અમદાવાદ, ૯ નવેમ્બર, ૨૦૨૬: કેન્દ્રીય ગૃહમંત્રી અમિત શાહે ગાંધીનગર લોકસભા વિસ્તારમાં રૂ. ૧૪૦૦ કરોડથી વધુના આશરે ૩૦ કામોનું લોકાર્પણ અને ખાતમુહૂર્ત કર્યું. તેમાં વાડજ રામાપીરના ટેકરા ખાતે આવાસોનો ડ્રો, જાસપુર ખાતે ૨૦૦ MLD વોટર ટ્રીટમેન્ટ પ્લાન્ટ અને ગોતા તથા ત્રાગડમાં અર્બન હેલ્થ સેન્ટર્સનો સમાવેશ થાય છે.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah opened or laid foundation stones for about 30 works worth over ₹1,400 crore across his Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency on 9 November 2026. Most are Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation projects in the city's west and north-west.

The total includes the ₹464 crore ISKCON–Sanand elevated corridor, built by the Union highways ministry. The itemised AMC lists add up to ₹641.93 crore opened and ₹382.08 crore started.

Ramapir Tekra: homes for slum families

The biggest item for residents was a computerised draw for flats and shops at Ramapir no Tekro in Vadaj, built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for families from the slum. Shah handed keys to three beneficiaries as a symbolic start.

The numbers in the release don't fully line up. The narrative speaks of more than 9,000 homes, but the itemised list names 1,232 homes and 16 shops at Ramapir Tekra Sectors 5 and 1. A separate redevelopment of 2,002 homes and 84 shops at Hanumanpura Chali and Parikshitlal Nagar in Nava Vadaj had only its foundation stone laid.

Opened: ₹641.93 crore

  • Water: a 200 MLD water treatment plant at Jaspur, a 2,500 mm trunk main from the Jaspur plant to KD Hospital (the release separately mentions a 7.40 km trunk main), new water distribution stations at Nava Ranip (TP 66/A) and Chandlodia, upgrades at Keshavnagar and the Memnagar fire station area, and a 20 lakh litre overhead tank at the Ranip bus stand station
  • Sewage and drainage: a 15 MLD sewage treatment plant at Jagatpur, and an infiltration tank and 60 MLD pumping station at Gota Bandhan Triangle
  • Energy: a 30 MW ground-mounted solar plant for AMC's own power use
  • Health: urban health centres at Gota (Science City) and Tragad
  • Education and public spaces: the Jodhpur Knowledge Hub library, six municipal smart schools and a senior citizens' park
  • Welfare: a shelter under the Centre's SMILE scheme for people living by begging

Started: ₹382.08 crore

  • Rehousing of 2,002 homes and 84 shops in Nava Vadaj
  • A tropical forest with a climate-controlled dome at the Usmanpura garden on Sabarmati Riverfront (₹62.31 crore)
  • Drainage networks in Sarkhej, Makarba and Okaf (TP schemes 87, 88 and 201)
  • A storm water pumping station with a 1,400 mm rising main near Ratna Lake, Bopal–Ghuma, which the Chief Minister said should end waterlogging there
  • A bus depot and terminus with electric charging at Ghuma (TP 2)
  • A senior citizens' park and yoga corner at Chandlodia (Tragad)

Gota health centre

The two-storey urban health centre in the Science City area of Gota ward is expected to serve about 80,000 people in 17 surrounding areas, including about 46,700 slum residents. It has about 20 rooms and 40 staff.

Services include a general OPD, minor emergencies, dog-bite vaccination, screening for non-communicable diseases, paediatric, geriatric, eye and skin OPDs, physiotherapy, 21 types of lab test, and birth and death registration.

Jodhpur Knowledge Hub

The new library in Jodhpur ward, next to Tapas Bungalows in AMC's South West Zone, cost about ₹15.60 crore from the 2024–25 budget. It is aimed at students and local readers, with space for study, project research and creative work. The release does not give opening hours or membership details.

1033 anti-drug helpline from 1 December

Shah said a toll-free helpline and control room on 1033 will start on 1 December 2026. He asked citizens, parents and teachers to report drug sale or use there, and set a goal of making Gujarat drug-free by December 2028.

He also unveiled a new Ahmedabad Tourism logo and honoured AMC sanitation workers.

Amit Shah lights a ceremonial lamp on stage beside Bhupendra Patel and other dignitaries Front of the new two-storey Urban Primary Health Centre in Gota, Ahmedabad, with officials and media outside Staff and officials pose in front of the Gota Urban Primary Health Centre entrance Amit Shah and Bhupendra Patel leave the Gota health centre with security staff Garlanded inauguration plaque for the Jodhpur ward Knowledge Hub library, dated 9 November 2026
The launch event, the Gota urban health centre and the Jodhpur library plaque. Photo: Gujarat Information Bureau (select a photo to open the original).

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  • Gujarat Information Bureau, મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી કાર્યાલય, ગુજરાત: press release dated 9 November 2026, “કેન્દ્રીય ગૃહ અને સહકારિતા મંત્રી શ્રી અમિતભાઈ શાહના હસ્તે અમદાવાદમાં ₹૧૪૦૦ કરોડથી વધુના પ્રજાલક્ષી વિકાસ પ્રકલ્પોનું લોકાર્પણ અને ખાતમુહૂર્ત” (release ID 56197). Available on GIB's Department Releases page.
  • Gujarat Information Bureau, આરોગ્ય અને પરિવાર કલ્યાણ વિભાગ: press release dated 9 November 2026, “કેન્દ્રીય ગૃહ અને સહકારતા મંત્રી શ્રી અમિત શાહના હસ્તે અમદાવાદના ગોતા-સાયન્સ સિટી વિસ્તારમાં અત્યાધુનિક અર્બન પ્રાયમરી હેલ્થ સેન્ટરનું લોકાર્પણ” (release ID 56194). Available on GIB's Department Releases page.
  • Gujarat Information Bureau, વિજ્ઞાન અને ટેકનોલોજી વિભાગ: press release dated 9 November 2026, “અમદાવાદના જોધપુર વોર્ડ ખાતે કેન્દ્રીય ગૃહ અને સહકારિતા મંત્રી શ્રી અમિતભાઈ શાહ દ્વારા આધુનિક સુવિધાસભર પુસ્તકાલયનો પ્રારંભ” (release ID 56196). Available on GIB's Department Releases page.
  • Photos: Gujarat Information Bureau.