Narmada district: External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar on the first day of his two days visit to Narmada district in Central Gujarat inaugurated and performed ground breaking for various development projects. The Minister also monitored several ongoing development projects and reviewed their progress. Jaishankar being a Rajya Sabha member elected from Gujarat is given responsibility of Narmada district by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Narmada is identified as one of the aspirational ...Read More

Narmada: Thousands of pilgrims had to face tough time due to shortage of boats, water, food and other facilities at Uttarvahini Narmada Parikrama in Narmada district of Central Gujarat. The Parikrama witnessed sudden rise of pilgrims from Gujarat and its neighboring States on Saturday Sunday, which resulted into chaos. The district administration had to call extra buses from the Statue of Unity. The visitors complained lack of drinking water at the Government facility, dirty toilets, overchargin...Read More

Rajpipla: Officials of DGVCL (Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Ltd), along with the police, carried out inspections at the hotel and residence of Narmada District Aam Aadmi Party President Niranjan Vasava and allegedly caught him stealing electricity. According to reports, a team of DGVCL officials, while inspecting Vasava’s hotel and residence in Kunwarpura village on Sunday, detected electricity theft and immediately took action by disconnecting the power supply. It has also come to light that f...Read More

Vadodara: The work order has been issued for Rs. 4.51 crore tourism development works at Malharrao Ghat in Chanod in the Dabhoi taluka of Central Gujarat. According to local MLA Shailesh Mehta (Sotta), a Rs. 4.51 crore work order has been awarded by the state government through the District Tourism Committee and District Planning Office. The works to be completed in the next 12 months under this project include the creation of facilities such as a toilet, changing room, parking, food court, rai...Read More

Bharuch: Movement of very heavy vehicles has been banned on the Narmada Maiya bridge, which is located in Bharuch district over the river Narmada. The bridge, which was opened for traffic on 12 June 2021, parallel to the age-old Golden Bridge, has witnessed several minor and major accidents since its opening, especially at night due to heavy vehicles such as private buses and trucks. The bridge that connects Bharuch to Ankleshwar is, through a notification, banned for movements of very heavy ...Read More

Ekta Nagar: In celebration of the 149th birth anniversary of Sardar Patel, observed as National Unity Day on October 31, a Rashtriya Ekta Diwas Parade will take place at Ektanagar-Kevadia in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A meeting was held under the chairmanship of District Collector Sanjay Modi to discuss the planning and implementation of this parade and Deepotsav Parva to be held on the eve of National Unity Day . On the eve of National Unity Day, on October 30, a Deepotsav...Read More

Bharuch: The Narmada River in the city is experiencing continuous inflow, with a discharge of nearly 4 lakh cusecs of water from the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam. The water level at the Golden Bridge, located between Bharuch and Ankleshwar over the Narmada River, crossed the danger mark of 24 feet at around 7 PM today. As of 9 PM, the level is at 24.11 feet, compared to 17.38 feet on Sunday night at 11 PM. The warning level of 22 feet was crossed earlier today. Typically, if the level reaches 30 f...Read More

Narmada: The Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train corridor will pass over the Narmada River in the state of Gujarat. A 1.4 km-long bridge on the Narmada River for the Bullet Train project, situated between the Surat and Bharuch Bullet Train stations, is under construction. This is the longest river bridge in the Gujarat portion of the project. The bridge is being constructed on well foundations. A well foundation is a type of deep foundation situated in rivers used to support heavy structures such a...Read More

Bharuch: In view of monsoon condition, the District Collector of Bharuch has identified and listed the low lying areas and asked people not to venture there. The places mentioned in the notification include old Borbhatha gaam ovara open land, open land under Narmada Maiya bridge and Golden bridge, village pond of Kosamdi village located next to the water works, a pond on Kosamdi - Bakrol road, a pond on Kosamdi - Boridra road, open canal on right bank of Ukai at Ankleshwar, canal on Bakrol -...Read More

Bharuch: The district administration came into action today after a fake message about a flood in the Narmada River went viral. The district collector took to social media to denounce the fake news and appealed to people to stay away from rumors. Collector & District Magistrate Bharuch, in an X post, said, "A message like 'Narmada river will cross the dangerous level at Bharuch Golden Bridge tonight...' has gone viral on social media. This message is wrong. All citizens are requ...Read More