October 2008 is a time in his life that 63-year-old Ravubha Vaghela will never forget. After all, it is not every day that one willingly makes a Rs 7-crore (Rs 70-million) sacrifice. The banker-turned-teacher-turned-realtor-turned-industrialist parted with 30 acres of prime land off the Sanand-Viram-gam highway, 30 km from Ahmedabad, for Rs 1,000 per square metre - half the market price - to enable the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat Government to build an approach road for the Tata Nano plant.
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