Surat: All the slaughterhouses in the city will remain closed on the occasions of Ram Navami and Mahaveer Jayanti. The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has ordered the closure of slaughterhouses on the 17th of April for Ram Navami and the 21st of April for Mahaveer Jayanti. On both days, slaughterhouses in Rander and Salbatpura, which come under SMC jurisdiction, will remain closed. SMC has issued an order to inform both slaughterhouse operators and non-vegetarian stall operators about this. De...Read More

Surat: 230 kg of paneer that was seized around two weeks ago by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) failed the laboratory test. On March 21st, SMC seized 230 kg of paneer and sent its samples for laboratory testing. This paneer was seized from a tempo that had brought it from Valsad to the Pandesara area for sale in dairies and restaurants in Surat. On suspicion of adulteration, the paneer samples were sent to the public health laboratory, where it was found to be of substandard quality. ...Read More

Surat: In yet another seizure of unsafe and inedible food products, Rander Police today seized a large quantity of spurious ghee. A ghee factory in the Goga Chowk area of Rander was raided, revealing that spurious ghee was being sold under the logo of a branded ghee. Approximately 225 kg of fake ghee was confiscated from the factory. It is learned that the factory operator, Raju, had learned the process of making fake ghee while working in a dairy previously. Later, he employed the same te...Read More

Surat: By December 2025, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) will withdraw all its diesel run buses and replace them with all electric buses. SMC has retired 340 diesel buses from city bus and BRTS services in last four months. In the next three months, 200 more electric buses will be added to SMC fleet. Daily 2.50 lakh citizens use SMC run 1,000 buses. The SMC has stopped purchasing diesel buses and all such buses when retired are replaced with electric buses. Presently SMC runs 250 electric buse...Read More

Surat: Is it safe to eat Paneer and Paneer-made food items in food joints? Surat Municipal Corporation (AMC) has seized 230 kg paneer and sent its samples for laboratory testing. The recovery was made in Pandesara area. When inquired with a tempo driver, he said Paneer was brought from Valsad and it was for Pandesara and Udhna areas of Surat. Paneer is sold for Rs. 400 to Rs. 500 per kg but in this case, it was sold just for Rs. 150 to Rs. 180. According to SMC's chief food inspector Jagdish Sal...Read More

Surat: A unique incident took place in the Katargam area of the city, presenting a juxtaposition. While the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) is actively imposing fines for littering in public areas, a group of wedding attendees has set an example by taking responsibility for cleaning up the litter after bursting crackers during the wedding procession (Baarat). Just a fortnight ago, the SMC had fined a baraat with Rs. 5000 for littering. However, in another such Baarat, a group of individuals...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on 22 February 2024, where he will unveil development projects worth thousands of crores of rupees for the people of the state. This marks the second occasion in February that the Prime Minister will be presenting the gift of developmental projects to the people of Gujarat. Just recently, on February 10, he virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for over 1 lakh houses. During this visit, Prime Minister Shri Narendra M...Read More

Surat: Bridge city Surat will get 11 more flyover bridges and one bridge over coastal channel. This announcement has been made in the final budget of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) for financial year 2024-25 this week. In Rander area, three flyovers will be built at three different locations. A bridge over river Tapi connecting Amroli and Katargam areas will be widened. In Pal area, flyovers will be built at RTO junction, Rushabh char rasta and Ramnagar. Another flyover will be built on U...Read More

Surat: Similar to the national capital, Delhi, a smog tower is proposed to be set up in the Katargam area of Surat to combat air pollution. The Surat Municipal Corporation presented a proposal to its standing committee on Wednesday, advocating the installation of a smog tower. Jwalant Naik, the environmental engineer for SMC, noted that Jhanvi Enterprise has been selected to install and operate the smog tower. In a pilot project, the smog tower will be positioned at a traffic junction on Vast...Read More

Surat: To tackle the menace of plastic, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has constructed 32.56 km of roads using plastic waste under a pilot project in recent years, utilizing 158 metric tonnes of shredded plastic waste. The plastic roads, claimed to be stronger than asphalt roads, require 10 tonnes of plastic waste for the construction of 1 km. If this project proves successful, the municipality plans to create additional plastic roads in the future. In the budget for 2024-25, this i...Read More