Gujarat has officially declared 2025 as the Year of Urban Development, marking two decades since the launch of the Well-Planned City Development Project initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2005.

The project laid the foundation for Gujarat’s transformation into a modern, sustainable urban state. To celebrate this milestone, the Urban Development Department recently organised a statewide award ceremony at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar to honour cities excelling in cleanliness under the “2.2” initiative.

M. Nagarajan, Mission Director of Cleaner Mission India-Urban, said, “Along with the Swachh Bharat initiative, we organised an award competition under Nirmal Gujarat. The municipalities and corporations that won were felicitated today. Next year, during the Swachhata Survekshan 202

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