New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has allocated Rs.28 crore as a special development grant for road and infrastructure development in the constituencies of women legislators as a special Raksha Bandhan gift, an official statement said on 27 August, Thursday.

The 14 women legislators in Gujarat Legislative Assembly will each receive a development grant of Rs.2 crores for undertaking various road infrastructure development works in their respective constituencies, according to the statement issued by Gujarat government.

The 14 legislators include nine women MLAs from urban areas and five from rural areas.

The special grant allocated to the women legislators will be utilised for undertaking development works bas...