By our correspondent,Amreli:An allegedly drunk driver of a bus run by the GSRTC (ST bus) today put the life of passengers in danger as the vehicle skidded off a low lying bridge near Jivapar village in Khamba taluka of Amreli district. Fortunately, all the 30 passengers in the bus that remained hanging in balance on the side of the road cum low-lying bridge were taken out in time. Only around half a dozen of them sustained minor injuries. The video of the incident that happened...Read More

By staff writer, Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will on June 22 inaugurate 21 bus stations of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) from Bhavnagar. The new bus-stations to be inaugurated are located at Mandvi, Bardoli(highway), Kadodara, Sojitra, Thasra, Dakor, Balashinor, Anand, Viramgam, Morbi(old), Lakhtar, Dhrangadhra, Gadhada, Mahesana, Jamjodhpur, Damnagar, Gir Gadhada, Shahera, Vejalpur and Malpur. According to a release issued by the State government...Read More

Chennai: Ashok Leyland, flagship arm of the Hinduja Group, and India’s largest Bus manufacturer, today announced that it had bagged an order from GSRTC (Gujarat State Roadways Corporation) for 1290 buses. This order comes closely on the back of 2580 bus orders received from various state transport undertakings recently. Ashok Leyland is currently the 4th largest manufacturer of buses in the world and India’s largest bus manufacturer. This order would further consolidate its leadership...Read More

Godhra: District headquarters Godhra will have city bus service operational with effect from 3rd March. On experimental basis, the service will start with one 30-seater bus on five routes. The first station on each of five routes shall be a railway station. The service has been planned under public private partnership model. Godhra had its city bus service a few years ago. It was operated by Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC). The service was later discontinued due to viability rea...Read More

Ahmedabad: A 76-km long Sardar Patel ring road in Ahmedabad will be converted from existing 4-lane to 6-lane at a cost of Rs. 200 crore. This decision was taken in board meeting of Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority(AUDA) on Wednesday. On an average, per month 4 lakh vehicles use this road. As per an estimate there shall be 25% addition to this once the ring road is converted to six-lane. AUDA board meeting also took decision to build 6 flyovers and underpasses at a cost of Rs. 365 crore. T...Read More

Bharuch: Rs. 400 crore Narmada Maiya four-lane bridge over river Narmada which is under construction for last four years over river Narmada will have Rs. 58 crore 800 meter long flyover on its one end at College road upto Bholav circuit house. The bridge's end on Bharuch side was close to college gate. This was causing fear of accident just outside the college that has 15,000 students. In response of local BJP MLA Dushyant Patel's representation, Gujarat government has given nod for a 80...Read More

Rajkot: Minister of State in Centre, Manaukh Mandaviya today laid foundation stone for Rs. 90 crore flyover at Gondal chokdi in Rajkot city on national highway in presence of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Mandaviya on this occasion made important announcement of six-lane conversion of Rajkot - Jetpur highway in Saurashtra. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat today announced construction of 10 new flyovers at a total cost of Rs. 487 crore in first phase. Proposed flyovers that are to be built by Roads and Building (R&B) department include - Rs. 45 crore Borsad flyover on Anand - Karamsad highway - Rs. 35 croee Dethli char rasta highway in Siddhpur - Rs. 27 crore Navjivan hotel char rasta flyover in Patan - Rs. 36 crore two flyovers a Bhuj - Lakhpat road - Rs. 110 crore Modhera char rasta flov...Read More

Surat: A new luxury travel bus service will connect Surat and Bhavnagar via Ro-Pax ferry service and complete the distance between two places in five hours. Making this announcement, DG Sea Connect's Chetan Contractor today said, 'passengers wanting to travel to Bhavnagar via Ro-pax ferry had some issues related to Surat - Dahej connectivity. In order to give a solution, franchisee Rahi Holidays and Sitaram Enterprise have in a joint venture started a bus service between Surat and Bhavnagar v...Read More