Surat: Residents of Areth village near Mandvi in Surat have been protesting for the last four days against the stone quarry. Registering their protest, the villagers have kept the market closed for the past 4 days, alleging that cracks are forming in their houses due to the quarry. They also claim that waste from the quarry is impacting their health. Currently, five stone quarries are operational, prompting the villagers to collectively protest in an effort to halt the operations. The village...Read More

Surat: An Indian Army helicopter made an emergency landing in a village in Mandvi taluka here due to technical issues. Surat Airport authorities have confirmed the emergency landing. It is learnt that the helicopter, which had taken off from Nashik, was en route to Jodhpur when the technical issue occurred in its blades. The pilot sought control assistance for the emergency landing and landed at the ground in Sathvav village in Mandvi taluka. The helicopter, carrying one pilot and five person...Read More

Mandvi: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat today nabbed a head clerk of Mandvi municipality in Kutch along with a peon of his office in a bribe case. A contractor had through government tenders completed works of Rs. 90 lakh value for which he was seeking payment, for which the accused head clerk Kanjibhai Maheshwari, a class-3 employee of Mandvi municipality demanded Rs. 2.25 lakh bribe. As the complainant was not willing to pay a bribe, he contacted the ACB office in Gandhidham, fol...Read More

સુરતઃ મુખ્યમંત્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલે સુરત જિલ્લાના માંડવી ખાતેના કરંજ ગામેથી પસાર થતા વડોદરા-મુંબઈ એકસપ્રેસ-વેના નિર્માણની કામગીરીના સ્થળ મુલાકાત લઈને તલસ્પર્શી નિરીક્ષણ કર્યું હતું. આ એક�...Read More

Mandvi: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has submitted a written complaint at the Mandvi police station alleging that obscene language was used for Hindu Gods and Goddesses during a discussion on religious conversions at Vareth village of Mandvi. According to the complaint submitted, this activity was going on from the rooftop of a house in Vareth village using a loudspeaker. The complaint also levels a serious allegation that Hindu Gods and Goddesses were referred to as satans on the louds...Read More

Bhuj: The traffic woes faced by people of Mandvi seem to be coming to an end with the beginning of work on building the Mandvi bypass at an expense of Rs 64 crores. The three-kilometer long bypass is the outcome of incessant efforts made by Kutch-Morbi MP, Vinod Chavda, and Mundra-Mandvi MLA Virendrasinh Jadeja. The office of the MLA has informed that the work on clearing the bushes and shrubs to widen the road with the help of JCBs and Hitachis has commenced near KD Show Room. The other wor...Read More

Bhuj: The first five-star hotel on the 1600-km seashore of Gujarat will come up near Kranti Teerth in Mandvi, Kutch. The five star hotel named 'Hotel Cliff' with 172 rooms will be built in 18 acres land besides kranti teerth in survey number 268. Riteshbhai Tanna- Director of Cliff resorts private limited company informed that 92 rooms out of total 172 rooms of the hotel will be sea-side. The hotel will have construction of 2 lakh square feet. The estimated cost of the project is Rs ...Read More

Bhuj: The first project of Soda Ash in Kutch will be set up at Bada beach in Mandvi taluka of Kutch with an estimated investment of Rs 3500 crores by Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Limited (GHCL), an arm of Dalmia group. The project will come up at a location about 4 kms away from Bada village, for which around 500 acres of land acquisition has been completed. The acquisition of a total 85 percent private land and 15 percent government land has ben concluded. The project once completed, will have...Read More

New Delhi: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) has identified Domestic locations for Coastal Shipping under Sagarmala Programme. Among these locations are Hazira, Okha, Somnath temple, Pipavav, Dahej, Jamnagar, Ghogha, Mundra, Mandvi in Gujarat. The Ministry today in a note announced: MoPSW has identified Domestic locations namely Hazira, Okha, Somnath Temple, Diu, Pipavav, Dahej, Mumbai/JNPT, Jamnagar, Kochi, Ghogha, Goa, Mundra and Mandvi and 6 International routes, connecting...Read More

Dhordo Tent City, Rann of Kutch: Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stone for world's largest renewable power generation park in Kutch in near future. 'Prime Minister Narendra Modi will perform ground breaking for world's largest renewable energy generation park in Kutch where 30,000 MW solar and wind - twin power generation will take place,' Rupani said while speaking at 'Border Area Vikas Utsav' function at Rann Utsav fame Dhordo tent ci...Read More