Indian Express 31.08.2010
Civic body gets a new Gandhi Hall
Express News Service Tags : corporation, gandhi hall Posted: Tue Aug 31 2010, 06:27 hrs
Ahmedabad: Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the swanky new Gandhi Hall in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) building in Danapith to replace the old Gandhi Hall that has been converted into a city heritage centre. The new hall can accommodate 220 seats against the present enhanced number of 192 councillors post-delimitation. There are 129 councillors in the current House.A-wing, one of the three in the AMC, has been turned into a heritage centre with an exhibition on the origin and history of Ahmedbad displayed in pictures and a large-size model of the city that will cover nearly two-thirds of the floor area of the ground-floor hall. City-based historian Dr Rizwan Qadri was seen explaining the finer details to Modi on Sunday.
The B wing, which is the existing five-storied building housing offices of mayor, commissioner and of political parties, will serve as the full-fledged office for the Central Zone of AMC. This will complete the series of all six zones having their own buildings.
The C-wing will be the AMC headquarters with the new Gandhi Hall on the sixth floor. The building housing the municipal cooperative bank will be pulled down and it may serve as parking space, sources say.
