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Kenya Crisis: Ensure safety of Gujaratis, Modi to PM

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Posted: Jan 02, 2008 at 0000 hrs IST

Ahmedabad, January 2: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi shot off a second letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting him to take immediate action for safety of people of Gujarati origin living in strife-torn African country of Kenya, official sources said.

Modi in his letter has expressed deep concern over position of Gujarati people living in Kenya as the African nation is gripped in violence leaving 300 dead.

This is the second letter written by Modi to the Prime Minister after the first sent on the same issue on Monday.

"The state government has information that people of Gujarati origin have suffered heavy losses to their property due to the violence. The state government has so far not received information of deaths of any non-resident Indians in Kenya," Modi said in his letter.

Modi has urged that the Central Government should immediately make arrangements for safety of lives and property of the people.

"The Central Government should issue emergency visas to people who wants to temporarily return to India and make all arrangements for their safe home coming," Modi demanded.

He has suggested that Central Government should bring them to Nairobi by sea route and special flights should be made available for them to return to India from there.

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