AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today expressed his resolve to provide housing to all safai kamdars ( sanitation workers), contrary to canards spread by elements spreading lies that his government does not care about the poor.

Dedicating 1,024 houses to safai kamdars at a function here, he said that Gujarat Safai Kamdar Vikas Nigam and Ahmedabad Mahanagar Seva Sadan have jointly undertaken the job of constructing 1,924 houses for Valmiki Samaj in Ahmedabad under Dr Ambedkar Safai Kamdar Awas Yojna.