4 min readRajkotJan 9, 2026 01:18 AM IST
First published on: Jan 8, 2026 at 04:00 PM IST
Rajkot city has undergone a complete makeover, with roads and pavements repaired, walls painted, and a general sprucing up as it readied to host the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate on January 11. This is the city from where Modi fought and won his first Assembly election in 2002.
On January 10, Modi will first head to Prabhas Patan for the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, celebrating the 1,000-year resilience of the temple against the first attack in 1026 AD. He will then head to Rajkot to the Marwadi University, where the second Vibrant Gujarat regional conference focusing on the Saurashtra-Kutch region is being held.
A statement from the Gujarat Government said, “Preparations have been made on a war footing. Repairs and strengthening have been accelerated on the city’s main roads. Along with this, the walls are being painted with artistic motifs everywhere to enhance the beauty of the city.”
It said that the organisation of the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference in the coming days will open new doors for global investment in the industry and trade sectors of Saurashtra.
The walls of the city’s main roads and public places have been decorated with pictures and slogans of the Gujarat Government campaigns. (Source: Express Photo)
“Under the guidance of Mayor Shri Nayana Pedhadiya, the municipal corporation departments have been carrying out works like paver block repair, asphalt patching, asphalt re-carpeting, divider repair, cement concrete paving, divider colouring, mural art, sculpture colouring on each road as per the requirement for about the last one month,” it said.
Infra development in each zone of Rajkot
In the East Zone of Rajkot city, Greenland Chowk, Velnathpara Bridge Divider, and Kaiser-e-Hind Bridge have been painted, and paver blocks have been laid on Kuvadwa Road.
In the West Zone, which includes Raiya Road, Nana Mauva Road, Kalavad Road, and Mawadi Road, numerous significant repairs and improvements have been made. The completed work includes over 16 km of paver block repairs, more than 6 km of asphalt patches, over 12 km of asphalt re-carpeting, more than 10 km of divider repairs, 1 km of cement concrete paving, over 7 km of divider painting, and more than 45 km of mural artwork.
In the Central Zone of Rajkot city, repairs to paver blocks and colouring of dividers have been completed on several key roads, including Race Course Ring Road, from Sheetal Park Chowk to Ayodhya Chowk, and from Radhe Circle to Gondal Chowkdi. Also, work has been done on the Sorathiyawadi Circle to Anandnagar. Dividers have also been painted on Raiya Road, Shroff Road, Akashwani Road, and Phulchhab Road.
Further improvements include painting the Amrapali Underbridge and the Hospital Chowk Bridge, as well as asphalt re-carpeting in Vivekanand Society, Pradyuman Nagar Road, Gosaliya Marg, Geetgurjari Main Road, and Niranjani Society Main Road.
Paver block repairs have also been carried out from Jubilee Chowk to Trikon Bagh, from Trikon Bagh to Nagarik Bank, and from Bhaktinagar Station to Mahila College Road, along with work from Zilla Panchayat to the Mahila College Underbridge Circle.
The walls of the city’s main roads and public places have been decorated with pictures and slogans of Gujarat Government campaigns, including ‘Ghar nu ghar samriddhi no aadhar’, ‘Beti bachao, beti padhao‘, ‘Swachh Bharat, Swachh Gujarat’, ‘Jal ej jeevan’, ‘Pariyavaran jaadavvo, jeevan bachao’.
Rajkot being decked up for VGRC and PM's visit. (Source: Express Photo) 
The walls of the city’s main roads and public places have been decorated with pictures and slogans of the Gujarat Government campaigns. (Source: Express Photo)
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