Tuesday 3 January 2012

Modi announces 3,500 cr package for Jamnagar


JAMNAGAR: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced Rs 3,500 crore for the development of Jamnagar at his 13th Sadbhavana Mission fast held in the city. He said plans would be drawn for all round development of the district.
Energy minister Saurabh Patel said an additional 4,000 mega watt would be produced from Jamnagar within the next two years.
Many senior BJP ministers and leaders were present on the occasion. Among those were finance minister Vajubhai Vala, agriculture minister Dilip Sanghani, higher and technical education minister Vasuben Trivedi, Gujarat Pradesh BJP president R C Faldu, Parshottam Rupala and Vijay Rupani. Satrusalya Sinhji of Jamnagar royal family welcomed Modi. He described the chief minister as a promising leader of Gujarat.
Congress leaders did not hold any rival fast. However, some Youth Congress leaders showed black flags to Modi and at least 130 of them were detained by the police.

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