RIL buys 1,381 acre govt land for Jamnagar SEZ

Jamnagar, Apr 3: RIL Group President Parimal Nathwani said the company had so far received 1,381 acre of government land besides private land for the 11,000 acre Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to be set up here.

Mr Nathwani, while making this announcement yesterday, told mediapersons that Company Chairman Mukesh Ambani had expressed his gratitude to farmers for taking a positive stand and allowing smooth handover of their farm land for the SEZ.

By adopting a positive attitude and being development-oriented, locals had paved way for realising the dream of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi of making Jamnagar the worlds No 1 petrochemical hub, he said.

Mr Nathwani said the work on Rs 35,000 cr SEZ in Jamnagar was underway and construction work on the polypropylene plant had begun in the first phase. It will be commissioned by December next year, he said.

As part of infrastructure development, villages surrounding the Jamnagar SEZ - Navagam, Kana Chhikari, Dara Chhikarni, Nandi Khavdi, Kanalus, Padana, Moti Khavdi, Sikka and Meghpar - will get concrete roads, drainage, water tanks, pipelines, schools, trees, drinking water for cattle among others, he added.

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