Gujarat Confidential: Potential Black Spot

The statue of a galloping equine installed earlier this period astatine the Chhani Bajwa junction has kicked up a enactment astatine the General Board of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC). Congress corporators from Ward 1 demanded that the VMC indispensable displacement the statue to different determination arsenic the metropolis constabulary had initially opposed the installation stating that the spot could crook into an mishap achromatic spot. On Wednesday, Congress corporator Jaha Desai told the VMC General Board to displacement the statue from the junction. “The archetypal sentiment of the constabulary was against installing the statue but past 2 weeks back, we learnt that the statue was installed arsenic the constabulary had cleared the same. Not lone does it airs hazard to motorists arsenic it is simply a achromatic spot, but the tallness of the statue is besides successful usurpation of the guidelines and should beryllium instantly rectified,” Desai said. Leaders of the ruling-BJP, connected the different hand, dismissed the claims saying that the statue was installed “as per the norms” and was portion of the beautification of introduction points to the city.

Civic Body Mentor

The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) volition mentor the Anand Municipal Corporation for a twelvemonth to assistance the recently formed civic assemblage get accustomed to assorted functions arsenic per the provisions successful place. As portion of the archetypal meeting, Vadodara Municipal Commissioner Dilip Rana Thursday visited Anand to interact with the officials of the caller civic body, including Anand Municipal Commissioner Milind Bapna. Vadodara Municipal caput Chintan Desai accompanied Rana. Desai briefed Anand civic assemblage officers astir the provisions and protocols to beryllium followed nether the Gujarat Provincial Municipal Act specified arsenic drafting proposals, conducting General Board meetings and contented of notifications, among others. Anand civic assemblage besides unveiled its logo that bears an imprint of the White Revolution arsenic good arsenic Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.