Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has transferred 16 IAS officers today. Vadodara and Bhavnagar have got new municipal commissioners, while several districts have got new district collectors. (1) Dilip Kumar Rana, IAS (RR:2007), Municipal Commissioner, Vadodara Municipal Corporation, Vadodara is transferred and appointed as Commissioner of Higher Education, Gandhinagar vice Shri Gurav Dinesh Ramesh, IAS transferred. (2) Dr. N.K. Meena, IAS (RR:2010), Director of Fisheries, Gandhinagar is...Read More

Vadodara: The Gujarat government is setting up a centrally located 250 MW solar power plant to supply electricity to eight municipal corporations, including Vadodara. Under this project, the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) will receive 45 MW of solar power. Chairman of the Standing Committee, Dr. Sheetal Mistry, in a media briefing, said, "The Gujarat government is building a centrally located 250 MW solar power plant, which will distribute power to eight municipal corporations. As p...Read More

Vadodara: A notice has been issued to the Deputy Executive Engineer after a BJP corporator entered a rainwater catchpit in the presence of municipal staff to inspect a water leakage at Sama Jadhav Park Char Rasta. The area around Jadhav Park Char Rasta was facing low water pressure issues. Ward No. 2 Corporator Bhanjibhai Patel had informed the authorities about this problem. Following this, municipal staff began searching for the leakage this morning. They inspected a rainwater catchpit near J...Read More

Vadodara: Several key bridges in the city will be partially or fully closed for commuting due to repair and resurfacing work by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation. As a result, around 2.10 lakh residents will be affected and will need to use alternative routes for some time. One side of the Akota-Dandia Bazar Bridge and the Chhani-Chhayapuri railway overbridge (ROB) will remain closed. The one-way closure of the Chhani Railway Overbridge will last for 60 days, from April 22 to June 20, for resu...Read More

Vadodara: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has announced the auction of nine prime plots located in the Sama and Harni areas of the city. These plots, acquired under the Town Planning (TP) schemes, are designated for commercial, hospital, and residential purposes. The auction aims to boost the corporation's revenue in the upcoming financial year. Six of the plots are located in Sama, while three are in Harni. The total minimum upset value for these nine plots has been set at ₹338 cro...Read More

Vadodara: Forty families of the Satva Prime complex, who were displaced from their homes due to a building collapse scare, returned to their residences on the fourth day. The residents were forced to evacuate after the compound wall of their building collapsed due to excavation work at a neighboring construction site. The incident occurred on Sunday night when excavation work for a double basement at the Vasanttara Skies construction site, a 14-story proposed building, led to the collapse of th...Read More

Vadodara : Two years ago, female corporators of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation took an educational trip to Sikkim at a cost of ₹22 lakh. Now, 20 male corporators from both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress have embarked on a similar journey to Sikkim. The male corporators left for their educational visit on Thursday, with a seminar scheduled for March 7 and 8. On Thursday morning, 20 corporators and one officer traveled from Vadodara to Ahmedabad Airport ...Read More

Vadodara: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has announced a major project to reroute the Bhukhi drain in the Chhani and Nizampura areas to mitigate the risk of flooding, particularly after severe flooding occurred during the last monsoon season. The project will cost a total of ₹47.19 crore (approximately $5.7 million USD). The project is divided into two phases: North Zone (Chhani and Nizampura):** ₹39.77 crore (approximately $4.8 million USD) will be allocated to reroute the B...Read More