Surat: The Surat civic body has set an ambitious goal to generate 50% of the electricity consumed in its services from renewable energy sources by the year 2030. As part of this initiative, the Surat Municipal Corporation has announced a plan to meet the load demand of 600 public e-buses operating in the city by establishing a solar plant. The first solar plant for charging the BRTS (Bus Rapid Transit System) buses will be built at the Althan Bus Depot in collaboration with GIZ (Germany). All in...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat's second largest city Surat and the third-largest city, Vadodara, were among the top three places that received the highest rainfall today during 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. While Surat city received 3.11 inches of rain, Vadodara received 3.03 inches of rain. The largest city of Gujarat, Ahmedabad, also remained rain-soaked through the evening; however, the rainfall was not so intensive and less than one inch. Navsari city in South Gujarat received 2.60 inches of rainfall and stood in...Read More

Surat: Only 16 percent files of applications under the Impact fee law are approved in Surat due to some of provisions under the law. One of key requirement mandated is abuot provision of parking. The other issue is lesser FSI. One reason behind lower ratio of approval is that, the SMC officials check all doccuments carefully in the light of the recent Rajkot TRP game zone tragedy, in which the public servants also had to go to jail and face actions. As per a report SMC received 29,000 file...Read More

Surat: The city of Surat will have a 17-storey tall Post Graduate (PG) hostel for studetnts of Surat Municipal Corporation(SMC) run SMIMER hospital in Umarwada area. Union minister CR Patil will inaugurate this hostel on Sunday, 22 September. DeshGujaratRead More

Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation(SMC) has announced the schedule of Sanjeevkumar Natya Spardha (drama competition) which sis going to be held during 19th to 30th September from 8.00 pm. In total 12 plays will be performed at Sanjveekumar Auditorium, entry passes of which shall be available on first come basis from booking office of Sanjeevkumar auditorium daily. The annual competition is named after Sanjeevkumar, a great actor of Hindi and Gujarati movies who hailed from the city of Surat. Des...Read More

Surat: Due to Ganesh murti visarjan processions, the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) and city buses will not operate in certain areas of Surat on September 17. City bus and BRTS routes at Athwagate, SVNIT, Rahulraj Mall, SK Nagar, Old RTO T-Point, Athwa Over Bridge, Sardar Tapi Bridge, Adajan Village, Star Bazaar, Pal RTO, Bhatha Village, ONGC Circle, Kribhko Over Bridge, Mora Circle, L&T, Hazira Butt Owara, Gajera Ratnamala Circle, Dabholi Char Rasta, Dabholi Bridge, Subhashbagh Circle, ...Read More

Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) will hold a 'Ganesh Exhibition' at its Chok Bazar-based historical fort's exhibition hall from September 5 to 20. Ganeshji's murtis made of stone, metal, natural materials, wood, and other materials will be exhibited in this exhibition, for which the entry is free. The exhibition will take place from September 5 to 8, September 10 to 15, and September 18 to 20, from 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM. The fort and exhibition will remain closed on September 9, 16, and 17...Read More

Surat: The city of Surat, which was ranked first last year as the cleanest city in the country, has achieved another milestone. Surat has made the city and the state proud by bagging first rank in the 'Clean Air Survey-2024' organized by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, beating 131 cities across the country. Besides being the fastest growing city, Surat has managed to achieve a significant reduction of 1.71% in PM10 particles in the year 2013-2014. Surat city was ...Read More

Surat: Two municipal corporators, Jitu alias Jitendra Panchhabhai Kachhadiya and Vipul Vasrambhai Suhagia, have been booked by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in a bribery case. Both corporators represent wards number 16 and 17 in Surat Municipal Corporation(SMC) and belong to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Among both accused, Vipul Suhagia is arrested. According to the ACB, the accused corporators demanded a Rs. 11 lakh from a parking contractor to avoid the cancellation of the parking contract and...Read More

Surat: Amid the flood situation in the city of Vadodara following heavy rainfall and the overflowing of the Vishwamitri River, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has dispatched a team from the fire department to assist with the flood situation. This team includes the Deputy Chief Fire Officer, a Fire Officer, a Station Officer, a Marshal Leader, a Driver, and ten Marshals, totaling 23 employees. The fire equipment being sent includes a Fire Boat, a Rubber Boat, an Emergency Rescue Vehicle,...Read More