Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot inaugurate projects worth Rs 211 crore

11 May 2023 CW Team

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot will inaugurate and lay foundation stones of projects worth Rs 2.11 billion in Kishanpole assembly constituency, said MLA Amin Kagzi while addressing the media.

The projects for which foundation stone laying ceremony will be carried out include Kishanpole satellite Hospital that will be built at a cost of Rs 200 million, Government Girl’s college at Rs 85 million, inauguration of the Maharaja Digital Library built at a cost of Rs 80 million, Mahatma Gandhi Govt School, Naharwada built at a cost of Rs 40 million, etc.

“Keeping in view the incidents of fire in the Walled City, the state laid a special water pipeline under the smart city project. It was installed at a cost of about Rs 55 million. This pipeline is specially installed for fire-fighting only, which will also be started,” said Kagzi.

He added that development works worth Rs 6 crore have been carried out in Walled City temples.

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