Articles tagged under: Okha

Okha to get Hovercraft Maintenance Unit, Jetty for Coast Guard

March 26, 2024
Okha to get Hovercraft Maintenance Unit, Jetty for Coast Guard

Okha: The Indian Coast Guard will hold the inauguration of the Hovercraft Maintenance Unit (HMU) and the stone-laying (Bhoomi Poojan) ceremony for the Indian Coast Guard jetty at Okha on March 28th. On March 29th, the OTM and Married Accommodations at Veraval will be inaugurated. The Defence Secretary will be the chief guest for both programs. According to the program schedule, on March 28th, at around 11 am, the inauguration of the Hovercraft Maintenance Unit (HMU) and the stone-laying cerem...Read More

ICG launches rescue ops for 2 missing fishermen off Gujarat Coast

March 22, 2024
ICG launches rescue ops for 2 missing fishermen off Gujarat Coast

Okha: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has launched a search and rescue operation in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast after a fishing boat from Gujarat capsized during an encounter with the Pakistan Marine Security Agency (PMSA). The PMSA stated that the boat was engaged in illegal fishing activities within Pakistani waters and attempted to evade capture. The boat eventually collided with the PMSA ship and capsized, resulting in casualties. After the capsizing, the PMSA ship rescued five out...Read More

Ahmedabad – Jamnagar Vande Bharat Express Train to be extended upto Okha

March 10, 2024
Ahmedabad – Jamnagar Vande Bharat Express Train to be extended upto Okha

Jamnagar: Ahmedabad - Jamnagar Vande Bharat Express train will soon operate till Okha. The train will thus cover the pilgrim town Dwarka and the gateway of pilgrim island Bet Dwarka en route. The Prime Minister is likely to flag off this extended route journey of Saurashtra region's first Vande Bharat Express train during his Gujarat visit on March 12. The official note on the Prime Minister's visit to Gujarat, released by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) however mentions that the Vande Bharat...Read More

Gujarat govt forms Dwarka – Okha Urban Development Authority (DOUDA)

March 07, 2024
Gujarat govt forms Dwarka – Okha Urban Development Authority (DOUDA)

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government today announced its decision to form Dwarka-Okha urban development authority (DOUDA). The authority will cover 10,721 ha area under Dwarka and Okha municipalities and Bet Dwarka - Shivrajpur - Arambhada - Surajkaradi and - Varvala gram panchayats. The decision has been taken for development of integrated infrastructure development facilities. Newly opened Sudarshan Setu, Shankaracharya Math, State's only Blue flag beach at Shivrajpur, pilgrim island Bet Dw...Read More

For the first time, GSRTC buses to operate at Bet Dwarka; Two routes announced

February 27, 2024
For the first time, GSRTC buses to operate at Bet Dwarka; Two routes announced

Gandhinagar: As Bet Dwarka is now connected to road through recently inaugurated Sudarshan setu, the Gujarat government has approved four new bus routes of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) to connect Bet Dwarka with mainland Gujarat. The buse route Amreli - Bet Dwarka will connect Bet Dwarka to Amreli, Atkot, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Khambhaliya, Bhatiya and Dwarka. The bus will leave Amreli at 5 am and reach Bet Dwarka at 2.10 pm. The same bus will leave Bet Dwarka at 2.30 pm to re...Read More

Diesel engines replaced with Electric in 9 Veraval bound trains

February 27, 2024
Diesel engines replaced with Electric in 9 Veraval bound trains

Veraval: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi recently dedicated electrified lines of Railways in Saurashtra region Rajkot – Okha, Rajkot – Jetalsar – Somnath and Jetalsar-Vansjaliya during his recent visit to Jamnagar and Rajkot. Thanks to this, the rail movement in this region has transformed. Diesel engines in as many as 9 Veraval-bound trains were replaced with electric engines in last two days. Indore-Veraval-Indore, Bandra-Veraval-Bandra, Veraval-Okha-Veraval, Ahmedabad-Veraval(two t...Read More

PM Narendrabhai Modi opens Sudarshan Setu connecting Okha to Bet Dwarka

February 25, 2024

Dwarka: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi this morning opened Sudarshan Setu, a sea bridge connecting coastal village Okha to island Bet Dwarka across Arabian sea. The Prime Minister had performed bhumi pujan for this bridge about 6 years ago in 2017. The bridge is built at a cost of around Rs. 980 crores. It is the longest Cable-stayed bridge in the country of around 2.32 Km. Sudarshan Setu boasts a unique design, featuring a footpath adorned with verses from Shrimad Bhagavad Gita and...Read More

PM Narendrabhai Modi at Bet Dwarka Mandir in Dwarka, Gujarat

February 25, 2024

Dwarka: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi performed puja at Bet Dwarka mandir in pilgrim island Bet Dwarka in Gujarat. The Prime Minister is in Dwarka district to open Sudarshan Setu sea bridge connecting Okha and Bet Dwarka near Dwarka. PM will also dedicate and perform ground breaking virtually for a number of other development projects. DeshGujaratRead More

PM Narendrabhai Modi to dedicate/launch Rs. 4253 crore projects of 3 districts in Gujarat from Dwarka on Feb 25

February 23, 2024
PM Narendrabhai Modi to dedicate/launch Rs. 4253 crore projects of 3 districts in Gujarat from Dwarka on Feb 25

Gandhinagar: On 25th February, Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi will dedicate and launch Rs. 4253 crore worth 11 development projects in Devbhumi Dwarka, Jamnagar and Porbandar districts. PM will dedicate his dream project Sudarshan Setu (Okha - Bet Dwarka bridge) during this visit. In Dwarka district, 5 works shall be dedicated. Among them is Rs. 979 crore Okha - Bet Dwarka Sudarshan bridge which is 2.3 km long along with 2.45 km approach road and parking facility. This is a unique bridge w...Read More

Some of eye-catching features of now completed Okha – Bet Dwarka sea bridge in Gujarat

February 05, 2024
Some of eye-catching features of now completed Okha – Bet Dwarka sea bridge in Gujarat

Okha: An iconic sea bridge connecting Okha and Bet Dwarka is all set for inauguration, most likely on 22nd February. Some of eye catching features of this bridge are interesting to note. The bridge has 2 by 3 meter stone panels at every 10 meters gap. The stones have carved Geeta Shloka, Vishnu Sahastra stotram and other religious lines about Shri Krishna in Hindi, English and Gujarati languages. The bridge has colorful peacock feathers carved. These feathers will be visible even during the d...Read More