Gujarat Govt allocates ₹ 50 cr for development works in outgrowth areas of 8 cities

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel on Monday, allocated Rs. 50 crore for the development works of the outgrowth areas of the eight municipal corporations of the state. The CM has allocated Rs. 18.53 crore for Ahmedabad, 15.12 crore for Surat, 5.67 crore for Vadodara, Rs 4.48 crore for Rajkot, Rs 2.09 crore for Bhavnagar and Rs 1.98 crore for Jamnagar, Rs. 1.04 crore to Junagadh and Rs 1.07 crores for Gandhinagar.

Considering the population of the metropolitan areas of the state and the population of the outgrowth area, the infrastructural facilities of water, drainage, roads, street lights etc. will be taken up from the amount for the development of these outgrowth areas. A proposal for allocation of funds for the development works of this outgrowth area was presented to Chief Minister by the Gujarat Municipal Finance Board and the Gujarat Urban Development Mission.

The state government has so far allocated Rs 637.50 crore for the outgrowth area development works under the Swarnim Jayanti Mukhyamantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana to accelerate various development works and infrastructural works for citizen well-being in the outgrowth areas of the metros and towns of the state.

In the grant allocated under the Swarnim Jayanti Mukhyamantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana for the outgrowth area development works Rs. 549.92 crores for municipal corporations and Rs. 87.58 crores for municipalities have been allocated from 2016-17 to now.

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