News in brief from across Gujarat(updated with video)

Ahmedabad, 23 September 2013

-Board exam(March 2014) forms will be available for filling online in Gujarat from this October

-80,000 cusec water released from Kadana dam in Mahisagar river. Low lying areas on the bank alerted. More 30,000 cusec water to be released.

-NDRF teams moved to flood affected areas:1 team to Navsari, 2 teams to Bharuch,Surat,Vadodara each. 2 teams standby in Gandhinagar.

-Narmada river crosses 30 ft level at Bharuch golden bridge.

-In view of flood like situation in the parts of central and south Gujarat, the Chief Secretary of Gujarat convened a meeting in capital Gandhinagar to review the situation.

-Rivers of Karjan, Dabhoi, Kwant etc area of central Gujarat are witnessing flood today due to heavy rain. The areas of Valsad and Navsari district also have received heavy rain upto 7 inch.

-A group of Gujarati film producers will stage dharna against the selection of Gujarati film The Good Road to represent India at Oscars. The film makers say that The Good Road doesn’t represent Gujarat’s culture properly, and paints it in bad light.

-The CBI today questioned Gujarat minister of state for Law Shri Pradipsinh Jadeja at CRPF guest house near Gandhinagar in connection with an audio tape of a strategic meeting supplied by IPS Singhal.

-BJP MP Vitthal Radadia organized a rally of farmers from across Saurashtra on the issue of pending payments of crops insurance. The rally was attended by Gujarat BJP Chief RC Faldu, senior BJP leader Parshottam Rupala, Vijay Rupani, minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, Dileep Sanghani etc. Radadia threatened rural bandh and boycott on supplying milk, vegetables etc to cities on pending crop insurance issue.

-People living in VUDA township in Vadodara today found crack in one residential building block. The entire block has been vacated for now.

-Shri Somnath Trust’s meeting was held today in presence of Keshubhai Patel, Narendra Modi, Prasannavadan Mehta, Harshvardhan Nevatia, JD Parmar and PK Lehri. Shri LK Advani was absent. Shri Modi was honored for his new national role, and he was wished for national success during the meeting. Various infrastructure, development and tourist facility projects were reviewed and details on their progress were discussed.Shri Advani was seen in NIC meeting in New Delhi held in presence of the Prime Minister today.

-A group of villagers today submitted memorandum against proposed nuclear plant in Bhavnagar district after a rally.