Ahmedabad Jan 29 PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate a grand wall mural of Mahatma Gandhi made from 2975 clay kulhads earthen cups at Sabarmati Riverfront here on Sunday the Khadi and Village Industries Commission KVIC saidThe mural commissioned by the KVIC was put together by 75 potters brought here from across the country a KVIC official said on SaturdayThe event which will mark the 74th Martyrs Day will also be attended by Union MSME Minister Narayan Rane and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra PatelThe KVIC has undertaken Kumbhar Sashaktikaran Programme for empowering potters he saidShah will also distribute electric pottery wheels to members of the potter community from his Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency on this occasionThe mural measuring 100 square meters has been created by arranging kulhads on an aluminum sheet to form the Mahatmas visage said the officialIt will be only the second of its kind in the country the KVIC official said adding that the first one is installed at Palika Kendra in New DelhiIn 2018 the KVIC had installed a large stainless steel charkha spinning wheel at Sabarmati Riverfront which too was inaugurated by Shah PTI KA KRK KRK

Ahmedabad Oct 30 PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be the chief guest at the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas function to be held at the Statue of Unity in Kevadia in Gujarats Narmada district on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the function through a recorded video message said a release from the Press Information Bureau Since the 2018 inauguration of the 182-metre memorial the tallest such structure in the world constructed in memory of Sardar Patel Modi has attended all three functions till 2020 but will be unable to do so this year as he is in Rome in Italy for the G-20 summit Shah will begin the day by offering floral tributes at the statue and then preside over a parade in which paramilitary and Gujarat police personnel will take part an official of the Statue of Unity Authority said As per the PIB release 75 cyclists from ITBP SSB CISF CRPF and BSF who have traveled around 9000 kilometres from various parts of the country and 101 motorcyclists from the police forces of Tripura Tamil Nadu Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat who have traveled to Kevadia after covering around 9200 kms will also take part in the parade Twenty-three medal winners in Olympic Asian and Commonwealth Games including Manpreet Singh the captain of our bronze winning mens hockey team at the recent Tokyo Olympics will be participating There will be a joint band of ITBP and Gujarat police the release said There will also be a cultural event in which teams from Odisha and Gujarat will perform along with Wushu a form of martial art The ITBP team will also demonstrate its skill in dismantling and reassembling a vehicle an SOU official said The Government in 2014 decided to observe the birth anniversary of Sardar Patel on October 31 as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas National Unity Day to provide an opportunity to re-affirm the inherent strength and resilience of our nation to withstand the actual and potential threats to the unity integrity and security of our country PTI KA BNM BNM BNM

Ahmedabad Aug 30 PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday urged sarpanchs and other elected representatives of local bodies to ensure that no eligible person in their areas is deprived of benefits under various welfare schemes of the Central and state governments Shah who represents the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat is currently on a three-day visit to his home state Gujarat which began on August 28 Speaking at an event for distribution of nutritious laddoos to pregnant women at Nidhrad village near Sanand town in the Ahmedabad district which falls under the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency Shah said though infrastructure development is important it will be of no use if people remain weak and poor There are numerous welfare schemes floated by the state and Central governments The local administration is trying to reach out to people But it is the responsibility of elected representatives such as sarpanchs and members of district and taluka panchayats to make sure that no eligible person is left out from getting the benefits under these schemes said Shah He said workers from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat are visiting various villages to reach out to people by organising camps But how much area can they cover by themselves If sarpanchs of this region take up this responsibility that no eligible person remains without an Ayushman card or no widow is left out without pension Gandhinagar would become the most developed Lok Sabha constituency in the country said Shah Infrastructure development is important and that process will also continue But empowerment of the poor downtrodden and women is equally important There is no meaning to infrastructure development if the people remain poor and weak he added With the help of NGOs Shah launched a scheme for the Gandhinagar constituency wherein around 7000 poor pregnant women will be given 15 vitamin-rich laddoos every month till they deliver Shah said these laddoos will help fight malnutrition among children and their mothers This scheme has been launched without taking any financial help from the government I thank all the NGOs who have joined hands for launching this scheme These protein and vitamin-rich laddoos will be given to pregnant women free of cost said Shah He said the Poshan Abhiyan launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2018 from Rajasthan has become a mass movement now Shah greeted people on the occasion of Janmashtami and also congratulated Indian athletes who have won medals including one gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics PTI PJT NSK NSK