Rupani allocates development works worth Rs.702-crore under AMC

Gandhinagar (Information): Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has allocated development works totalling a whopping amount of Rs.702-crore under Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation area under different schemes for people’s welfare.

These include 63 physical infrastructure projects totalling Rs.354.80-crore under Swarnim Jayanti Mukhya Mantri Shaheri Vikas Yojna for road resurfacing, micro surfacing, stormwater drainage, sewage treatment plants, fire extinguishers, water supply, development of Sola Talav, etc; Rs.85-crore for social infrastructure works, like buildings, school, ward offices, 3(three) multilevel parking at Prahlad Nagar, Sindhu Bhavan and Chandlodiya; Rs.8-crore for two railway overbridge, one underbridge, besides Rs.164-crore for miscellaneous works, Rs.90-crore for 41 road works under Mukhya Mantri Shaheri Sadak Yojna.

Gujarat had launched Suvarna Jayanti Mukhya Mantri Shaheri Vikas Yojna from 2009 to mark golden jubilee of Gujarat’s Foundation in 1960.

Gujarat Government had approved projects totalling Rs.1,699-crore for eight municipal corporations for 2021-22 under Swarnim Jayanti Mukhya Mantri Shaheri Vikas Yojna.

Similarly, Gujarat Government had sanctioned Rs.1,555-crore for eight municipal corporations for 2020-21, including Rs.576 for Ahmedabad, Rs.470-crore for Surat, Rs.176-crore for Vadodara, Rs.140-crore for Rajkot, Rs.65-crore for Bhavnagar, Rs.62-crore for Jamnagar, Rs.32-crore for Junagadh and Rs.33-crore for Gandhinagar.