Gandhinagar: Union home minister Amit Shah today virtually inaugurated and performed ground breaking for Rs. 5,300 crore development projects across Gujarat, said the State government.

Shah through virtual presence from national capital New Delhi dedicated 25,000 affordable housing units built at a cost of Rs. 382 crore under PM Awas Yojana – Rural. He also performed ground breaking for construction of 46,000 affordable housing units that are to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 703 crore.

Shah dedicated Rs. 245 crore works of 19 ITIs (Industrial Training Institutes). He dedicated Rs. 489 crore Piyaj-Unad pipeline from Mahesana, Rs. 464 crore bridge on national highway of Deesa.

He symbolically conducted draw/inauguration/ground breaking for 5,170 EWS/LIG and other affordable housing units worth Rs. 323 crore.

The event also saw Inauguration 21 GEB sub stations, ground breaking for 8 sub stations, inauguration of Rs. 265 crore Dhandhusan – Red Lakshmipura pipeline from Mahesana, inauguration of 151 buses worth Rs. 255 crore, 5 bus stations and one zonal office of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC), ground breaking of Rs. 153 crore four-lane work of Bagodara – Dhandhuka – Valbhipur – Bhavnagar road, inauguration of SAUNI Yojana work of Rs. 146 crore pipeline in length of 53.532 km connecting Vikaliya to Bor talav (Bhavnagar), inauguration of Rs. 97 crore Bhasariya – Mahesana pipeline, ground breaking of Rs. 75 crore Matpur – Brahmanwada lift pipeline project and more.

Virtual inauguration of two flyover bridges at Sargasan and Infocity circle in State capital Gandhiangar also took place. The flyovers have been constructed at a cost of Rs. 23 crore on Sarkhej – Gandhinagar highway.

The State government is celebrating ‘Vikas Divas’ today on the occasion of completion of five years of Vijay Rupani and Nitin Patel led government.

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