Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started a movement in the country to inculcate rituals and behavior to keep streets, villages, towns, and cities clean.
“Two sons from Gujarat; Mahatma Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have promised cleanliness to the country. For the first time after 70 years of independence, PM Modi has done the work of appealing for cleanliness and building toilets from the Red Fort, worrying about the health and life expectancy of the citizens. PM Modi is the second national leader after Gandhi to explain the basic need for cleanliness,” he said
Union Minister Amit Shah made this address on the occasion of launching and concluding various development projects of Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar in a public meeting organized at Bhadaj, Ahmedabad.
In the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Union Minister Amit Shah inaugurated development works of Rs. 472 crores in Gandhinagar Constituency and Ahmedabad East and West Lok Sabha constituencies, a total of Rs. 447 crore development works were inaugurated.
At the beginning of Navratri, Union Minister Amit Shah gifted Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar development projects worth Rs 919 crores. Ahmedabad received Rs. 447 crore in development works while Gandhinagar will receive approximately Rs. 472 crore in development work.
Union Minister Amit Shah thanked CM Patel and said that in the last five years, Gandhinagar Lok Sabha Constituency has received a total of Rs 37,000 crores.
To implement all the development works recommended in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, the Gujarat government has allocated Rs. 23,951 crores and Rs 14,000 crore development works have been sanctioned by the central government, he added.
Shah mentioned the modern development of schools as ‘Smart School’ is the most important development project among these overall development works and said that the work of personality building is a work of great service to the country.
“Modern Nishal- Smart School has given confidence to poor, middle-class children along with knowledge and understanding. As a result of smart schools, the level of school education has gone up. Seeing children from poor homes talking about mathematics and science, drawing, and reciting proverbs, one is convinced that the future of India is bright,” he added.
He congratulated Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Education Committee, and teachers for making all the schools of Gandhinagar Constituency ideal schools.
He also requested all the attendees to visit the smart schools run by the municipality and see the education programs.
Shah called Navratri a festival of Sattva, Tattva, and accumulation of energy and saluted Ahmedabad’s city goddess Adyashakti Shri Bhadrakali.
On this occasion, CM Bhupendra Patel wished everyone on the festival of Adyashakti and said that Home Minister Shah has allowed shining with the flame of development, like the Garba flame of Navratri.
