Kutch: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has strategically based additional Hovercraft at Jakhau, close to the Indo-Pak Maritime frontier and a capital ship at Vadinar in Gulf of Kutch. ICGS Samudra Pavak, a specialised Marine Pollution Control Vessel will now operate from the new Coast Guard Jetty at Vadinar that was recently inaugurated on 01 March 2024 by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shree Ajay Bhatt. Gulf of Kutch is a fast developing area particularly in the oil and port sectors where 70% of the count...Read More

Dwarka: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Jetty in Vadinar was inaugurated on Friday, marking a significant step towards augmenting infrastructure development in the Indian Coast Guard Region (North-West). The jetty construction was undertaken by the Deendayal Port Authority (DPA) as a deposit work at a cost of Rs. 74 crore. Raksha Rajya Mantri Ajay Bhatt inaugurated the jetty in the presence of ICG Director General Rakesh Pal and others. In addition to the ICG Jetty at Vadinar, ICG is also constr...Read More

Gandhinagar: In a further boost to coastal monitoring and protection, the Indian Coast Guard will have a new jetty at Vadinar. It will be inaugurated by Raksha Rajya Mantri Ajay Bhatt on 1st March. The jetty is located at Deendayal Port Authority's Offshore oil terminal in Vadinar in Gulf of Kutch. The jetty will serve various purpose such as Safety and Protection of Artificial Islands and Offshore Terminals, (b) Protection of Fishermen, (c) Assistance to Fishermen in Distress at Sea, (d) Pr...Read More

Jamnagar: The Indian Coast Guard conducted the 9th National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-IX) at Vadinar, Gujarat on 25 November 2023. Director General Rakesh Pal, PTM, TM, Director General Indian Coast Guard, Chairman NOSDCP reviewed the preparedness of all agencies during the exercise. Representatives of various ministries and departments of central and coastal state governments, ports, oil handling agencies and other stake holders participated in the exercise. More than 31 fore...Read More

Jamnagar: The Indian Coast Guard conducted the 25th National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOSDCP) and preparedness meeting at Vadinar, Gujarat on 23 November 2023. Director General Rakesh Pal, PTM, TM, Director General Indian Coast Guard, Chairman NOSDCP, chaired the meeting. More than 80 delegates from various Ministries, Central & State Government, Ports and Oil Handling Companies participated in the meeting. The national capabilities with the common aim to ensure collective prepar...Read More

Devbhumi Dwarka: The Indian Coast Guard conducted the 25th National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOSDCP) and preparedness meeting at Vadinar today. Director General Rakesh Pal, PTM, TM, Director General Indian Coast Guard, Chairman NOSDCP, chaired the meeting. More than 80 delegates from various Ministries, Central & State Government, Ports and Oil Handling Companies participated in the meeting. The national capabilities with the common aim to ensure collective preparedness to res...Read More

Jamnagar: Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat has nabbed a female sarpanch of Vadinar gram panchayat in Khambhalia taluka of Devbhumi Dwarka district and her husband in a bribe case of Rs 1,50,000. The complainant was appointed for the work of boundary wall construction and site development at IOCL Vadinar. According to ACB, the accused Dr Abbasbhai Ibrahimbhai Sanghar- husband of the accused female sarpanch, had demanded Rs 4 lakh, household chattel, 3 mobile phones and 2 iPhones fro...Read More

Jamnagar: Foundation stone laying function for upcoming petrochemicals unit of Nayara Energy was held today at Vadinar in Dwarka district of Gujarat in presence of State Chief Minister and virtual presence of union minister Hardeep Singh Puri. A 450 KTPA petrochemicals project of Nayara Energy here will completed at a cost of Rs. 6500 crore. It will create 4,000 number of employment. A memorandum of Understanding was signed for this project in the Vibrant Gujarat Summit of year 2019. Nyr...Read More

Gandhidham: A meeting of Board of Trustees of Deendayal Port Trust will be held on June 18. One of agendas of discussion is the proposal of Adani Ports & Logistics to start a ro ro ferry service connecting Kandla Port and Vadinar port. The other proposals are regarding start of ferry service connecting JNPT Navi Mumbai and Ghogha in Gujarat. DeshGujaratRead More