to the eight largest cities in the state for repair of roads damaged during ongoing monsoon rain and he has also instructed the authorities to conduct a survey and vacate the dilapidated houses to prevent any further loss of lives due to collapse.

The road repair work in the cities would begin during coming Navratri.

Out of the 216 crore grant under the Mukhyamantri Sadak Yojana, Rs.60 crores has been allocated to Ahmedabad, Rs.50 crores to Surat, Rs.35 crores to Vadodara, Rs.25 crores to Rajkot, Rs.15 crores to Bhavnagar and Jamnagar each, Rs.6 crores to Junagadh and Rs.10 crores to Gandhinagar.

Notably, a budget of Rs.500 crores has been provisioned under Mukhyamantri Sadak Yojana for 2019-20. Out of this, a sum of Rs.241.50 crores is allocated to Municipal Corporations and a sum of Rs.258.50 crores to Municipalities. The fund for Municipalities is allocated through GUDM and the fund for Municipal Corporations is allocated through Gujarat Municipal Finance Board.

CM Rupani has also instructed the Municipal Commissioners to conduct a survey of dilapidated houses in their respective cities and empty them immediately. The decision has been taken in order to prevent the loss of lives that occur after the collapse of old and dilapidated buildings.

Notably, several people have died due to collapse of houses in Gujarat this monsoon so far and the latest incident in Ahmedabad city two days back killed five people.

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