More than 60 offices under one roof in Gandhinagar, will save time and hassle

Gandhinagar, Gujarat : The Jivraj Mehta Bhavan, which has been a witness to the administration of Gujarat for more than five decades, is now being made ‘modern’. Two state-of-the-art G+7 office blocks under construction by the government in the State Secretariat in Gandhinagar are now in the final stages of being made functional. The construction of one building has been completed, while the civil and electrical work of the other building will be completed in the next two to two and a half months. The process of allocating space to various departments in the new buildings will be completed in 7-8 days. The concerned departments will complete the interior and furniture work at their own expense and then both the buildings will be officially inaugurated.

With the new blocks becoming functional, administrative work will become more streamlined. The common citizens But services of several departments will be easily available in the same premises, which will save hustle and time. The government has also approved the construction of two more new office blocks, the target of which is to complete their construction in 24 months.

Solar rooftop- 4 lift facility in G+7 building

More than 60 government offices from the existing 8 blocks will be shifted to the new 2 blocks of the Secretariat. The new buildings have been designed as per G+7 design, so that there is adequate arrangement of natural ventilation. There will be solar rooftop and four lifts per building.

According to sources, there is enough space available to build more buildings in the future as a mirror image of the existing four blocks. Further expansion will be planned in the near future as per the government’s requirement.

The department to which space will be allotted in the new buildings will also prepare its own architect plan and do the interior and furniture work at its own expense. After completing all these works, the inauguration of both the new G+7 blocks will be held

*55-year-old Jivraj Mehta Bhavan to take modern form now*

Dr. Jivraj Mehta Bhavan (old Secretariat) located in Sector-10 of Gandhinagar is an important landmark in the administrative history of Gujarat. This government complex was built when Gandhinagar was developed as the new capital after the formation of Gujarat state and today it is about 55 years old. This complex has been named ‘Jivraj Mehta Bhavan’ in honour of the first Chief Minister of Gujarat, Dr. Jivraj Narayan Mehta. The present complex has a total of 18 blocks and approximately 208 government offices, in which various government departments, regulatory offices, boards and corporations are functioning.

As the construction has become old over time, now these 18 blocks are being demolished in phases and new modern government buildings are being constructed there. The new buildings will have modern facilities, more efficient office space and a convenient structure for employees and officials.

Report By – Abhijit Tushar Bhatt