NE NEWS SERVICE
PORBANDAR/AHMEDABAD, OCT 2
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday paid tributes to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on his 152nd birth anniversary, and urged people to assimilate his principles of non-violence and cleanliness.
આજે ગાંધી જયંતી નિમિત્તે વડાપ્રધાનશ્રી નરેન્દ્રભાઈ મોદીએ બનાસકાંઠા જિલ્લાના પાલનપુર તાલુકાની પીપળી ગ્રામસભામાં જલ જીવન મિશનના અમલીકરણ અંગે સીધો સંવાદ કર્યો હતો અને જળ સંચય દ્વારા 'પાણીને પ્રસાદ' તરીકે ઉપયોગ કરવા બાબતે માર્ગદર્શન પૂરું પાડ્યું હતું. pic.twitter.com/MisnQXkJc7
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) October 2, 2021
Patel was speaking at an all-faith prayer meet organised at Kirti Mandir, a memorial house in Porbandar, located close to Gandhiji’s ancestral house, where he was born on this day in 1869.
On the occasion, the chief minister appealed to people to pay “true homage” to the Mahatma by assimilating his ideals of non-violence and cleanliness.
After the prayer, Patel flagged off the Swachhata Rath from Kirti Mandir.
મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્રભાઈ પટેલે આજે ગાંધી જયંતીના અવસરે પોરબંદર ખાતે રાજ્ય સરકારના સામાજિક ન્યાય અને અધિકારીતા વિભાગ હસ્તકના સમાજ સુરક્ષા ખાતા દ્વારા 4.26 કરોડના ખર્ચે અનાથ-નિરાધાર બાળકોના લાભાર્થે નિર્માણ થયેલા ‘ચિલ્ડ્રન હોમ ફોર બોયઝ’ના નવનિર્મિત મકાનનું લોકાર્પણ કર્યું હતું. pic.twitter.com/fzNnxsuBz3
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) October 2, 2021
He also urged people to inculcate the Gandhian thoughts and his spirit in the heart through prayers.
ગ્રામ્ય કક્ષાએ ઇ-ગ્રામ વિશ્વગ્રામ કેન્દ્રો દ્વારા અપાતા આવકના પ્રમાણપત્રો હવે એક વર્ષના બદલે ત્રણ વર્ષ સુધી માન્ય રાખવાનો જનહિતકારી નિર્ણય મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્રભાઈ પટેલે કર્યો છે. જેના લીધે ગ્રામ્ય વિસ્તારના લાખો લાભાર્થીઓને સરકારી યોજનાઓના લાભ મેળવવામાં સરળતા રહેશે. pic.twitter.com/brVw21jfB5
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) October 2, 2021
Patel called upon the people to make cleanliness an instinct and keep Gujarat at the forefront in the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Clean India movement as well as Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) by realising Gandhiji’s mantra of cleanliness.
“Gujarat has been at the forefront of sanitation and water supply works through sustainable development,” he said, and expressed confidence that the Gujarat of Mahatma Gandhi would achieve new heights.
In the first phase of AMRUT Mission, Gujarat is placed at the third position in the country, having completed 305 important works at a cost of Rs 2,800 crore, Patel said.
“As many as 95 projects related to safe drinking water supply have been completed in 31 cities. As a result, connections have been provided to 1.70 lakh houses,” he said.
Gandhiji’s mantra of cleanliness was taken up by the prime minister as a social campaign to bring awareness across the country, which has become a huge public campaign. If Mahatma Gandhi gave us Swarajya, which paved the way for the uplift of the poor villages, the prime minister has started the journey of Surajya (good governance), Patel added.
State Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel, MP Ram Mokariya, MLA Babu Bokhiriya, other leaders and officials of the district administration were present on the occasion.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel buys khadi
To send a message to the people to use khadi clothes in daily life, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel bought khadi from Yash Khadi Bhandar in Thaltej locality of Ahmedabad in deference to Gandhian philosophy of ‘Gramodyog’ to encourage khadi weavers in village industry.
The Chief Minister was accompanied by Ahmedabad Mayor Kiritbhai Parmar, Ahmedabad Standing Committee Chairman Hiteshbhai Barot, BJP Ahmedabad City President Amitbhai Shah and Bhaskarbhai.
All-faith prayer
An all-faith Prayer Meet was also organised at Hriday Kunj, Gandhi’s home at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad in the morning. Large number of school students participated in the prayer.
As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, a Special Gandhi Bhajan Programme was also organised at National Salt Memorial in Dandi in which renowned singer Anuradha Paudwal presented the Bhajans.
Besides, Gram Sabhas were also organized in all the 14,250 Gram Panchayats in the state.
