Gandhinagar, Nov 7 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will visit temples in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad and meet citizens, government officials and police personnel on November 10 to mark the beginning of ‘Vikram Samvat 2083’.
Patel will begin the New Year with prayers at the Panchdev Temple in Gandhinagar at 7 a.m., followed by a visit to the Trimandir in Adalaj at 7:30 a.m.
He will then meet citizens at the Community Centre in the Ministers’ Residential Complex at 8 a.m. to exchange New Year greetings. At 8:50 a.m., the Chief Minister will visit Raj Bhavan to extend New Year greetings to Governor Acharya Devvrat.
He will later travel to Ahmedabad, where he is scheduled to visit the Bhadrakali Mata Temple at 10 a.m. to offer prayers.
At 10:30 a.m., he will meet citizens at the Annex State Guest House in Shahibaug to exchange New Year greetings.
The day’s engagements will conclude with a programme at the Police Officers’ Mess in Shahibaug-Duffnala at 11:45 a.m., where Patel will extend New Year greetings to senior police officers and their families.
The programme follows the Chief Minister’s Diwali and New Year message in which he called upon the people of Gujarat to work collectively towards realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a ‘Viksit Bharat’ through a ‘Viksit Gujarat’.
In his message marking Vikram Samvat 2083, Patel said: “The collective energy, skills and self-reliance of seven crore Gujaratis would play an important role in taking the state forward.”
He also called for renewed commitment to economic prosperity, good governance, security and social unity.
Referring to environmental conservation, the Chief Minister highlighted initiatives such as the Green Credit programme and the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 3.0’ campaign, and urged the younger generation to participate actively in such efforts.
He also wished citizens happiness, peace, prosperity and good health in the New Year.
–IANS
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