Gandhinagar, July 25 (IANS) The Gujarat government intensified relief and restoration efforts across several flood-affected districts on Saturday as senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders reviewed recovery operations, damaged roads were repaired, blocked highways reopened and damage assessment surveys gathered pace following days of heavy rainfall. Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi and Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil visited the Navsari District Disaster Control Room to review oper…
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Ahmedabad/Surendranagar, July 25 (IANS) Heavy rainfall across several parts of Gujarat on Saturday prompted authorities to close key highways, issue flood warnings for dozens of downstream villages, evacuate vulnerable residents and carry out overnight rescue operations as the administration remained on high alert.Traffic on the Sanathal-Bagodara Highway between Changodar and Bavla was suspended because of heavy rain. Authorities advised motorists to use the Dholera Express Highway via the Vejal…
Surendranagar, July 21 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested the husband of the sarpanch of Untadi Gram Panchayat and the village’s deputy sarpanch after allegedly catching them in a Rs 5 lakh bribery trap linked to permission for sand extraction in Surendranagar district. According to the ACB, the trap was laid on Tuesday at the compound of Premvati Bhojanalay near the Limbdi highway crossroads, where Sanjay Kamejaliya, 35, was allegedly caught accepting Rs 5 lakh from a …
Amreli, July 6 (IANS) Heavy rainfall continued to affect large parts of Gujarat over the past 24 hours, with Rajula taluka in Amreli district recording the state’s highest rainfall of 10 inches, while authorities evacuated 777 people from vulnerable areas and rescued 60 people trapped in floodwaters as intense showers swept across Saurashtra and South Gujarat. According to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) in Gandhinagar, Dhari taluka in Amreli received more than 9 inches of rainfall, …
Gandhinagar, June 29 (IANS) The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) of Gujarat Police carried out a prohibition raid in Lavarpur village of Gandhinagar district on Monday, leading to the seizure of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), vehicles, mobile phones and cash collectively valued at Rs 25.26 lakh, police said.According to officials, the raid was conducted under provisions of the Gujarat Prohibition Act Sections 65(A)(E), 81, 83, 98(2) and 116(B), along with Section 111(2)(b), 111(3) and 111(4) of t…
Surendranagar, June 24 (IANS) The Gujarat Police’s State Monitoring Cell (SMC) seized Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) valued at more than Rs 63 lakh and arrested a truck driver during a prohibition raid in Surendranagar district, officials said on Wednesday. The raid was conducted by the SMC at the Hotel Nagaraj compound in Dhedhuki village of Sayla taluka. A truck trailer allegedly being used to transport liquor was intercepted and searched, leading to the recovery of 21,574 bottles and cans …
Surendranagar, May 14 (IANS) At least four passengers were burnt alive, and around 10 others were injured after a private bus travelling from Ahmedabad to Rajkot collided with a bitumen tanker and caught fire on the Rajkot-Chotila highway near Sangani village in Gujarat on Thursday.The accident took place between 1.30 a.m. and 2 a.m. near Chotila in Surendranagar district, according to officials.Preliminary findings suggest that the tyre of the asphalt-laden tanker burst while it was moving on t…
Ahmedabad, April 20 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested a 31-year-old man from Surendranagar district within hours of a social media post on X that allegedly hurt the sentiments of the Brahmin community and posed a risk to public peace, officials said on Monday.The accused, identified as Hasmukh alias Nikhil Chavda, is a resident of Housing Board Society near the Police Line in Thangadh of Surendranagar district.According to police, the action followed the detection of a post on April…
Surendranagar/New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan on Monday expressed condolences following a fatal road accident in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district that claimed seven lives from a pilgrim group in the early hours of the day.Notably, the President is on a two-day visit to the state for various academic events.In a post on X, the President said: “The news of the death of people in a road accident in Surendranagar district of Gujarat is ex…
Ahmedabad, April 9 (IANS) A Deputy Mamlatdar posted in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district has been booked by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, with investigators stating that the excess wealth is over Rs 1.22 crore, or 56.89 per cent above his legitimate earnings. In an official statement issued on Wednesday, the ACB said that Chandrasinh Mori, a Class-3 officer in the Collector’s office in Surendranagar, has been …