News in brief from across Gujarat

Gandhinagar:  The months-long task of gold coating of a tall Sarveshwar Mahadev statue in Sursagar lake of Vadodara is over. The new revamped gold-plated 111 feet tall statue will be unveiled for devotees possibly during the upcoming Mahashivratri festival in February 2023. PM Modi has been invited to inaugurate this statue on Shivratri. Gold coating of the murti took a year to complete but now the devotee will be able to see lord shiva in golden glory, once the statue is unveiled.

-Jaysukh Patel who heads Oreva company in Morbi has filed an anticipatory bail plea in Morbi session court apprehending his arrest in connection with the Morbi bridge tragedy case. In the FIR filed by Police, Jaysukh Patel is so far not mentioned as accused. Some of his company’s staffers are however booked and arrested too.

-The pilot project of sterilizing stray bulls commenced from Morbi in presence of Gujarat Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel today. The stray bulls will be kept under observation for a week after the sterilization.

– A leopard entered the house in Manmodi village of Dang District and attacked two people. Both individuals are admitted to the hospital and the villagers have demanded that the forest department should catch the leopard as soon as possible.

– 2 Projects of Amdavad Municipal corporation (AMC), sanctioned in 2017 are still incomplete. One project is the Jagatpur flyover in Gota.  58 meters span out of 275 meters length is incomplete due to the slow pace of execution. Another project was the renovation of the Danapeeth fire station, which has remained a non-starter due to lack of clearance from Archaeological Survey of India.

-The special operation group (SOG) of Gujarat Police has apprehended a police constable carrying a Scorpio car full of liquor bottles. The accused had acquired this liquor from another constable in Modasa and was going to supply it to a bootlegger in Halisa village of Gandhinagar. The cost of recovered booze is about Rs. 35,000. Four people, including two constables, have been booked by police.

-A youth namely Sunny shah was apprehended from the Ghatlodia area of Ahmedabad for making a video viral about the upcoming Hindi film Pathaan. The accused has been nabbed for causing fear and anarchy in society.

-Ruling BJP govt in Gujarat is planning to move the “Damage recovery of public and private property” bill in the upcoming budget session of the State assembly against damage to property during the riots and agitations.

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