Gujarat Day celebration at Amreli Gujarat.

April 10 (IANS) Amreli town will host the official Gujarat Foundation Day celebrations May 1 in a big way. Preparations are on with 19 roads being re-carpeted, 8,000 tonnes of garbage being cleared and streetlights being re-started, said Jay Narayan Vyas, state cabinet minister.

Vyas was appointed government spokesperson Wednesday by Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Vyas said that the efforts are on to end Amreli’s water woes by May 1 as preliminary work for taking Narmada waters to the town has been completed.

He said Amreli is the first district in which all its 590 village panchayats have achieved online connectivity.

Gujarat Day celebration in Chicagoland

The Chicagoland Gujarati community will join a global celebration of Gujarat Day on the 48th anniversary of the formation of Gujarat State within the Indian Union Indian. The celebration in Chicagoland is slated on May 3 with a function at Jain Temple, Bartlett, Illinois from 5 pm to 10 pm, announced Dr Bharat Barai in a meeting of the community members led by many Gujarati social and cultural organizations.

Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, will address this world-wide audience via live satellite video conferencing from India to reach the audience across US and Canada. The celebrations will be held in several other major cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Houston and Toronto, besides Chicago.

Gujarat has become the favorite destination of investors across the globe, especially the Gujarati entrepreneurs who are taking an aggressive role in leading the country. Gujarat has earned the reputation of being one of the most progressive States in the Indian Union by virtue of significant developments in all sectors of economy, including oil & natural gas, petro-chemicals, textiles, shipping, precious stones and information technology.

It is also emerging as a leader in social and economic reforms and is reputed as stable politically. "We look forward to generous community support and invite all social and cultural institutions and businesses to participate in this mega event," Hasmukh Patel appealed.