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Gaur for rapid development of urban areas

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The Chief Minister wants to develop Bhopal on the lines of Bangalore

BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Babulal Gaur, has called for rapid and corruption-free development of urban areas across the State and said that he wanted to develop Bhopal as a clean modern city and bring it at par with Bangalore. The Chief Minister underlined these priorities and said that planned development of urban areas was one of the foremost priorities of the State Government. He was speaking at the foundation- laying ceremony for the widening of the Main Road No.1 in the busy new Bhopal area on Monday.

On this occasion, he also issued a firm warning to officers and said that they would be strictly dealt with if they indulged in corruption. The Chief Minister said that serious efforts were being made to properly equip the State capital and give it a special identity. On this occasion, he also warned the cattle owners and said that they would be penalised if their cattle were found roaming on the city roads.

He asked the Bhopal Municipal Corporation to enforce a complete ban on bathing of bovine animals in the Upper Lake here. Pursuing his "urban" campaign, the Chief Minister had last week visited many localities in the old Bhopal areas and Bairagarh on the outskirts of the State capital and issued directives to develop proper parking bays by dismantling the dilapidated and old Government buildings.

He also issued instructions for the renovation and beautification of the mausoleums of Nawab Siddique Hasan and Nawab Shahajahan Begum, the erstwhile rulers of Bhopal, and directed the State Horticulture department and the Capital Project Administration to take up the task of removing the encroachments and developing the historic Bada Bagh near Hamidia Road in the heart of old Bhopal.

Mr. Gaur, who had focused special attention on conserving the old monuments of Bhopal during his earlier stint as State Minister fifteen years ago, is once more pursuing his unfinished agenda on top priority. On Monday, he visited the shrine of Hazjrat Jainuuddin Jahir Peer in Gokul Gram Pipaliya Jahir in Bhopal district and sanctioned special funds for its renovation. On this occasion, he said that such shrines symbolize the glory of unity in diversity and inspire people to shed their "constricted and ill-conceived notions". Jahir Peer village has become an example of communal harmony. Three major events are organized here annually and thousands of devotees belonging to different communities gather here on the occasion of Krishna Janmasthami, Hariyali Amavasya and the Navami festival before Dussehra. Janmashtami also marks the beginning of the three-day annual Urs here.

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