Gandhinagar, July 10 -- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has taken a significant and historic decision to strengthen the nine newly constituted Municipal Corporations in the state and ensure the timely delivery of quality basic civic amenities to citizens.

The Chief Minister has now extended to these nine newly constituted Municipal Corporations the benefits that were earlier approved for the Municipalities of the state.

Under this decision, the newly constituted Municipal Corporations of Vapi, Mehsana, Porbandar, Morbi, Gandhidham, Nadiad, Anand, Navsari and Surendranagar will be allotted the required government land free of cost for the next five years for the development of 11 essential public utility projects in the larger pub...