Big moolah for Ahmedabad by 2011

The state government is planning to allocate Rs500 crore to Ahmedabad in the upcoming budget of 2010-11. Surat will get Rs400 crore while Vadodara and Rajkot will get Rs200 crore each in the budget. Nitin Patel, state urban development minister, announced this on Tuesday while addressing a meeting of the state planning committee attended by the mayors, standing committee chairmen and municipal commissioners of the corporations in the state.

A total of Rs1,300 crore will be given to the four municipal corporations. Patel said this will be allocated under the chief minister's golden jubilee urban development scheme. He asked all the corporation authorities to concentrate on projects of sewerage and water supply among others. He asked them to plan and execute things keeping in mind the human development aspect. He said that a substantial budget will be allocated to Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Jamnagar corporation and 159 municipalities of the state.

Saurabh Patel, minister of state for planning, finance and industry also attended the meeting.