Tapi: In a decoy operation, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught a Class-3 employee of the Fisheries Department red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹6,000 at Ukai. The accused, Tejasbhai Rameshbhai Chaudhary, is posted as Assistant Fisheries Superintendent (Class-3) at the office of the Assistant Director of Fisheries, Inter-Local Fisheries Development Centre, Ukai. The ACB had received a complaint that officials at the Fisheries office in Ukai were demanding bribes ranging from ₹5,000...Read More

Tapi: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday caught a government auditor red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 in a trap carried out near Unchamal village in Vyara taluka. According to ACB officials, the accused, Dharmeshkumar Ratilal Vasava, was posted as Auditor Grade-2 (Milk), Special Auditor at the Milk Audit Office, Nanpura, Surat. His accomplice, Jetalkumar Sujitbhai Gamit, was also caught during the trap. ACB said the auditor had recently audited the milk cooperative socie...Read More

Surat: The Gujarat government has approved road infrastructure projects worth ₹1,185 crore to strengthen connectivity across the Surat Economic Region (SER), one of the key economic zones of South Gujarat. The projects include 24 works covering a total length of 383 kilometres and will be implemented in districts falling under the SER, Surat, Bharuch, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi, and Dang. According to the state government, these districts together contribute more than 35% to Gujarat’s total econo...Read More

Valod: Tension prevailed in Buhari Jin Phaliya of Valod taluka after an altercation over broken cement slabs allegedly led to the assault of a Hindu youth on December 25. Police have registered a case against four persons following a complaint lodged by a local resident. According to the complaint, the incident occurred around 5:45 pm when Hanif Razak Memon was reversing his car and reportedly drove over cement slabs placed along the roadside, resulting in five slabs breaking. When the victim, ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Central Government has formally approved the acquisition of over 14.21 hectares of private agricultural land in Gujarat’s Tapi district for the widening and four-laning of National Highway-56, according to a notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The notification, S.O. 5630(E), states that the land acquisition pertains to the stretch between Km 240+300 and Km 269+100 on NH-56, covering villages including Kanja, Chapavadi, Tichakpura, and Kapura ...Read More

Surat: The Gujarat government has approved the construction of a new barrage on the Tapi river in South Gujarat, at an estimated cost of Rs. 974 crore. The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the project has been finalized, and construction is expected to commence soon. For the project’s funding, the Union government will contribute ₹584.06 crore, while the state government, along with Surat Municipal Corporation, will provide ₹389.38 crore. The new barrage will be built near Rundh Bhatha v...Read More

Surat: After being shut for 145 days, the crucial weir-cum-causeway on the Tapi River has been reopened for traffic from today, bringing much relief to lakhs of motorists in the city. The causeway, a key connector between areas such as Katargam and Rander, had been closed during the monsoon after heavy water release from the Ukai Dam caused the river level to rise and submerge the bridge surface. As a precaution, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) had shut down traffic movement to avoid acci...Read More

Surat: The long-awaited multipurpose barrage project on the Tapi River in Surat has now been included in the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana – Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (PMKSY-AIBP) by the Central Government. The decision was finalized during a meeting of the Screening Committee and Delegated Investment Board of the Water Resources Department held this week in national capital. Under this scheme, the Central Government has approved a grant of ₹584.06 crore, while t...Read More

Tapi: In response to the killing of a tribal youth in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar, a bandh was observed on Tuesday in Nizar and Kukarmunda talukas of Tapi district. On September 16, 2025, in Sindhi Colony, Nandurbar, a tribal youth, Jayeshbhai Rajubhai (Jaydada), was attacked with a knife by a man named Suryakant Marathe, leaving him critically injured. The youth later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Surat, sparking outrage in the tribal community. In protest, on Monday, tribal youth ...Read More

Surat: Continuous discharge from Ukai, the largest dam in South Gujarat, has caused the weir-cum-causeway on the Tapi River to overflow. Water is flowing at 7.90 meters at the causeway connecting Katargam and Rander, with the river running full bank to bank. The danger mark at the causeway is 7 meters. Due to the overflow, the causeway has been closed to traffic, and security personnel have been deployed to prevent any untoward incidents. As of 1 pm today, Ukai Dam’s water level stands at 102...Read More