A housing programme covering 9,001 units in Ahmedabad is scheduled to include inaugurations, computerised allotment draws and the distribution of keys to eligible residents, according to a report by Nav Gujarat Samay. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to preside over the event, which will focus on housing developed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and redevelopment of a long-established informal settlement in Wadaj.
The report identifies Ramapir no Tekra, a slum settlement in Ahmedabad’s western zone, as a central part of the programme. It says the project was taken up to replace hutments with permanent homes and improve living conditions for residents. Ahmedabad Mayor Hitesh Barot and Housing Committee chairman Darshan Shah were quoted as describing the initiative as part of the city’s affordable housing effort.
According to the report, construction in Sector Five includes 1,400 housing units and 16 shops. It says 532 remaining units and all 16 shops in that component, along with 700 units developed at Urban Park in Sector One, are scheduled for inauguration. The report separately mentions an allotment draw for 644 units and another draw for 7,825 units under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana’s affordable housing component.
The detailed figures in the report do not reconcile with its stated total of 9,001 housing units. The listed numbers—532, 700, 644 and 7,825—add up to 9,701 units if treated as separate components. It is not clear from the supplied report whether some figures overlap, refer to different stages of the same projects, or contain a reporting error. The precise number of units being inaugurated and allotted therefore requires confirmation from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation or the relevant housing authorities.
The report says 97,102 applications were received for 7,825 homes across 11 locations under the affordable housing component. That figure indicates demand substantially exceeds the number of homes included in the stated draw, although the report does not provide the eligibility criteria, category-wise allocation, project-wise application numbers or the method used to resolve applications.
The event is also expected to include the inauguration of civic infrastructure, including a flyover extending towards the Iskcon–Sanand Highway and an urban health centre at Gota. However, the supplied material does not provide the flyover’s length, project cost, construction agency, opening arrangements or operational details for the health centre.
The reported programme therefore combines housing delivery, beneficiary selection and civic infrastructure openings. Confirmation of the final unit count, the project-wise distribution, the allotment process and the status of the newly inaugurated facilities will be necessary to establish the complete scope of the event.
