Campaign programme of Rupala, Sidhu, Smriti, Kanoadias and others

BJP leader Parshottam Rupala will address six public meetings on 12 December at Varahi(Radhanpur), Bhildi(Diyodar), Danta, Chhapi(Vadgam), Kheralu and Mansa.

BJP’s national secretary Navjot Singh Sidhu will address five public meetings at Pandori(Anand), Mahudha, Idar, Palanpur and Visnagar on 12 December.

Rajya Sabha MP Smriti Irani will address five campaign rallies on 12 December:

10.15 am Mandvi

11.30 am Abdasa

4.00 pm Sidhpur

6.00 pm Palanpur

7.30 pm Deesa

Film actor Niraj Vora will address four public meetings:

3.30 pm Mehsana

6.00 pm Naroda

7.00 pm Amraiwadi

8.00 pm Vijay chowk

Gujarati film actors Mahesh Naresh Kanoadia will address three public rallies:

6.00 pm Chamanpura chakla

7.15 pm Ambedkar hall, BRTS road, Danilimda

8.15 pm Shakti chowk, Avadhpuri, Isanpur gam

Gujarati film actor Feroze Irani will address public meeting and hold a road show at 7.00 pm in Vejalpur assembly area.

Film actor Manoj Joshi will hold a road show and address public meeting at 9.00 pm in Vadodara.

Complaint against NaMo channel crew

Isanpur resident Atul Niranjan Dave has filed a complaint with the chief electoral officer (CEO) (Gujarat) alleging that the cameraman of NaMo channel and BJP workers who were accompanying the TV crew indulged in inappropriate behaviour with him when he chose to speak his mind and not praise chief minister Narendra Modi as wished by the channel crew.

In his complaint, Dave said that a programme ‘Praja No Awaj’ is aired on the NaMo channel wherein people are aired saying that ‘Narendra Modi is the best CM’ and that ‘he is the best PM candidate’.

“On November 7, I was approached for an interview by the channel which was accompanied with two BJP workers. I chose to speak my mind and did not heap praises on Modi as wished by the crew. Soon, they switched off the camera and indulged in defiant, inappropriate and rude behaviour with me”, Dave has alleged in his complaint.

The CEO office has forwarded the complaint to the Ahmedabad collector office and has asked officials to inquire into the complaint and submit a report in two days.

Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro Rail route finalized, announced

Gujarat Government has finalized the route of ambitious Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro rail project, totaling 76 km, with a view to providing ambitious world-class comfortable, safe and fast travel.

Giving details of the project, Urban Development Minister Nitin Patel said that it became necessary to develop a speedy and safe public commutation mechanism considering the fast and all-round development and large scale industrial projects taking place in and around Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar under the farsighted leadership of chief minister Narendra Modi. After the BRTS project for Ahmedabad city, the government is now resolute to gift the metro rail facility, which will provide the best alternate for commutation to the lakhs of people of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.

“A high-power committee was entrusted the task of finalization of route with a view to expediting the work of this ambitious project. The committee then visited the entire route between the two cities, held meetings on different levels and has finalized the metro rail project route”, Mr.Patel said.

Urban Development Minister said that total length of metro rail project route will be 76 km, out of which the Ahmedabad city route will be of 44 km. and the route connecting Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar will be of 32 km. The route of western Ahmedabad will cover APMC, Vasna, Anjali, Paldi, Parimal garden, Panjara pol, vijay cross road, Navrang six-roads, from Usmanpura to Vadaj, and will lead to Gandhinagar via Ranip Sabarmati railway station. The length of this route will be of around 16 km.

The second route of metro rail project will cover the areas of eastern Ahmedabad and will be divided into two parts. Starting from Paldi, the first route will reach to Civil hospital covering Jamalpur, Danilimada, Chandola lake, Isanpur, Ghodasar, Hatakeshwar, Rakhiyal, Ajit mill, Bapunagar and Memco sports complex. This route will be of 22.8 km long and will mainly be the elevated one except the route between Memco to Civil hospital which will be the underground one. The second route in east zone will start from Jamalpur and will lead to vadaj covering the heavy traffic areas like Gita Mandir, Kalupur railway station and civil hospital. This will be an underground route and its length will be around 06 km, said Mr.Patel.

The route connecting Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar will cover areas from AEC junction to Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar. Starting from AEC the route will cover Sabarmati, Visat petrol pump, IIT Gandhinagar, Tapovan circle, Koba circle, crossing the state highway-71 and going parallel to Kasturbhai campus, Koba village, PDPU, Raysan village, Dholakuva and finally entering Gandhinagar via Ch road. In Gandhinagar the route will cover Ch-2, Ch-3, Chh road, Police Bhavan, Sachivalaya to Akshardham, while for Mahatma Mandir there will be a separate route from Ch-3 to Pathikashram, reaching to Mahatma Mandir via Kh-3. This entire route will be of around 32 km.

Mr.Patel said that two separate routes are also proposed for connecting GIFT city and Ahmedabad International Airport. Out of this, one route will reach to airport via AEC junction, motera and hansol. The other route will go via Kasturbhai campus, going parallel to Sabarmati river, covering GNLU and reaching to GIFT city crossing the Sabarmati river.

The state government is in consultation with the technical experts and has initiated the process of phase-wise implementation of the project. Different tasks related to this project include mono-pile testing, finalization of DPR and various technical surveys, which are on the verge of completion, said Mr.Patel.