Gandhinagar, June 30 (IANS) Gujarat government, under the stewardship of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, is placing special emphasis on enhancing eco-tourism, marine tourism, and also island development in the state. The government has allocated about ₹20 crore to develop the state’s coastal areas and natural assets into global tourism hubs.Gujarat, with a coastline stretching nearly 1,600 kilometres from Kutch to Valsad, holds immense potential for marine tourism. The state government has tak…
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Veraval, March 12 (IANS) In a swift and coordinated search and rescue operation on Thursday, an injured fisherman was safely evacuated by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) after a distress call from a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea. The ICG’s ship C‑149, stationed at Veraval, was dispatched after a medical distress alert was received from the Indian Fishing Boat (IFB) ‘Guru Krupa’ operating nearly 23 nautical miles off the Gujarat coast.The Coast Guard crew located the fishing boat and emb…