Tharad: The proposed Tharad-Ahmedabad Expressway, approved by the Central Government last year, is a strategically vital infrastructure project aimed at bridging two of India’s key corridors—the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and the Amritsar-Jamnagar Expressway, which are nearing completion. Though ambitious in scope and vital for national connectivity, this greenfield expressway is currently stalled due to complex land acquisition hurdles. Planned under the Bharatmala Pariyojana, the expresswa...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government today announced  formation of a new district of Vav-Tharad. A discussion was held, and a decision was taken in the State cabinet meeting today for the formation of Vav-Tharad as the 34th district in the State. The new district will be carved out from the existing large district of Banaskantha in North Gujarat. Banaskantha has presently 14 talukas, which is the highest number of talukas in any district in the State. Banaskantha is area-wise the second numbe...Read More

Banaskantha: A new Regional Transport Office (RTO) will be established in Tharad town of Banaskantha district in North Gujarat, the Minister of State for Transport, Harsh Sanghavi, announced. Speaking at the Sneh Milan event in Tharad recently, Sanghavi said, "Vidhan Sabha Speaker Shankarbhai expressed concern that people have to travel a long distance from Tharad for RTO services. About 15 days ago, the procedure (for new RTO) began, and soon the work will be completed. This is only one of m...Read More

Banaskantha: Gujarat Assembly Speaker and Banas Dairy Chairman Shankarbhai Chaudhary today inaugurated the Banas Soil Testing Laboratory (BSTL) at Tharad and the Banas Save Soil Farmer Producer Company (BSSFPC). He also inaugurated virtually the Banas Biofertilizer Research and Development Laboratory at Khimana. A large number of local farmers were present for this inauguration. The country's only Soil Health Laboratory was launched in Tharad and will play a major role in revitalizing Banas soil...Read More

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the development of 8 important National High Speed Corridor projects with a Length of 936 km at a cost of Rs. 50,655 crore across the country. Implementation of these 8 projects will generate an estimated 4.42 crore mandays of direct and indirect employment. Among these 8 project, one is 6-Lane Tharad - Deesa - Mehsana - Ahmedabad National High-Speed Corridor. This 214-km 6-Lane Hi...Read More

Banaskantha: To encourage voting during the general elections of Lok Sabha in the rural area, the Gujarat Assembly Speaker has announced a competition between 11 villages of Tharad. The villages with the highest voter turnout will win a prize of Rs. 25 lakh, which will be used for development projects in the village. Villages ranked from first to seventh will receive the prize money. Speaking at a public meeting in Lakhani village in North Gujarat, Chaudhary said, "Whichever booth has the max...Read More

Gandhinagar: Over 100 persons arrived at the headquarters of Bharatiya Janata Party in Gandhinagar with placards and banners and staged a protest against Tharad - Ahmedabad highway project. They demanded cancellation of 'kachi nondh' in their 7/12 utaaraa documents in connection with the Bharat Mala project's Tharad - Ahmedabad expressway stretch. The protest programme was held under the banenr of 'Asargrast Khedut Samanvay Samiti'. With the sudden arrival of over 100 protesters, the gates of th...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Congress's General Secretary DD Rajput has resigned from party. Rajput is Tharad Rajput Samaj's President. He was candidate of Congress party for Tharad assembly seat in 2017. Rajput has resigned ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, polling for which is scheduled on 7 May. A state level office bearer, Rajput's resignation is a major blow for the party especially in Banaskantha where Congress has fielded Wav MLA Geniben Thakor as its candidate against BJP's Dr. Rekhaben...Read More

Banaskantha: Under the Tharad Sipu Reservoir Pipeline Project, a 70 km long pipeline near Mahajanpura in Tharad, laid at the cost of Rs. 592 crores, was inaugurated by Shankar Choudhary, the Speaker of the Gujarat Assembly and Tharad MLA. The opening of the gates of the Narmada Canal marked the commencement of the water supply. The project involved laying a 70 km long pipeline from Tharad to Seepu Dam. The state government planned the pipeline project to provide water from the Narmada main ca...Read More

Tharad: Gujarat Vidhansabha Speaker, Shankarbhai Chaudhary, and Minister of Health, Rishikeshbhai Patel, today broke ground and laid the foundation stone for the new ultra-modern district hospital in Tharad. The hospital, estimated to cost Rs 54.16 crore, will be constructed in the border area and will provide modern health facilities to the local population. A significant number of border area leaders and local residents participated in the hospital's groundbreaking ceremony. Tharad in Ba...Read More