Rajkot, June 2 (IANS) Bhaktinagar railway station in Rajkot is nearing the completion of a major redevelopment project under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, with Western Railway officials saying the upgraded facility is designed to meet passenger demand and operational requirements for the next four to five decades. The redevelopment, undertaken at a cost of more than Rs 26.80 crore, is part of a wider programme that has placed 17 stations in the Rajkot Division under various stages of modernis…
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Somnath, April 20 (IANS) Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Jagdish Vishwakarma on Monday criticised a Congress MLA elected by a narrow margin in Veraval as inactive, stating that the town’s development had instead been driven by the BJP’s organisational strength. Addressing a ‘Vikas Sankalp Sabha’ at Vavdi-Adri village in Veraval taluka of Gir Somnath district, he said: “The Congress MLA (Vimal Chudasama) elected by a very small margin has remained inactive. The developmen…
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…
Gandhinagar, Feb 19 (IANS) Gujarat’s Veraval will host the launch of the Access Pass Framework for fishing in India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) on February 20, officials said, describing it as a key step in operationalising the Sustainable Harnessing of Fisheries in the EEZ Rules, 2025. The framework will be launched by Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, who holds the portfolios of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, and Panchayati Raj.The ministry said the Access Pass will pro…