Forward of Price range meet: Congress employees conflict with police exterior Gandhinagar civic physique workplace | Ahmedabad Information
4 min learnAhmedabadFeb 20, 2026 04:30 AM IST
A CLASH broke out exterior the Gandhinagar Municipal Company constructing between Congress employees and police, forward of the civic physique’s basic assembly on Thursday to approve the monetary funds for the yr 2026-27.
Heavy safety was deployed on the Municipal Company constructing because of protests by the opposition Congress employees. Congress employees reached the GMC basic assembly venue and protested towards the budgetwhich led to a conflict with police, safety workers in addition to the hearth group after they prevented the employees from coming into the constructing with the hearth brigade utilizing water cannons on the protesters.
The problems raised by Congress metropolis president Shakti Patel included lack of fundamental amenities within the newly merged villages within the GMC limits. “The ruling BJP has conspired to maintain us out of the final assembly. Within the earlier funds, there was a provision to plant 2.3 lakh timber beneath the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ marketing campaign however no timber have been planted but. The sensible villages, which embody the brand new villages merged into the company, are usually not being given any amenities like roads and through the monsoon sewers overflow,” Shakti Patel stated.
The final physique assembly of Gandhinagar Municipal Company beneath the chairmanship of Mayor Miraben Patel unanimously authorised Rs 1,918.35-crore funds for the monetary yr 2026-27. The final funds earlier than GMC elections this yr was offered by the Chairman of the Standing Committee Gaurang Vyas. The intention of the funds was to supply fashionable amenities with out imposing any new taxes on the residents. The funds had a surplus of Rs 172.74 crore.
In keeping with the Gandhinagar Mayor, the emphasis of the funds was on fashionable know-how. ‘’This funds has been made retaining in thoughts the event of all and public welfare. Work can even be executed within the area of sports activities retaining in thoughts the upcoming Commonwealth Video games. This funds has been made by Gandhinagar Municipal Company retaining in thoughts all of the residents together with ladies and the youth. This funds has additionally acquired basic approval,’’ stated Patel.
Presenting the funds proposals, Standing Committee Chairman Gaurang Vyas stated that this funds had been ready retaining safety, well being, comfort, earnings and know-how in focus. “AI (Synthetic Intelligence) know-how might be extensively used to make town sensible, beneath which built-in command and management centre might be transformed into an AI Expertise Heart and fashionable amenities like AI-based surveillance and self-assessment drive might be began,” he stated.
Additional, he added that beneath PMAY 2.0, the municipality had resolved to assemble greater than 3,500 homes at a price of roughly Rs 440 crore for the poor.
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“The Public-Personal Partnership (PPP) and Company Social Duty(CSR) mannequin have been prioritized to make Gandhinagar self-reliant. Initiatives like fashionable Haat (Meena Bazaar), Open Air Theatre, Performing Arts Centre and Co-working House might be carried out within the metropolis. This plan will scale back the capital expenditure of the Municipal Company and residents will get world-class amenities,” he added. Vyas clarified that for administrative transparency, a ‘Digital Grievance Interactive Panel’ might be carried out to resolve folks’s complaints.
For the primary time in Gandhinagar, roads are set to be constructed with ‘Inexperienced Milling Expertise’, hoping to make sure that the extent and sustainability of the roads can be maintained. Vyas additionally confused on the significance of a brand new multi-specialty hospital of fifty to 100 beds which he stated would supply high-quality therapy to the residents within the metropolis. He described the rise in monetary help to kids affected by juvenile diabetes for instance of ‘delicate governance’.
Conserving in thoughts the upcoming 2030 Commonwealth Video games which might be hosted in Ahmedabadthe funds offered for the creation of sports activities complexes in Raysan and Kolavada and a cricket stadium in Rakhineja.