Banaskantha: A new Regional Transport Office (RTO) will be established in Tharad town of Banaskantha district in North Gujarat, the Minister of State for Transport, Harsh Sanghavi, announced. Speaking at the Sneh Milan event in Tharad recently, Sanghavi said, "Vidhan Sabha Speaker Shankarbhai expressed concern that people have to travel a long distance from Tharad for RTO services. About 15 days ago, the procedure (for new RTO) began, and soon the work will be completed. This is only one of m...Read More

Banaskantha: The Banaskantha Food and Drug Regulatory Authority has seized around 1,570 kg of suspicious ghee from Shree Sainath Trading Company in Deesa. Acting on a tip-off that the firm was storing and selling adulterated food products, Food Safety Officers PR Chaudhary and LN Faf conducted a search at Shree Sainath Trading Company. As part of the investigation, approximately 1,570 kg of suspected ghee worth ₹9,47,360 was seized, and further action is being taken. The food officers al...Read More

Banaskantha: A case of love jihad has come to light in the Deesa taluka, where a husband has approached the police, alleging that his wife is missing and that a Muslim youth has lured her away while she had gone playing Garba during Navratri. According to the information received, a married woman from Deesa went to participate in Garba during Navratri but did not return home until late. Concerned about her absence and lack of contact, her husband filed a missing person report at the Deesa pol...Read More

Banaskantha: The Food and Drugs Department, after carrying out surprise raids at multiple locations in Dhanera and Deesa, seized a total of 3,639 liters of suspicious edible oil valued at over ₹6.5 lakh. The surprise checks were conducted at Arbuda Oil Industries, Lakshmi Oil Industries in Dhanera, and Bajrang Marketing in Deesa. As per the official, a total of 3,639 liters of suspected edible oil valued at ₹6,55,120 was seized from the three firms. Based on the information received, raid...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will, on 27 September, dedicate Rs. 633 crore worth of water supply projects benefiting Deesa, Lakhni, Kankrej, and Deodar talukas' 192 villages and Thara town, providing a daily supply of 6.40 crore liters of drinking water. The project was initiated in 2020 for the Devpura-Vav offtake and Ranakpur offtake improvement. It has been completed in five phases. The project will benefit 80 villages in Kankrej taluka, 23 villages in Deodar taluka, an...Read More

Palanpur: The three-leg elevated rotary flyover, standing 17 meters above the ground level in Palanpur, has been completed. Gujarat's first three-leg elevated overbridge, the flyover is built at the cost of Rs. 89 crore. The bridge will be inaugurated as the Fair of Bhadarvi Poonam begins at Ambaji on September 12th. The bridge will be helpful for commuters traveling between Gujarat and Rajasthan. The flyover will also solve the problem of heavy traffic on the Palanpur highway. After the ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Mansa taluka in the state capital, Gandhinagar, received the highest amount of rain today from 6 am to 2 pm, recording 4.29 inches of rain. Other talukas that also experienced heavy rainfall include Vijapur with 3.98 inches, Mahesana with 3.35 inches, Deesa with 3.03 inches, and Prantij with 2.95 inches. A total of 104 talukas received rain today until 2 pm, and among them, only 23 talukas recorded over an inch of rain. While 9 talukas, mostly in the North Gujarat region, receive...Read More

Banaskantha: Gujarat Assembly Speaker and Banas Dairy Chairman Shankarbhai Chaudhary today inaugurated the Banas Soil Testing Laboratory (BSTL) at Tharad and the Banas Save Soil Farmer Producer Company (BSSFPC). He also inaugurated virtually the Banas Biofertilizer Research and Development Laboratory at Khimana. A large number of local farmers were present for this inauguration. The country's only Soil Health Laboratory was launched in Tharad and will play a major role in revitalizing Banas soil...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has approved Rs. 32 crore sum for two-lane conversion of 20.10 km roads connecting Rah - Changda - Luvana - Morthal and Luvana - Bavera in Banaskantha district of North Gujarat. These roads are presently 3.75 meters wide. They are to be widened to 7 meters in two-lane form, for which the sum is allocated by the Chief Minister. These roads are important as they connect Tharad, Dhanera and Radhanpur - Tharad - Sanchor national highway. The Chief Minister has...Read More

Gandhinagar: Banaskantha district has got a new collector. Mihir Patel, IAS (2015) Deputy Municipal Commissionerof Amdavad Municipal Corporation has been transferred and appointed as Collector, Banaskantha replacing Varunkumar Bharanwal. Varunkumar Bharanwal, IAS (2014) is tranferred from the post of district collector of Banaskantha and his services are placed under Government of India as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Commerce & Industry Minsiter Piyush Goyal for a period of four year...Read More