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Ahmedabad gets an elevated corridor on the SG Highway as civic projects worth 1,024 crore rupees open

9 November 2026

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated and laid foundation stones for projects of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation worth 1,024 crore rupees.
The centrepiece is an elevated corridor on the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, linking the ISKCON crossroads to Sanand.
That corridor was built by the National Highways Authority of India at a cost of 464 crore rupees, on a stretch that carries more than two lakh vehicles a day.
The other works named are the Jodhpur Knowledge Hub and an urban health centre at Gota.
The Corporation has built about 7,800 houses for Economically Weaker Section beneficiaries at eleven locations and received more than 97,000 applications; a computerised lottery was held to allot them.
About a thousand finished units at Ramapir No Tekro were handed over.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was present at the function.

Value of projects: Rs 1,024 crore Cost of the elevated corridor: Rs 464 crore EWS houses built: About 7,800

Why it matters for exams: NHAI, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and the EWS category are all named bodies and categories that exam papers ask about directly.

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9 November 2026 Source: ThePrint

In plain words

NHAI National Highways Authority of India — The central body that builds and maintains national highways.

EWS Economically Weaker Section — An income-based category used for housing and reservation schemes.