In pictures:Modi announces new talukas, package, opens a new medical college in Patan

Ahmedabad, 23 September 2012

Cheif Minister Narendra Modi today made several popular announcements during Vivekananda Yuva Parishad in Patan.

-Patan taluka to be divided in two talukas. One would be called Patan, another Saraswati taluka. This will be effective from 26 January 2013.

-Rs 2,000 crore development package for Patan. Of them Rs 275 crore works are already going on.

-Shankheshwar will be a new taluka, separate from existing Sami taluka.

-Vav taluka of Banaskantha is too wide, and it is located near border. Separate Suigam taluka will be carved out from Vav.

-A new medical college inaugurated in Dharpur. A landmark step in north Gujarat according to Modi as it is the first medical college in entire north Gujarat. The college has been named as Sarswati college. In Saurashtra there are many medical colleges, but in north Gujarat there was not one medical colleges. This shows what the past leader did to north Gujarat. I dream one medical college in each district of Gujarat including tribal districts, Modi said.