Rajkot, The Fourth Largest City Of Gujarat Is Treading A New Path Of Growth In The Smart Cities Mission. Having Secured Its Place In The Third Round Of The Mission, The City Now Boasts Of A State-of-the-art Security Surveillance System And Is A Pioneer In The Use Of Solar Energy, Writes Elets News Network (Enn).
The Smart Cities Mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Government appears to have triggered a positive competition among cities across India to rethink about their development model and carve it in a way which caters government policies and civic bodies’ facilities in the most convenient way.
Gujarat, being the native State of Prime Minister Modi, doesn’t seem to take any chances to lag behind anyone. Of the four cities selected under the Smart Cities Mission, Rajkot holds a distinct place and it is ensuring that it leads fellow cities by example even for the capital city of Gandhinagar.
About the City
Rajkot the former capital of the princely State of Saurashtra, and was once a base for the Western States British Government office. After India’s Independence, the city rapidly expanded into a prosperous, lively business centre, yet continued with its tag of ‘Rangeelo Rajkot’ (colourful Rajkot) as the city maintained its vibrancy while moving ahead on the road to development.
Mahatma Gandhi lived here for many years. Rajkot was the capital of the Saurashtra State from 15 April, 1948 to 31 October, 1956 before merging in bilingual Bombay State on 1 November, 1956. Rajkot was merged into Gujarat State from bilingual Bombay state on 1 May, 1960.
In the words of Rajkot Mayor Binaben Jayendrabhai Acharya, “The city provides the highest opportunities for economical growth and industrial development in the region. The city has unique custom of Kathiawadi Culture and provides maximum opportunity for art and handicraft development. The city has excellent education facilities for primary education to advance university degree course.”
To be developed at a cost of Rs 2,326 crores, the Area Based Development (ABD) projects of the city have been alloted an amount of Rs 2,177 crores out of this budget.
This story is from the July 2018 - Rajkot edition of eGov.
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