Gandhinagar, July 10 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Friday decided to provide government land free of cost for five years to nine newly formed municipal corporations to help them develop essential civic infrastructure during their transition from municipalities to municipal corporations. The decision, taken by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, applies to the municipal corporations of Mehsana, Nadiad, Anand, Navsari, Vapi, Morbi, Gandhidham, Surendranagar and Porbandar.The government said the mea…
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Surat, July 10 (IANS) The Surat district administration has launched an intensive post-flood recovery operation, with the Gujarat government aiming to restore normal life, business activities and commercial operations in the city’s worst-affected areas within the next 48 to 72 hours after floodwaters receded.The large-scale relief and restoration exercise is being carried out under the supervision of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi chaired a high-level revi…
Gandhinagar, July 10 (IANS) Work to extend the Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway to Bhavnagar will begin within the next three months, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said.He said this while holding a high-level review meeting with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on the progress of National Highway projects across the state on Thursday.The meeting in Gandhinagar focused on the implementation of key highway and expressway projects, land acquisition, funding and meas…
Navsari/Surat, July 9 (IANS) The Gujarat government will allocate Rs 500 crore for creek development to provide a permanent solution to Surat’s recurring tidal flooding, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced on Thursday after reviewing the flood situation caused by heavy rainfall in Surat city and district. Patel visited Surat and chaired a high-level review meeting at the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) in Althan to assess the impact of flooding triggered by heavy rainfall in up…
Gandhinagar, July 9 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Thursday constituted a Departmental Data Committee (DDC) in the Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Cooperation Department to strengthen the protection of farmers’ personal and agricultural data and bring its management in line with the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 and the Gujarat State Data Governance Framework.The new committee will oversee the scientific, secure and transparent management of data held by the Agriculture De…
Gandhinagar, July 9 (IANS) Gujarat plans to develop Dholera into the world’s largest data centre city, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said on Thursday as the state launched the ‘Viksit Gujarat – Data Centre Policy 2026-29’, outlining a strategy centred on large-scale digital infrastructure, renewable energy and investor facilitation.Addressing investors and technology companies after Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel unveiled the policy, Sanghavi said Dholera has already been prepared with th…
Gandhinagar, July 7 (IANS) The Gujarat government has intensified its monitoring of the ongoing monsoon situation in Saurashtra, with Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani scheduled to chair a key virtual review meeting on Tuesday to assess the prevailing rainfall conditions in Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Amreli districts.The meeting comes as heavy rainfall continues across parts of Gujarat, and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued warnings for intense monsoon activity in several districts…
New Delhi/Gandhinagar, July 6 (IANS) The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed the Gujarat government and other concerned states to closely monitor the evolving weather situation after a depression over north interior Odisha and adjoining south Jharkhand intensified the risk of widespread heavy rainfall across central and western India.In an advisory issued by the Integrated Control Room for Emergency Response (ICR-ER) at 1 a.m. on Monday, the MHA said the depression, which had moved…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Five semiconductor plants are expected to be operational across the country by the end of 2026, according to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.Of the 12 semiconductor projects approved by the central government, three are now in commercial production, with two more set to be inaugurated in the coming months, he said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier launched the country’s first and second semiconductor plants on February 28 and March 31, 2026, respectively.With the …
Sanand (Gujarat), July 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the third semiconductor plant in the country, marking a significant milestone in India’s ambition to become a global semiconductor hub. Addressing the event, PM Modi announced that India will soon achieve a production capacity of 1.5 crore (15 million) chips per day in Sanand, Gujarat, as the region transforms into a full-fledged semiconductor cluster.Speaking at the inauguration of the CG Semi OSAT facility, …