Now being a
Gujarati and being an Engineer, I would like to list out some personal findings
regarding Gujarat history and current scenario which is not said by a single national news channel till date. You
will see here historical facts, Administrative and procedural changes made by
Modi and effects of the same.
Point to note
here is how able LEADER he is, as he has done so many administrative changes,
procedural changes in the system and on other hand fought paid media since last
10 years continuously without being disgraced, tired or distracted. That’s the
power of vision of a nationalist LEADER.
Before 2002
scenario:
1) Before 2002, since long
back (almost after independence ), there was frequent riots in Ahmedabad city
and/or Gujarat. Frequency is 1 riot/year
and curfew in the city area almost every 6-7 months and you will be
amazed that Hindus were at receiving end only (due to backing up of congis
which were in power mostly). Specially during RathYatra period as the RathYatra
of Lord Shri Krishna passes through Muslim populated areas.
2) Roads were there
connecting almost every village, but they were mostly in bad condition and
single road only. Roads connecting major cities were utmost two lan only and
that also in almost bad condition 2/3 portion of the year.
3) Illegal encroachments in
city area, mostly in muslim areas were so high that no one dare to cross that
street, area even during the day time. Slum areas were expanding rapidly.
4) There was no new Govt
infrastructure is coming up i.e Collector offices, taluka offices, City Civic
centers, Hospitals, Govt institutes etc. Existing infrastructure was in bad
condition (same 100 year old buildings, no proper maintenance etc)
5) No new initiatives in
Agriculture field to increase the outcome, dairy production.
6) Every Government
functions were like lifeless tradition only, no charm, no enhancement or new
experiment etc. These includes 15th
Aug, 26th Jan and 1st May (Gujarat Day).
7) There were active Gangs
of Latif , tiger meman, groupism in Porbander. There was frequent gang wars
news almost every 2-3 months.
8) Water scarcity was there
as tankers were running in most of the villages during summer. Saurashtra and
Kutch was the worst affected region. There were incidents of tensions due to
water in many regions.
9) Though whole Gujarat is
Vibrant, but most of the industries were in between Ahmedabad to Valsad belt
only. All other GIDCs were in so bad condition. There was mainly chemical and
texttile based industries, only GM (General Motors) in Auto industries.
10)
There was almost 20 engineering colleges and 5 medical
colleges across Gujarat compared to 250 engg in AP and Karnatka along.
Technical seats were around 10K only.
11)
Electricity condition was good compared to other states,
but still there was a power cut of around 4-5 hours/day in villages daily.
You can confirm each and every fact mentioned above with any
congi member or any of the relatives of yours residing in Gujarat OR news
archives.
There after Modi comes in the picture from nowhere in 2001.
And whatever happened there after is history. Those who want to see negative
part only can see only 2002, but those who want to see things beyond their
imagination, read further. Please read further to have exact idea of what Modi
has done administratively, politically and personally for Gujarat. First we
will see what actions or rules or policies he has defined immediately after
taking charge of CM, then we will see what transformations he has achieved
through his innovation, initiatives and intuition.
Steps he has taken:
- He has stopped press peoples who were roaming freely in Sachivalaya (big campus covering 26 Govt. departments) who were mostly involved in paid news kind of things (brokering for transfers, licenses etc) He has made mechanism where they all get news online from Govt website, no need to come personally.
- He has used GSWAN (Gujarat State Wide Area Network) in such way that less Govt merchandises used and more output comes. Like maximum use of Video Conferencing between Gandhinagar Head office and district, taluka level offices. IWDMS system for transparent and traceable online file movement. Webcasting of most of the event. In nutshell, used technology very very efficiently.
- He has drafted policies for each and every thing like processes, accountability etc. Documentation and reporting mechanism has been setup.
- He has setup calendar for whole year in advance for all 26 departments with clear vision and targets and activities. Like Krishi mahotsav for Agriculture department in May month of every year, School praveshotsav and Gunotsav for education department in June and December every year, Ranotsav in December every year for Tourism department , Vibrant Gujarat every second year for Industries department. Actually list is very long.
- He has started celebrating each year with theme of the year for whole Gujarat. Like Nirmal Gujarat 2003, Pravashan Varsh 2004 and likewise. So that maximum work in that particular area can be achieved throughout the year.
- He has started celebrating every special day in different district headquarters throughout the year (3 districts/year).
This list is also very long, which can be easily replicated
in other stats provided that personal and political willpower must be there. You
can visit here for more detail.
Now, we will see point wise change in each and every area
mentioned in 2002 ago era.
1) There is not a single
incident of riot of curfew in past 10 years. All the 10
Rathyatras during these years were totally peaceful. Next one is in next 10
days only and all are assured that nothing will happen. Riots were not happened
after 2008 Ahmedabad blast also. You can
call this as the biggest achievement.
2) Road conditions are now
improved so much that we can travel to the remotest village with city like
ride. Interior roads has been widen up. Expressway connecting
Ahmedabad-Vadodara was lying incompleted since more than 20 years, which was
completed in 2003. Similarly all the major state highways and national highway
work has been put on high priority and that also with quality work. These work
has been applauded by World bank also as they had given loans for the same.
3) One of the most useful
and remarkable achievement is congestion free roads in the old city areas and
in general also. Tons of illegal encroachments have been removed without any
hassle. This is totally unachievable in today’s era when slums have backup of
political parties, confusing law system. Today there are so many roads in city
areas where we can roam freely without any traffic hassle which was earlier
nearly impossible. Slum people has been shifted to Govt built buildings which
we can see, not on the paper.
4) One of the most needed
and unavoidable work which has been done so beautifully by Gujarat Govt is the
construction of new uniform school buildings, Collectorate building, Taluka
Sadans, Colleges etc.
5) This one is really
remarkable, agriculture income of farmers has been increased to more than 60K
crore from merely 8K crore. Dairy production has been up by 66%. Per hectare
production has been increased 2 times………Thanks to one month long Krishi
Mahotsav every year. Gujarat’s agri growth rate is more than 10% consistently
last 10 year while national average growth rate is merely 2.5-3%, and if we
remove Gujarat figure from it, it will further drop down to 1-1.5%
6) First of all Govt has
used PPP model in each and every major Govt functions like vibrant Gujarat,
Vibrant Navratri, Kutch Ranotsav. Now each function is like international event
with pure traditional touch. Now 15th Aug, 26th Jan and 1st
May is celebrated each time in different district headquarter out of total 25 districts,
there was a weeklong festival kind celebration during these event in each
district headquarter. Freedom fighters, novelists and renowned person from the
society were honored during these days. Public participation in such events is
noticeable.
7) Today there are not any
known Gangs across Gujarat. Police
department moral is so high that such gangs were vanished and they make sure
for future also. There is no personal gang wars kind of things in Gujarat.
8) Earlier Saurashtra and
Kutch (famous for desert) region was
most water scarcity region. Since last 6-7 years this thing is totally
reversed. Now these both regions receive highest rain in Gujarat. Whole pattern
has been changed, due to massive groundwater recharge program taken by modi in
year 2002-3-4-5 with PPP model. Lacs of small checkdams created along with
river, small villages and each and every possible place. Actually I can write
whole book on this topic, like what initiative, how it is implemented and how
people have participated. A tanker for
villages during summertime is gone days.
Actually in reverse trend in Gujarat, water level is increasing while it
is decreasing alarmingly all over India.
9) Now there are industries
everywhere, chemical industries have been shifted whenever possible so that
pollution can be reduced. Now you can find auto industries, manufacturing
industries equally distributed all over Gujarat. Kutch is the most rich
district in terms of FDI, investment across the India.
10)
There are now more than 50 eng and medical colleges and
planning to have district wise medical college. Technical seats has been gone
more than 90K. Earlier Gujju students gone to Bangalore or Andhra for higher
studies, now scenario has been changed.
11)
An electricity scenario has been changed drastically with
unique Jyotigram scheme. Now there is 24 hr electricity supply not only in
cities but in every small village. Farmers get enough and fair supply of
electricity. Actually they don’t need
much electricity now as the water level has been increased.
Friends, list
is really long. But one thing is clearly visible here that such a all-round
development work can be done by a visionary leader only, not by ordinary man.
We all know that it is very tough to get work done from Government officials,
specially IAS/IPS officers. He has not only got work done from them but got
applause from the same cadre also. I can only see that from here that “those
who want to work tirelessly, honestly and for the nation are enjoying working with modi, while those
who don’t want to work at all, who are cunning crows, who sees their own
interest will definitely hate modi or dislike him”.
I will write
about energy (wind, solar, tide), tree plantation, school dropout ratio,
cleanliness initiatives, transparency initiative, Tourism development, number
of Lions, land records, usage of technology in Govt, PPP model, Sujalam-Suflam
project in detail sometime. Keep watching this space.