Tag: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel

  • Gujarat: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s public welfare approach to increase ease of living with strong transport facilities in cities and metros

    Gujarat: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s public welfare approach to increase ease of living with strong transport facilities in cities and metros

    Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has adopted a public welfare approach to increase the ‘Ease of Living’ by providing strong urban public transport facilities to the citizens living in the cities and metropolitan cities of the state. For this purpose, Mr. Patel has two of the state; In-principle approval has been given to Gandhidham and Botad municipalities to operate 34 buses under the Chief Minister’s Urban Transport Scheme. Chief Minister Urban Transport Scheme has been started in the state from the year 2018 and 8 metropolitan municipalities and 22 municipalities of ‘A’ category with population of more than 1 lakh have been included in this scheme.

    13 buses will operate in Gandhidham and 22 in Botad

    The state government has made 252 buses operational for 20 municipalities of ‘A’ category under the Chief Minister’s Urban Transport Scheme. Now Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has two more municipalities; In-principle approval has been given to operate 13 buses to Gandhidham and 22 to Botad. As a result of this approval given by the Chief Minister, all the 22 municipalities of the ‘A’ category of the state have been included under the Chief Minister’s Urban Transport Scheme and citizens have started getting easy public transport services.

    83 CNG buses are operational in 7 municipality areas

    Under the Swarnim Jayanti Mukhyamantri Shahari Vikas Yojana, a provision of Rs 290 crore has been suggested for the Chief Minister’s Urban Transport Scheme every year. Not only this, against the target of adding a total of 2864 urban buses on gross cost contract model under the Chief Minister’s Urban Transport Scheme, 1250 buses have been built so far. have been added. Accordingly, a total of 1167 buses, including 382 electric buses and 785 CNG buses, and 83 CNG buses are operational in 7 municipal areas.

  • Gujarat: CM Bhupendra Patel approves works worth 214 crores including 6 in Ahmedabad and 76 in Surat

    Gujarat: CM Bhupendra Patel approves works worth 214 crores including 6 in Ahmedabad and 76 in Surat

    Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has given in-principle approval to the proposals submitted by Ahmedabad and Surat Municipal Corporations for development works in outgrowth areas under Swarnim Jayanti Mukhyamantri Shahri Vikas Yojana. A total of Rs 214 crore works will be done under this scheme. With this, the government has decided that the CAPF exam can be given in 13 regional languages including Gujarati.

    Approval received for the proposal of 6 water works

    The state government has set a target to increase human development index and ease of living by increasing infrastructure facilities like water, sewerage, roadways, solid waste management, street lights etc. in urban areas and its extended outgrowth areas. In relation to development area development works, the proposal for 6 drainage and water works has been approved at a cost of Rs 138.46 crore.

    37 percent increase for infrastructure

    Apart from this, the Surat Municipal Corporation has given in-principle approval for various 76 works of physical infrastructure facilities in the outgrowth area worth Rs. Not only this, the Golden Jubilee Mukhyamantri Shahri Vikas Yojana implemented for basic infrastructure in municipalities, municipal corporations and urban authorities has been extended till the year 2024 with a provision of Rs 8,086 crore.

  • Gujarat: Understanding the value of water, saving water for the future is everyone’s moral duty: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel

    Gujarat: Understanding the value of water, saving water for the future is everyone’s moral duty: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel

    Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has clearly said that it is everyone’s moral duty to understand the value of water and save water for the future. Not only this, he has also called for speeding up the Green Revolution by expanding the scope of drip irrigation system for more farming and irrigation with less water. The Chief Minister was felicitated by the Gujarat State Udvahan Piyat Sahakari Sangh in Gandhinagar on Tuesday, to which he responded with this inspiring call. Representatives of more than 286 Udvan Piyat cooperative societies from all the 33 districts of the state participated in this felicitation programme.

    The liberal approach shown by Udvan Piyat cooperatives including drip irrigation

    Under the guidance of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, the state government has started Udvahan Piyat Sahakari, including Lift Irrigation and Drip Irrigation, to increase the efficiency of irrigation schemes and to increase irrigation facilities in areas with less water facilities and to develop infrastructural facilities. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was felicitated on behalf of the Gujarat State Udvahan Piyat Sahakari Sangh for the generous approach shown to the congregations.

    Take advantage of the unique identity of development Gujarat and India have created in the world with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi

    On this occasion, the Chief Minister said that with the foresight of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat and India have created a unique identity of development in the world. He also requested that “we should take full advantage of it and be dutiful with the mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas and Sabka Prayas.”Gujarat Rajya Udvahan Piyat Sahakari Sangh leaders, Chairman Devshibhai and Hasubhai etc. expressed their support from the state government. And thanks to everyone for the encouragement.

  • Gujarat: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel flags off ‘Hanuman Yatra’ organized by Hanuman Mandir Camp Trust

    Gujarat: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel flags off ‘Hanuman Yatra’ organized by Hanuman Mandir Camp Trust

    Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel flagged off the ‘Hanuman Yatra’ organized by the Hanuman Mandir Camp Trust on Wednesday morning from the famous camp Hanuman Mandir of the metropolis. It is noteworthy that on the occasion of Hanuman Janmotsav on April 6, ‘Hanuman Yatra’ has been taken out from Camp Hanuman Temple, the center of faith of the residents of the metropolis. This yatra started from Shahibagh Camp Hanuman Temple and reached Vasna Vayu Devta Temple via Shahibagh, Wadj, Usmanpura, Ashram Road, Paldi Chandranagar.

    Trucks decorated with flowers and different types of tableaux were also seen in this journey.

    After receiving the food offerings in the temple of Vayu Devta, the yatra left for returning to its own temple. The yatra passed through Dharnidhar, Manekbagh, Nehru Nagar, Panjrapol Char Rasta, Vijay Char Rasta, Usmanpura and RTO Subhash Bridge and reached Nij Mandir in the evening. Trucks decorated with flowers and different types of tableaux were also seen in this yatra.

    MLA and many councilors and a large number of devotees were present

    The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Army was also present on the occasion of flagging off the Hanuman Yatra by the Chief Minister. Apart from this, Naroda MLA Payal Kukrani, Maninagar MLA Amulbhai Bhatt and many councilors and a large number of devotees were present.

  • Gujarat: The 39th board meeting of the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.

    Gujarat: The 39th board meeting of the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.

    In the 39th board meeting of the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, it was decided to include logistics infrastructure as a priority sector in the GID Act. This will enable GIDB to rapidly undertake large infrastructure projects in the state through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model with private sector participation. It is worth mentioning that under the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon the states to prepare and implement their Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan. In this context, GIDB acts as the nodal agency for the implementation of the PM Gati Shakti Master Plan Project in Gujarat.

    The PM Gati Shakti Master Plan Portal was launched at the national level on 6 October last year in Gujarat.

    Acted in 1999 under the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Act (GID Act) with statutory status, the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board aims to encourage private sector participation in the state as well as enhance financial flow for infrastructure projects requiring large capital investments. Facilitates. This 39th meeting of GIDB was held in Gandhinagar under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and in the inspiring presence of Industries Minister Balwant Singh Rajput and Chief Secretary Raj Kumar. According to the detailed discussion held in the board meeting, the PM Gati Shakti Master Plan portal has been launched at the national level in Gujarat on October 6 last year. GIDB in association with Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG-N) and other departments has integrated around 1100 different data on this master plan portal.

    The Chief Minister gave guidance in the preparation of City Logistics Master Plan and State Logistics Master Plan for 8 metros

    Board’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Smt. Avantika Singh told through the presentation that GIDB is working with State Logistics Master Plan and 8 Metropolitan Municipalities to prepare City Logistics Master. In the meeting, he said that as a result of Gati Shakti Integrated Infrastructure Plan, integrated development planning of any area of the state can be done in less time. The development plan of Ambaji Yatradham and the development plan of Dahej industrial area are examples of this.

    Consultation held in the meeting regarding the assessment report of water demand for industrial purposes in the state till 2050

    Gujarat is a state with a strategic coastline of 1600 km long, in this context, consultation was also held in this board meeting of GIDB regarding the appointment of a consultant or advisor for the preparation of the Integrated Area Development Plan for the tehsils of the coastal belt. Not only this, it was also proposed to select a consultant for preparing the Detailed Feasibility Report (DFR) for the development of the Special Investment Region (SIR-SIR) near Navlakhi. In the board meeting, in-principle approval was given to the proposal for approval of the selection of a consultant to prepare the assessment report of water demand for industrial purposes in the state by the year 2050.

    With the help of speed, integrated planning of any area can be done in less time.

    In the meeting, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel gave guidance regarding preparation of State Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan as per PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan and through this State Master Plan, Gujarat should also contribute in advance to PM Gati Shakti Master Plan. The fifth meeting of the Island Development Authority (IDA) was also held along with the board meeting of GIDB. With a vast coastline and more than 144 islands, Gujarat is a leader in development. In this context, according to the island development policy of the Government of India, the state government has constituted the Island Development Authority. of this authority
    The objective is to ensure national security as well as to promote economic, social and tourism activities on the islands.

    In-principle approval given for financial allocation from this year’s tourism budget of Rs 2077 crore

    In the fifth board meeting of this authority chaired by the Chief Minister, in-principle approval was given for the development of Betdwarka and Shialbet islands as tourism hotspots from this year’s tourism budget of Rs. was done in the meeting of Chief Secretary Raj Kumar suggested the formation of an Area Development Authority (ADA) for Dwarka Corridor Development. Apart from the Chief Secretary, Secretaries and senior officers of the concerned departments also participated in both these meetings.

  • No illegal activity will be tolerated on the beach: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel

    No illegal activity will be tolerated on the beach: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel

    Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghvi personally visited the important Bet Dwarka from the point of view of maritime security and took stock of the work done by the system to remove illegal pressure. He also reviewed the action taken by the Police-Revenue Department in important points and areas from the point of view of security on the 1600 km riverine area of Gujarat. During the sea voyage, he also inspected the work of Signature Bridge under construction from Okha to Bet Dwarka.

    pledge to protect the sea

    The Chief Minister said that illegal activities including illegal encroachments which hinder development works would be prevented from proceeding further and would be removed strictly as per law. The government is committed to the safety of the people and the drive to curb such illegal activities will continue. This type of action has been started by the government with the aim of ensuring that the benefits of government schemes reach the last person without hindrance. No illegal activity will be carried out in the coastal area of Gujarat. It has been resolved to ensure strict security of all these beaches.

    Action taken on illegal pressures in public interest

    Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, these tough steps are being taken for the internal and external security of the coastal areas. Illegal encroachment has been removed in public interest and strict action has been taken. No illegal activity will be carried out on the maritime belt.

  • Do balanced development with environmental protection: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel

    Do balanced development with environmental protection: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel

    Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has called for balanced development in every field by adopting environment-friendly lifestyle in everyday life. In this context, he said that we all should realize the concept of ‘Mission Life’ given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi by making judicious use of energy and water etc., minimum use of plastic and making nature conservation a lifestyle. He said this on Tuesday, March 21, while inaugurating the workshop of Agro Forestry based Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) organized by the Forest Department on the occasion of International Forest Day at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar.

    was done with the aim of realizing the given goal of setting up a Farmer Producer Organization

    This workshop was organized with the aim of realizing the target given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to establish 10,000 agro-forestry based farmer producer organizations across the country. Forest and Environment Minister Mulubhai Bera and Minister of State Mukeshbhai Patel also participated in this workshop. The theme of this year’s International Day of Forests has been kept ‘Forest and Health’, in the context of which the Chief Minister clearly said that the entire weather cycle on the earth has changed due to the reduction of forests. Unseasonal rains, scorching heat to high temperature, global warming and climate change have an impact on the health of human life. He said that to deal with this problem of climate change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started the country’s first climate change department in Gujarat with a special foresight. Not only this, he has also advocated green growth for environment-friendly sustainable development in this year’s Union Budget.

    In Gujarat also, in this year’s budget, it has been organized to spend two lakh crore rupees for green growth.

    The Chief Minister said that due to this idea of the Prime Minister, Gujarat has also planned to spend two lakh crore rupees in the next five years for green growth in this year’s budget. He said that apart from preparing about 20 urban forests in the urban areas of the state, there is an intention to expand the scope of agro-forestry i.e. agricultural forestry to include an area of 5750 square kilometers in the coming years. On the occasion of International Forest Day, he appreciated the organization of such a workshop for giving state-of-the-art guidance to the farmers-sons of soil doing agro-forestry by coordinating water, land and forest. The Chief Minister also expressed the intention that the state government would stand by the farmers involved in agro-forestry.

    CM urges collective efforts of all to make green growth nectar

    Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel also outlined the working group meeting on climate change under the G20 to be hosted by India under the visionary leadership of the Prime Minister with the spirit of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, which is going to be held in Gujarat. Has been The Chief Minister urged everyone’s collective efforts to make this nectar of the country nectar with eco-friendly development and green growth. On this occasion, the Chief Minister honored the progressive farmers doing tree-based farming in Gujarat by giving them letters of honour. Under this, farmer Dineshbhai Patel of Antroli village of Kheda district, Sagunaben Bhaludia of Verad village of Devbhoomi Dwarka, Girishbhai Patel of Bharthan village of Bharuch, Mahendrabhai Patel of Parujan village of Navsari and Gamanbhai Patel of Bhadarpada village of Dang district were honored with citations. to be done.

    Unveiled the short film ‘Mission Life’ prepared by the Forest Department

    The Chief Minister unveiled the short film ‘Mission Life’ prepared by the Forest Department to give more emphasis to Narendra Modi’s vision ‘Mission Life’ campaign. Additional Chief Secretary, Forest and Environment Department, Arun Kumar Solanki said in the welcome speech that in order to make people aware about the importance of forests and its conservation, on behalf of the United Nations, from the year 1971, on March 21, in the whole world. It is celebrated as ‘World Forest Day’. This year the theme of Forest Day has been set as ‘Forest and Health’. With the aim of doubling the income of tree-based farming farmers in Gujarat and saving the environment through public participation, a one-day workshop on agro-forestry based Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) has been organized.

    Around 36,000 trees are being conserved in Gujarat through the formation of 78 FPOs

    About 36,000 trees are being conserved through the formation of 78 FPOs in Gujarat, then on the occasion of ‘International Day of Forests’, in the special presence of the Chief Minister, an agreement was signed between Bharuch Kisan Agro Producer Company and Shreeji Corporation to prepare Nilgiri saplings and distribute them in this area. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed for the development of various technologies. On this occasion, progressive farmers associated with Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) based in Bharuch shared their experiences regarding tree based farming.

    An exhibition giving information about the forest area of the state was also organized

    An exhibition giving information regarding the forest sector of the state was also organized on the occasion, under which Grass Weed Improvement and Aggregation, Wild Life Conservation and Development, Asiatic Lion Conservation, Farmer Oriented Sowing Scheme, Farmer Producer Organization (FPO) in Gujarat ), establishment of wood-based industries, cultural forests and Van Mahotsav initiatives, cher conservation and promotion, improvement of Banni Khasia (grassland) meadows, forest diversity of the state, development of tree wealth outside forest area and social afforestation. The information was presented in Principal Chief Conservator of Forests S.K. Chaturvedi expressed his gratitude.

    High officials of the Forest Department, officials, representatives of various agencies associated with the Farmer Producer Organisation, progressive farmers, women and men doing tree-based farming in different areas of Gujarat were present in large numbers.