CM to dedicate Rs. 697 crore development works this weekend


Ahmedabad, 11 July, 2014

Chief Minister Anandiben Patel will be in Vadodara on Saturday to dedicate nine development works worth Rs. 280 crore and perform groundbreaking of 15 development works worth Rs. 489 crore.

Chief Minister will inaugurate an indoor stadium that has been reconstructed at a cost of Rs. 65 crore. The stadium has been built over over 33,000 square meter land. The Chief Minister will also open Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar women’s hostel and 40 anganwadis built at a cost of Rs. 4.5 crore.

She will perform ground breaking for Rs. 124 crore housing scheme, road up gradation, drainage network and other works.

On Sunday, Chief Minister will open Navda pumping station and Navda-Budhel pipeline this Sunday near Barwala in Botad district. Rs. 417 crore water project has capacity to carry daily 100 crore liter water.

The water project will supply additional 58 crore liter water to over 76 lakh people in 47 towns and 2293 villages of Botad, Bhavnagar, Amreli, Rajkot, Junagadh and Gir-Somnath districts.

Navda pumping station is part of Gujarat government’s Rs. 3000 crore Swarnim Gujarat Water grid Project.