Surendranagar: Three men died from asphyxiation on Saturday while digging in an illegal coal mine in Bhet village of Muli taluka. The incident occurred when a toxic gas leak happened in a 100-foot deep pit on government wasteland. None of the deceased were wearing safety gear such as helmets or gas masks, the police said on Sunday. The deceased, identified as Laxman Koli (35), Viram Koli (35), and Khoda Koli (32), were hired by illegal miners for a daily wage of Rs 700. All were residents of ...Read More

Narmada: Gujarat Water Infrastructure Ltd filed a complaint against 12 farmers for water theft from the Narmada pipeline in Muli of Surendranagar. Gujarat Water Infrastructure Ltd, an undertaking of the state government, manages the work of supplying drinking water through pipelines based on the Narmada Canal. It supplies water to 1219 villages and 21 cities of Rajkot, Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka, and Porbandar, from Dhanki in Lakhtar taluka. Gujarat Water Infrastructure Ltd and Dharti Infra ha...Read More

Surendranagar: Muli police have nabbed an accused for allegedly using water for irrigation by rupturing the air-valve of a drinking water pipeline passing from Manpar in Muli taluka in Surendranagar. The pipeline supplies the drinking water to Saurashtra and Kutch from Dhanki in Lakhtar. Muli police had filed a crime on 9th June against the accused farmer from Manpar named Jashvantbhai Labhubhai Agola. The accused had allegedly ruptured the air-valve in the pipeline and used the water for i...Read More