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Five decades aft families displaced by the 1973 Sabarmati floods mislaid their homes and land, the long-pending contented of ownership was resolved connected Sunday arsenic Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah distributed onshore ownership certificates to rehabilitated residents of Nava Vanzar colony and inaugurated a bid of civic projects worthy ₹330 crore successful Ahmedabad.
The programme, organised by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation successful Gandhinagar successful the beingness of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, besides marked the inauguration of the Western Trunk Main Line project, a large drainage inaugural aimed astatine addressing chronic sewage and wastewater problems successful the occidental and south-western parts of the city.
Calling the lawsuit “small but highly important”, Mr. Shah said citizens who mislaid everything successful the 1973 floods had yet received ineligible ownership of their plots aft 50 years. “In a ample metropolis similar Ahmedabad, 173 beneficiaries whitethorn look to beryllium a tiny number, but for them this infinitesimal is historical and profoundly emotional,” helium said.
Mr. Shah said the solution of a five-decade-old occupation reflected a exemplary of delicate governance. He noted that astir 15 lakh residents of occidental and south-western Ahmedabad had agelong faced the lack of a due sewage system, adjacent arsenic accelerated urbanisation took spot betwixt 2000 and 2005 successful areas stretching from Shela to Chandkheda.
“At times, sewage overflow was disposable connected the streets. Addressing this required not lone clip but besides monolithic fiscal resources,” helium said, adding that nether Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, schemes specified arsenic the AMRUT Yojana had been efficaciously utilised to amended municipality surviving conditions.
As portion of the drainage project, reinforced cement factual pipelines with diameters ranging from 1,200 mm to 1,800 mm person been laid astatine an estimated outgo of astir ₹400 crore. The task is expected to supply a imperishable solution to drainage and wastewater issues successful areas including Gota, Chandlodia, Science City, South Bopal, Bhadaj, Hebatpur, Thaltej, Bopal-Ghuma, Bodakdev, Vejalpur, Sarkhej, Maktampura, Mahmadpura, Fatehwadi, Shantipura and Sanathal.
Mr. Shah said decades-old demands were being addressed done what helium described arsenic a improvement exemplary focused connected resolving citizens’ problems irrespective of governmental considerations.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said 2025 had emerged arsenic a twelvemonth of accelerated improvement and planetary designation for Ahmedabad. He said the State government, nether the guidance of the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister, was moving to guarantee entree to basal amenities and amended the wide prime of beingness for residents.
He highlighted the enlargement of greenish screen successful the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency done initiatives specified arsenic Miyawaki forests and oxygen parks, and said the sanads issued to residents of Vanzar colony symbolised governance rooted successful empathy. He added that the municipality improvement fund had been accrued by 40% to ₹30,000 crore and that 2025 was being observed arsenic the Urban Development Year.
With Ahmedabad acceptable to big respective planetary sporting events, the Chief Minister appealed to citizens to lend towards making the metropolis cleaner, greener and much liveable.
