Junagadh: At least 4 passengers of a private luxury bus were killed and over 20 others injured when it lost control due to coming out of its Tyre and collided with an electric pole near Lalpur Patiya village under Visavadar police station of Junagadh district in Gujarat, police said. PI of Visavadar N R Patel said that the bus was coming from Savarkundala and going towards Junagadh when it lost control as its tyre loosened out suddenly. The bus lost control and hit a roadside electric po...Read More

Ambaji: Danta - Ambaji highway four lane conversion work is underway. While initially the road was declared closed for traffic for the month of December, now the closure has been extended to entire month of January, as per a new notification issued by district collector of Banaskantha. Alternative route has been given on Danta - Kanabiyavas - Kuvarsi - Boradiya - Beda - Hathipagla - Sanali - Hadad, Machkoda - Ganapipli - Chikhla - Ambaji highway. Due to frequent accidents at Trishuliya ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Janmarg Ltd that operates BRTS buses in Ahmedabad today said that the two wheeler vehicles entering the dedicated corridors meant for these buses would be fined Rs 1500 while the Light Motor Vehicles (Cars etc) would be fined Rs 3000. A statement by the AMC owned special purpose vehicle Janmarg Ltd, also said that other vehicles would be fined Rs 5000 for entry in to the BRTS corridors. And if the bus is found to violate the upper speed limit of 50 kmph or doctoring t...Read More

New Delhi: Bhavnagar-Somnath national highway was to be completed by year 2017, but even in 2019 'uska koi thikana nahi hai'. At stretches it's 60% completed, at some other places such as beyond Talaja, just 15-20% work is done so far. People are facing much difficulties. The State government is helpless as this is the national highway. Bills of small contractors are not cleared, Bhavnagar BJP MP Bharti Shiyal said today in Lok Sabha. DeshGujarat Read More

New Delhi: National Electronic Toll Collection (FASTag) programme, the flagship initiative of (MoRT&H) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has been implemented on pan India basis in order to remove bottlenecks and ensure seamless movement of traffic and collection of user fee as per the notified rates, using passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. To give a major fillip to enhance digital payments and bring in enhanced transparency, the Ministry had manda...Read More

Amreli: A quite young lioness died in a road accident on a road near Gir East forests in Amreli district in Gujarat today. A forest official said that the around 3 to 5 year old lioness was found injured beside Khamba-Dedan road near Tulsishyam range of Gir East Forests. It was apparently hit by any unknown vehicle while crossing the road. The beast was taken to Jasadhar animal care center for treatment where it succumbed. ' The Field staff rescued the animal an...Read More

Gandhinagar: After allocation of Rs 216 crore grant to the municipal corporation of the eight largest cities in Gujarat recently for repair of roads damaged during ongoing monsoon rain, CM Vijay Rupani today also decided to allocate Rs 172.78 crore grant for similar work in 162 municipalities across the state. Of this amount Rs 160.48 crore will be utilized for the repair work purely in the 162 municipalities while remaining Rs 12.30 crore has been allocated for various works including thermo...Read More