Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for development projects worth approximately Rs. 1,400 crore in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and other dignitaries.
Of the total projects, works worth around Rs. 1,024 crore are being undertaken by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), while projects worth approximately Rs. 400 crore have been completed or initiated through the Gujarat government's Roads and Buildings Department and the Central Government.
The projects include housing facilities for slum dwellers at Ramapir No Tekro, two primary schools, a pump house in the Bopal-Ghuma area, the four-kilometre ISKCON overbridge and the Jalasapur Water Treatment Plant.
Shah said the housing project, once fully implemented, would provide more than 55,000 people with access to social security, recreational, educational and healthcare facilities.
He added that the ISKCON overbridge is expected to be completed within three years and would improve connectivity between Sarkhej and Gandhinagar. A pump house is also being developed to address waterlogging issues in the Bopal-Ghuma area.
Shah said development works worth around Rs. 25,000 crore had been completed in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency over the past seven years.
Separately, addressing the issue of drug abuse, Shah said the Central Government aims to make India drug-free by December 31, 2029, while appealing for Gujarat to achieve the target by December 31, 2028.
He announced that a control room would become operational from December 1, with a mechanism to ensure action within three hours of receiving information about drug-related activities. He also urged citizens, parents and teachers to report drug-related activities through the 1033 helpline, assuring that informants' identities would remain confidential.