CM lays foundation stone of Cricket-Stadium at South Gujarat University

Published By : Admin | November 30, 2009 | 04:09 IST

Chief Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi dedicated the three newly built educational –complexes at Veer Narmad South Gujarat Universities on Sunday. A sum of Rs. 2.49 crores have been spent on it. He also laid foundation stone of C.B.Patel Stadium and Cricket academy. Seeking to fulfill the true sports potential, Chief Minister expressed his desire, “The new cricket stadium ought to explore non- conventional resources for its energy needs. The Multifaceted stadium is going to offer exciting avenues of development for the other sports too. It is not going to limit its sphere up to cricket only. “Earlier, Chief Minister dedicated “Day Care and Basic Facilities for Women Care, Environment and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department and Educational Wing- Annexe-buildings to the education world of Gujarat.

Vision of Swarnim Gujarat has taken deep-roots. Delivering welcome address, Vice Chancellor Dr.Prajapati highlighted the initiatives taken at University level to celebrate Swarnim Jayanti, Yuva- Shibir is being organised to coincide the event.

Donor of the Management Complex-Bhakta Parivar, donor of Stadium-Shri Kamleshbhai Patel, Donor of Archeology Department –Shri Rajubhai Patel, Donor of Shrimad Rajchandra Prarthana Bhavan –Shri Bhuradada, and other office bearers who have remained instrumental in Morarajibhai Desai Pratishthan were felicitated by the Chief Minister.

Forest Minister Shri Mangubhai Patel, Panchayat Minister Shri Narottambhai Patel, Urban Development Minister Shri Nitinbhai Patel, Mayor Shri Ranjit Gilitwala, M.P.Darshna Jardosh, and C.R.Patil, MLA Shri Kishorbhai, eminent leaders were present on the occasion.

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi earlier today chaired the meeting of the 45th edition of PRAGATI, the ICT-based multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, involving Centre and State governments.

In the meeting, eight significant projects were reviewed, which included six Metro Projects of Urban Transport and one project each relating to Road connectivity and Thermal power. The combined cost of these projects, spread across different States/UTs, is more than Rs. 1 lakh crore.

Prime Minister stressed that all government officials, both at the Central and State levels, must recognize that project delays not only escalate costs but also hinder the public from receiving the intended benefits.

During the interaction, Prime Minister also reviewed Public Grievances related to the Banking & Insurance Sector. While Prime Minister noted the reduction in the time taken for disposal, he also emphasized on the quality of disposal of the grievances.

Considering more and more cities are coming up with Metro Projects as one of the preferred public transport systems, Prime Minister advised conducting workshops for experience sharing for cities where projects are under implementation or in the pipeline, to capture the best practices and learnings from experiences.

During the review, Prime Minister stressed on the importance of timely Rehabilitation and Resettlement of Project Affected Families during implementation of projects. He further asked to ensure ease of living for such families by providing quality amenities at the new place.

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Up to the 45th edition of PRAGATI meetings, 363 projects having a total cost of around Rs. 19.12 lakh crore have been reviewed.