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Ahead of the Assembly elections in Gujarat, the state Congress bid to energise its cadre in Surat by making new appointments has, however, raised questions whether the changes are effective enough?Hasmukh Desai was appointed as the chief of .
Surat: With the municipal elections around the corner, the residents of the central zone of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) have up their ante against the metro rail project being executed by the Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC). Many of the residents feel that the metro rail project is just an election stunt and the ruling BJP wants to showcase the project as development during the civic body election scheduled in February.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone for the phase-1 of metro rail project from Kadarshah Ni Naal to the DREAM city in Khajod recently.
According to the official estimate, about 900 properties, majority of them residential units, will be razed for the construction of the metro stations most stations are planned underground, with entrances/exits leading up to ground or street level in Central zone.