Junagadh: A district panchayat ground in Bhavnath will have a tall statue of Bhagwan Shiv, for which the Standing Committee of Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) has approved Rs. 44.39 lakh budget. The statue will have over 2,000 kg weight. It will be made using fiber material. It will be 25 ft high and 75 ft wide in Aadi Yogi style. It will be made by Odisha based artists in the span of next 3 to 6 months. DeshGujaratRead More

Jamnagar: City A-Division Police registered an FIR on Thursday against three individuals, including Municipal Corporator from Ward No. 12, Aslam Karim Khilji of the Congress party, under the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020. This is related to the illegal demolition of a shop and the encroaching of land near Kalavad Naka. According to the details of the case, Nitinkumar Ravishankar Dixit, the Estate Officer of the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation, filed a written complaint yesterda...Read More

Junagadh: A Muslim councilor of Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) Andreman Panja has sent his resignation to Municipal Commissioner. Panja was elected in 2019 election on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) ticket from ward number eight. He got his resignation typed before notary and sent to Municipal Commissioner in which he stated he was resigning due to unavoidable circumstances. It's worth noting that Panja is on run after he was named as one of the accused in Majevadi dargah violence case. ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has given in-principle approval fore allocation of Rs. 1,646 crore to 3 Municipal Corporations of the state Surat, Vadodara, and Jamnagar for 414 works of physical and social infrastructure including the Chief Minister Urban Development Scheme. Vadodara Municipal Corporation had proposed Rs. 184.09 crore for 47 works of urban roads that has been approved. A proposal made by the Surat Municipal Corporation through the Urban Development Departmen...Read More

Jamnagar: The standing committee of Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) has approved the proposal of requesting a grant of Rs 1095 crore from the state government for various development works including for Rs 600 crore riverfront project of Jamnagar. The proposal recommends a grant of Rs 1095 crore under Mukhya Mantri Shaheri Vikas Yojna from the state government for various development works in the city. It includes Rs 600 crore riverfront development project. It also includes Rs 8 crore ...Read More

Jamnagar: DN Modi, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) office of Gujarat cadre, year 2007 batch, has been appointed as Municipal Commissioner of Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC). Modi was previously Commissioner (ICDS) in the Commissionerate of Women & Child Development in the State capital Gandhinagar. With this, BA Shah has been relieved from the charge of the post. In another development regarding transfers of two Gujarat Administrative Service (GAS) cadre officers, AK Joshi, Execut...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has transferred the Municipal Commissioner of Jamnagar, Vijay Kharadi (IAS) to the post of Deputy Director General of Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration (SPIPA) in Ahmedabad. With this, the government has relieved Prabhav Joshi, IAS of the additional charge of the same post in SPIPA. Dr. Sourabh Pardhi, IAS, Collector of Jamnagar district has been appointed to act as Municipal Commissioner of Jamnagar until further orders in place of Vij...Read More

Jamnagar: The Standing committee meeting of the Jamnagar Municipal Corporation (JMC) has decided to build a river bridge over river Rangmati near Vohra na Hazira area, along with a check dam and retaining wall for which Rs. 5.68 crore sum has been approved. The meeting which was held on 3rd January also approved some other works of the city. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has approved the five town planning scheme of five metros by taking another step in the direction of planned urban development. With the aim of imparting ease of living through well-planned development of towns and cities, Chief Minister has approved a total of 3 preliminary town planning schemes, one each for Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, and Bhavnagar. He has also approved two draft town planning schemes, one each of Rajkot and Jamnagar Municipal Corpor...Read More

Junagadh: CM Bhupendra Patel has allotted a special grant of Rs 28.83 crore for the development of Narsinh Mehta lake in Junagadh city. Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) had made a proposal through Gujarat Municipal Finance Board for Rs 48.32 crore for Narsinh Mehta lake development project to CM Patel. CM Patel has approved Rs 28.83 crore special grant for the same, in addition to Rs 19.49 crore allotted previously. The lake development will be done at Rs 48.32 crore in 2 phases. The...Read More