Category Articles: Road Journey

Stray bull causes accident on Expressway in Rajasthan; 3 from Ahmedabad dead

May 12, 2024

Gandhinagar: Ahmedabad-based family suffered an accident on the Delhi - Mumbai Expressway due to the sudden arrival of a bull on the frontal side. The car went uncontrolled due to the stray bull on the highway and hit the divider. When the family members inside the car stepped out, a speeding truck crushed three of them including the husband and wife. While all three died on the spot, seven others were injured in this accident. The family was heading to Haridwar for the last rites of their mo...Read More

ONGC bridge in Ankleshwar to open for traffic within a week

May 10, 2024

Bharuch: The construction work of ONGC bridge in Ankleshwar has nearly concluded and it is likely to be opened for traffic in a week. The new bridge will cut 2 two 2.5 km distance on this route connecting Jinwala school to Piraman road. The ongoing construction of this bridge had also affected businesses on Ankleshwar tran rasta to station and station to Chauta naka main road. DeshGujaratRead More

Ahmedabad Airport to Vadodara AC Volvo ST Bus of GSRTC launched

May 09, 2024
Ahmedabad Airport to Vadodara AC Volvo ST Bus of GSRTC launched

Vadodara: An air conditioned (AC) Volvo bus of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) is launched today connecting Sardar Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad to Vadodara. Such bus service is already in operation connecting the Ahmedabad airport to Rajkot since February 5. Now Vadodara has also got such facility. The bus will do two trips from Ahmedabad airport to Vadodara everyday starting from 9th of May. According to GSRTC website, departure times of the bus shall be 6 am an...Read More

10 dead in car-truck accident on Ahmedabad – Vadodara Expressway

April 17, 2024
10 dead in car-truck accident on Ahmedabad – Vadodara Expressway

Nadiad: 10 persons are dead in an accident in which a fast-moving car hit a petrol tanker from the back side on Vadodara - Ahmedabad Expressway near Nadiad today. The accident occurred on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway, five km away from Nadiad when a speeding car rammed into the back of a stationary tanker truck vehicle. The car was traveling from Vadodara to Ahmedabad. Eight people lost their lives on the spot, while the two individuals who were shifted to the hospital for treatment a...Read More

Centre approves a new river bridge over Sabarmati, two Laning of Rajasthan-Mathasur highway

March 15, 2024
Centre approves a new river bridge over Sabarmati, two Laning of Rajasthan-Mathasur highway

Gandhinagar: The Centre has approved Rs. 1097.59 crore road works for Gujarat including a new four lane bridge over river Sabarmati near Dharoi dam on National Highway 58. The new river bridge will replace a low level cause way. This project also includes two vehicle underpasses, 3 small bridges and 4 nala. In the monsoon, when water is released from Dharoi dam, a low level causeway gets submerged and traffic is disrupted for one month on Vadali - Satlasna road. A four lane river bridge will sol...Read More

Toll fee hike on Halol – Shamlaji highway from 1st April 2024

March 14, 2024
Toll fee hike on Halol – Shamlaji highway from 1st April 2024

Gandhinagar: Halol-Shamlaji highway will see an increase in toll fees in the range of Rs. 5 to Rs. 45 from 1st April 2024. A 166-km long highway was earlier managed by L&T while since 2022 it is managed by Kalyan Halol - Shamlaji Toll Way Ltd. Toll fees now and from 1st April 2024 Mini Bus: Halol - Godhra toll from Rs. 105 - Rs. 110 Godhra Lunawada toll from Rs. 100 to Rs. 105 Lunawada - Modasa toll from Rs. 135 to Rs. 140 Halol - Shamlaji toll from Rs. 410 to Rs. 425 Bus: ...Read More

AMTS launches Ahmedabad – Dehgam bus service between Naroda and Bayad Chokdi

March 14, 2024
AMTS launches Ahmedabad – Dehgam bus service between Naroda and Bayad Chokdi

Dehgam: Amdavad Municipal Transport Service(AMTS) recently took a policy decision to offer local bus service up to 30 km area outside the limit of the city. The earlier limit was 20 km. Thanks to this decision, a new bus service connecting Dehgam to Ahmedabad was launched on Wednesday. The new route will travel from Naroda bus terminus to Bayad chokdi near Palaiya. The route number is 125/2. Local traders' association chief Atul Shah and other leading locals welcomed the first bus arrived...Read More

Centre sanctions Rs. 1532.97 crore for upgradation of National Highway projects in Gujarat

March 08, 2024
Centre sanctions Rs. 1532.97 crore for upgradation of National Highway projects in Gujarat

New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a post said approval has been given for widening of 12.4 km long Dhrol to Amaran section of National Highway-151-A in Morbi district of Gujarat to 4-lane at a cost of Rs 625.58 crore. He said, the Amritsar-Jamnagar corridor is the missing link from this section. The development of this missing link will complete the connectivity between four refineries in 3 states and several economic and social nodes in the pr...Read More

Gujarat CM opens Rs. 73.28 crore flyover at Dakor; kicks off works for Rs. 156 crore high-speed road corridor project

March 08, 2024
Gujarat CM opens Rs. 73.28 crore flyover at Dakor; kicks off works for Rs. 156 crore high-speed road corridor project

Dakor: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel today dedicated Rs. 73.28 crore flyover in Dakor. The new flyover will especially be important for around 15,20 lakh pilgrims who visit the pilgrim town Dakor during Holi, Poonam, Janmashtami and other ocassions. The flyover will also benefit those travelling from Ladvel chokdi to Kapadvanj - Modasa - Rajasthan and those travelling from Sevaliya - Godhra to Madhya Pradesh. The Chief Minister inaugurated and kicked of total Rs. 353 crore devel...Read More

Daily 27 lakh people use GSRTC buses: Sanghavi

March 08, 2024
Daily 27 lakh people use GSRTC buses: Sanghavi

Vadodara: Daily 27 lakh citizens travel in Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) run buses, said MoS Transport, Harsh Sanghavi here on Thursday after dedicating 101 new buses of GSRTC purchased at a cost of Rs. 37 crore. Sanghavi said in last 14 months, as many as 2162 new GSRTC buses are put on roads. In next one week, 500 more GSRTC buses will be put on roads. He said earlier daily 25 lakh passengers would use GSRTC buses, but the figure has gone up to 27 lakh now plus. DeshGujarat ...Read More