NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, AUGUST 3
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated 32 city civic centres for urban residents of various municipalities in the state on Saturday. As per a government release, the centres are designed to function as one-stop shops to minimise the time taken to resolve various citizen issues and provide easy access to online municipal services.
મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્રભાઈ પટેલના વરદ્હસ્તે રાજ્યની 32 નગરપાલિકાઓના સિટી સિવિક સેન્ટરનું લોકાર્પણ. સ્થળ : બાલાસિનોર, જિ. મહીસાગર https://t.co/omFWr0Btu7
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) August 3, 2024
After unveiling the plaque at Balasinor in Mahisagar district, Patel inspected facilities and distributed certificates to applicants, it said.
- The centres will handle tasks related to property tax, hall bookings, tax assessment applications, marriage registration, professional tax, birth and death certificates, shop and establishment licenses, and complaints
- Allocates ₹144.32 crores for rainwater harvesting projects in Ahmedabad
- Under the Swarnim Jayanti Mukhyamantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will implement these projects through the Private Society Public Participation Scheme
The city civic centre initiative was first implemented in 2022-23 under the Swarnim Jayanti Mukhyamantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana and made operational in 22 municipalities.
મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્રભાઈ પટેલે આજે મહિસાગર અને ખેડા જિલ્લાના ₹581 કરોડના ખર્ચે નિર્માણાધીન લીફ્ટ ઇરિગેશન પાઈપલાઈન પ્રોજેક્ટની નિરીક્ષણ મુલાકાત કરી હતી. આ લિફ્ટ ઈરિગેશન પાઈપલાઈન પ્રોજેક્ટ મધ્ય ગુજરાતના ખેડા અને મહિસાગર જિલ્લાના 125 ગામોને સિંચાઈ સુવિધા પૂરી પાડશે.… pic.twitter.com/Fv5mAErVRb
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) August 3, 2024
In the second phase in 2023-24, approval was given for more such centres in 66 municipalities.
The centres will handle tasks related to property tax, hall bookings, tax assessment applications, marriage registration, professional tax, birth and death certificates, shop and establishment licenses, and complaints.
In Mahisagar, the chief minister also visited the 581-crore lift irrigation project that will cover 125 villages and 8,100 hectares of land in five talukas of Mahisagar and Kheda districts.
In a review meeting, Patel provided guidance for the completion of the project within the stipulated time.
He inspected the progress of the project and the work on a 40 lakh litre capacity reservoir and pipeline at Raiyoli in Mahisagar.
On his way to Raiyoli, the chief minister stopped his convoy when it was passing by a school, alighted his car and interacted with children standing there.
He sat with the children, clicked a picture, and inquired about their studies, classroom, school facilities, etc, the CMO release stated.
Allocates ₹144.32 cr for rainwater harvesting in Ahmedabad
— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) June 8, 2024
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel granted in-principle approval on Friday for the allocation of ₹144.32 crores for more than seven thousand rainwater harvesting projects across three zones Northwest, Southwest, and West within the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.
Under the Swarnim Jayanti Mukhyamantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will implement these projects through the Private Society Public Participation Scheme (Khaangi Society Janbhaagidari Yojana). This scheme facilitates public welfare projects in private societies through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, with a funding ratio of 70:20:10. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has received applications for rainwater harvesting projects from 7,497 societies: 3,180 in the Northwest zone, 1,617 in the Southwest zone, and 2,500 in the West zone.
On the social media platform X, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel stated, “The government is moving forward in a planned way to collect rainwater and raise the groundwater level.” He further explained, “To carry out rainwater harvesting works in the Northwest, Southwest, and West Zones of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, ₹144.32 crores have been granted in-principle approval.”
Patel added, “Construction of percolating wells will be undertaken on a PPP basis in residential societies, multi-storied buildings, and apartments as part of rainwater harvesting and groundwater table recharge campaigns in Ahmedabad.”
To expedite rainwater harvesting projects in Gujarat, the state government is promoting the construction of percolating wells through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) under the Groundwater Recharge Policy. As part of this initiative, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation plans to build percolating wells in residential societies, multi-story buildings, and apartments on a PPP basis to improve groundwater recharge. Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel has granted in-principle approval for the allocation of ₹144.32 crores, which constitutes 70% of the total ₹206.16 crore proposal submitted by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation through the State Urban Development Department.
