Gujarat govt mulls big plans for small towns

If all goes according to plan, Gujarat’s 10 towns-Bhavngar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Veraval, Patan, Surendranagar, Gandhidham, Bharuch, Anand and Vadnagar will get The World Bank assisted urban infrastructure projects worth Rs 750 crore, state urban development minister Nitin Patel said in the ongoing Assembly session in Gandhinagar on Thursday. The detailed project reports of the towns have been already submitted to the World Bank for infrastructure funding. The government has sanctioned Rs 30 crore in the budget as its contribution for the World Bank project, according to the minister.

Giving more details on Gujarat’s Urban Development plans the Minister said, “as many as 40 towns will be provided underground gutter under the just-announced Chief Minis-ter’s Gujarat Golden Jubilee Urban Development Project this year. Rs 7,000 crore Chief Minister’s Gujarat Golden Jubilee Urban Development Project, spread over five years, of this, Rs 705 crore has been set aside for township development and another Rs 400 as help to the municipal corporations during the financial year 2009-10.”