Gujarat: The 39th board meeting of the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.

In the 39th board meeting of the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, it was decided to include logistics infrastructure as a priority sector in the GID Act. This will enable GIDB to rapidly undertake large infrastructure projects in the state through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model with private sector participation. It is worth mentioning that under the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon the states to prepare and implement their Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan. In this context, GIDB acts as the nodal agency for the implementation of the PM Gati Shakti Master Plan Project in Gujarat.

The PM Gati Shakti Master Plan Portal was launched at the national level on 6 October last year in Gujarat.

Acted in 1999 under the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Act (GID Act) with statutory status, the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board aims to encourage private sector participation in the state as well as enhance financial flow for infrastructure projects requiring large capital investments. Facilitates. This 39th meeting of GIDB was held in Gandhinagar under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and in the inspiring presence of Industries Minister Balwant Singh Rajput and Chief Secretary Raj Kumar. According to the detailed discussion held in the board meeting, the PM Gati Shakti Master Plan portal has been launched at the national level in Gujarat on October 6 last year. GIDB in association with Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG-N) and other departments has integrated around 1100 different data on this master plan portal.

The Chief Minister gave guidance in the preparation of City Logistics Master Plan and State Logistics Master Plan for 8 metros

Board’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Smt. Avantika Singh told through the presentation that GIDB is working with State Logistics Master Plan and 8 Metropolitan Municipalities to prepare City Logistics Master. In the meeting, he said that as a result of Gati Shakti Integrated Infrastructure Plan, integrated development planning of any area of the state can be done in less time. The development plan of Ambaji Yatradham and the development plan of Dahej industrial area are examples of this.

Consultation held in the meeting regarding the assessment report of water demand for industrial purposes in the state till 2050

Gujarat is a state with a strategic coastline of 1600 km long, in this context, consultation was also held in this board meeting of GIDB regarding the appointment of a consultant or advisor for the preparation of the Integrated Area Development Plan for the tehsils of the coastal belt. Not only this, it was also proposed to select a consultant for preparing the Detailed Feasibility Report (DFR) for the development of the Special Investment Region (SIR-SIR) near Navlakhi. In the board meeting, in-principle approval was given to the proposal for approval of the selection of a consultant to prepare the assessment report of water demand for industrial purposes in the state by the year 2050.

With the help of speed, integrated planning of any area can be done in less time.

In the meeting, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel gave guidance regarding preparation of State Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan as per PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan and through this State Master Plan, Gujarat should also contribute in advance to PM Gati Shakti Master Plan. The fifth meeting of the Island Development Authority (IDA) was also held along with the board meeting of GIDB. With a vast coastline and more than 144 islands, Gujarat is a leader in development. In this context, according to the island development policy of the Government of India, the state government has constituted the Island Development Authority. of this authority
The objective is to ensure national security as well as to promote economic, social and tourism activities on the islands.

In-principle approval given for financial allocation from this year’s tourism budget of Rs 2077 crore

In the fifth board meeting of this authority chaired by the Chief Minister, in-principle approval was given for the development of Betdwarka and Shialbet islands as tourism hotspots from this year’s tourism budget of Rs. was done in the meeting of Chief Secretary Raj Kumar suggested the formation of an Area Development Authority (ADA) for Dwarka Corridor Development. Apart from the Chief Secretary, Secretaries and senior officers of the concerned departments also participated in both these meetings.