Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Legislative Assembly on Monday passed the budget demands for the Urban Development Department for the year 2025-26, amounting to ₹25,399 crore. Responding to the discussion, Cabinet Minister Rushikesh Patel stated that the Urban Development budget has been increased by 40%, reaching ₹30,325 crore compared to the previous year. Providing updates on metro projects, the minister said that 78.33% of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-2 has been completed, with the p...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai today announced that Phase 2 of the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro Rail service will be completed by the end of this year. The Finance Minister said this during his Budget Speech for the financial year 2025-26 while adding that the ongoing metro rail project in Surat is also 55% complete. Presenting the budget, the state Finance Minister Kanu Desai said, "The expansion of Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar and Surat Metro is underway. Ahmedabad Metro Rail...Read More

Surat: Traders in the Bhagal area of Surat launched protests today against the ongoing Metro construction, halting the work to express their grievances. The protest follows over 22 months of financial struggles due to disrupted access to shops and the lack of compensation for their losses. Hundreds of shopkeepers, including those from Aryaman Arcade, united in their demand for a resolution, as the road remains blocked, causing significant economic losses. Traders from Aryaman Arcade, which ho...Read More

Surat: Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) had earlier announced that Phase 1 of Surat Metro would be operational by December this year, and Phase 2 of the project would be completed by March 2024. However, it is learned that Phase 1 is now likely to begin by June 2025. Two metro corridors are under construction in Surat city. Phase 1 includes a 21.61 km route between Sarthana and Dream City, which will have a 6.47 km underground metro corridor with six underground stations from Kapodra to ...Read More

Surat: A hydraulic launcher crane involved in the ongoing Surat Metro train project collapsed today in the Nana Varachha area of the city. The incident occurred this evening in the Chikuwadi area when the crane, while hoisting a span onto a metro corridor pillar, twisted and collapsed onto a nearby bungalow. As the crane fell, some trees and cars parked nearby were also damaged. However, at the time of the collapse, the building was locked and unoccupied, and no casualties occurred during the...Read More

Surat: A span of the under-construction elevated metro corridor in Surat has bent down. The span of the under-construction bridge on the Saroli-Kadodara road has developed cracks and has tilted to one side. Iron rods beneath the cement surface are visible due to this damage. To avoid any major incident, traffic movement on this road has been stopped, and vehicles are being diverted to another route. A team from the fire department has been deployed at the location.   Addressing the is...Read More

Gandhinagar: The new Gujarati Vikram Samvat calendar year 2080 will be full of lot of new developments for Gujarat. The year will see heightened political activities in connection with the upcoming national general elections of Lok Sabha. As always, the Prime Minister is expected to inaugurate a range of development projects ahead of the implementation of the model code of conduct in the first half of the next year. The year will see further progress in the works for the Surat Metro rail proj...Read More

Surat: The Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation Limited (GMRCL) has entered into an agreement with Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd (TRSL), for commissioning of 72 standard gauge cars for the Surat Metro Rail Phase 1 Project. Furthermore, TRSL has secured a Letter of Acceptance (LoA) for the supply of 30 standard gauge cars for Phase II of the Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project. The estimated cost of this project for TRSL is Rs 857 crores (approximately). The contract's execution is scheduled to commence 76 wee...Read More