After taking guard of the BJP Campaign Committee, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi made it clear that the party would lead its campaign with good governance and development as poll planks. In his backyard, expatriates settled in Gujarat are hailing development process in the State.
The expatriates settled in Gujarat believe that comparatively, most other Indian States feel that law & order situation is better. Industrial and infrastructure development are impressive in the State, says Job Glass, who hails from Netherlands and has been working in Gujarat for the past two years.
Glass is also the founder member of Gujarat Expat Club in which expatriates from Australia, Canada, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the USA, Germany and other countries are members. “The State Government’s Gujarat International Finance Tech-City (GIFT) and Sabarmati Riverfront Project are at par with international standards. Besides, road conditions in the State are much better compared to other States,” he says.
Foreigners working in various organisations in Gujarat have formed Gujarat Expat Club. On regular basis they keep on meeting with a cause. Recently on Canada Day, members of the club donated handsome amount to Ahmedabad based Blind People’s Association.
Spaniard Maria Portela says that the State is developing at a rapid speed and as a result of it new international category hotels have come-up in all major cities of Gujarat. Portela works as design consultant in Ahmedabad.
Another expatriate from Germany Aurelien Narcisse lives in Delhi with an information technology firm, but never misses a chance to visit Gujarat. He says that fast development process in Gujarat is visible even in the smaller towns.
According to an estimate, nearly 1,000 expatriates are working in Gujarat mainly at Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Jamnagar and Kutch.