Surat: After the building collapse incident in Pali village in the Sachin area of Surat, the administration has initiated efforts to evacuate old dilapidated buildings. Today, after several notices to vacate the buildings, the district administration carried out an operation to cut off the power and water supply to these dilapidated buildings. During the operation, tensions escalated between the police and locals, leading to confrontations. As a large crowd gathered, police dispersed them and...Read More

Surat: Surat: Dead bodies of 7 missing laborers were found after an incident of blast followed by fire in Sachin GIDC area based Aether industry's chemical manufacturing unit. As many as 22 laborers suffered burn injury in this incident, among whom at least 3 are suffering from severe burn and taking treatment as indoor patients in hospital. Skeletons of 7 laborers found after the incident of fire are taken for a postmortem in civil hospital. The company has decided to give compensation of...Read More

Surat: Police have arrested two individuals in connection with a crime and loot incident in the migrants-populated Sachin area of Surat. Another suspect is still at large. The incident occurred when a man was walking down the street and talking on his mobile phone. Three people on a bike attempted to snatch the phone, but the victim resisted and refused to give it up. The suspects then killed him with a sharp weapon before fleeing the scene. Police were able to apprehend two of the suspects, but...Read More

Surat: Works will be launched for the construction of an 8 km long four-lane road connecting Sachin and Navsari on February 12. Rs. 11 crore budget has been allocated for this project with the aim to develop Surat and Navsari as twin-city. Once ready, the road will majorly solve the issue of a traffic jams for Sachin GIDC. Along with Navsari, the people of Sachin, Lajpor, Popda, and Kapletha will also benefit from this road project. Daily thousands of people make the up-down journeys between Sur...Read More

Surat: Office bearers of Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) run industrial estate at Sachin have made a written representation to state energy minister Kanubhai Desai seeking change allowing industries with High-Tension power connections to use 100% renewable energy. During the meeting, the President of Sachin Industrial Co-operative Society, Rama Ramoliya, told the minister that industries are having to cut production due to power shortage. To resolve this issue, he requested ...Read More

Valsad: Unidentified miscreants put a cement pole over the Surat - Mumbai railway track apparently in attempt to derail a moving train. However the train that passed over this railway track crushed the cement pole and crossed the hurdle safely, The incident happened near Atul railway station of Valsad district in South Gujarat last evening around 7.00 pm. Muhammad Siddiqi, a driver of an Express train informed the station master of Atul railway station regarding this incident, following which GR...Read More

Surat: The police found in the investigation that over 1 lakh liters of sodium hydrosulphide was dumped in the pit using four tankers prior to recent incident of gas-leakage  in Sachin GIDC, Surat. The crime-branch has nabbed 3 officials of Mumbai based Hikal Ltd. company and the owner of Bajrang mill in Sachin GIDC. The police have got the remands of these accused till 17th January. The accused nabbed by the crime-branch are Hikal company EHS head Mansukh Gokalbhai Patel, general manager...Read More

Surat: As local pond has gone dry, the industrial estate of Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation(GIDC) at Sachin in South Gujarat is facing severe water shortage. There are 2250 industrial units including many weaving units that are now dependent on tankers. Dying and printing units may limit their activities by half. There are about 2.50 lakh labourers working in Sachin GIDC. The State Water Supply Board supplies daily half an hour water on temporary basis to Sachin GIDC. Weavers ...Read More