Gujarat DyCM Harsh Sanghavi hears people’s grievances in Surat

Surat (Gujarat), Oct 3 (PTI) Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Saturday held a special public outreach programme at the Surat Circuit House where he heard representations from a large number of local residents.

The programme was organised with the aim of making the administration more accountable, bringing the government and administrative machinery closer to the people and ensuring prompt resolution of grievances, a government release said.

During his visit to Surat, Sanghavi also met 60-year-old Alkaben Mali, a flower seller who got back her lifetime savings with the help of the Surat Rural Police.

The police had solved a theft case where gold jewellery worth Rs 14.28 lakh was stolen from Mali’s house in Kim village of Olpad taluka in Surat district, the release said.

The thief and the goldsmith who melted down the stolen jewellery were arrested from Maharashtra, and Rs 14.28 lakh in cash, equivalent to the value of the stolen gold jewellery, was recovered and returned to Mali, the release said.