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Taking the campaign for forthcoming Gujarat Assembly polls to the next level, Chief Minister Narendra Modi today announced a special public toilets scheme for the urban poor besides rolling out other sops.
Under the Rs 300-crore public toilets scheme, the lavatories will be built for the poor in every municipal corporation areas of the state to “promote ideals of cleanliness practised by Mahatma Gandhi”.
He also announced creation of nine new talukas in the State. “For past long time many areas of the state were facing administrative difficulties. To ease that out, I have, during my recent Vivekananda Yatra, announced the creation of many new talukas and districts,” Modi said addressing Vivekananda Youth Convention at Mahatma Mandir here.
The new talukas spanning various districts will be Junagadh City taluka and Gir-Gadhada in Junagadh district, Vapi in Valsad, Jotana and Gzaria in Mehsana, Netrang in Bharuch, Bodeli in Chhota Udaipur, Khergaam in Navsari and Thangadh taluka in Surendranagar district.
“A committee headed by Chief Secretary is working out the modalities to make all these new talukas and districts functional from January 26, 2013,” the Chief Minister said.
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