Articles tagged under: Navlakhi

Rajkot – Morbi four lane highway works not completed years after original deadline

April 04, 2023
Rajkot – Morbi four lane highway works not completed years after original deadline

Rajkot: Rajkot - Morbi four-track highway work worth Rs. 260 crore began in September 2017. It was to be completed in 19 months, however, it is yet not completed. Its deadline has been extended twice. Five over bridges and three flyovers are completed on this 63.30 km long highway stretch. However, the construction of a railway bridge over Navlakhi railway crossing is yet to be completed. Similarly, the works of streetlight installation and other minor works are pending as well. The highway c...Read More

Gujarat govt plans to develop SIR aligned to Navlakhi port; CM chairs 39th board meeting of GIDB

April 02, 2023

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government is planning to develop a Special Investment Region (SIR) aligned to Navlakhi port in the Saurashtra region. The meeting of the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel today discussed the appointment of an advisor to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for SIR development near Navlakhi. The meeting also decided to include logistic infrastructure as a priority sector. The meeting also gave in-principle ap...Read More

Gujarat govt. approves 485-metre jetty at Navlakhi; capacity to go up from 8 to 20 MMTPA

November 24, 2019

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has in-principle approved construction of a 485-metre long new jetty at the Navlakhi port by Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) at a cost of Rs.192.33-crore to increase its capacity 20 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA). This is in addition to Rs.40-crores assistance it has received from Central Government’s under Sagarmala Project for future development. The Navlakhi port, in operation since 1939, handled 11.85 MMTPA cargoes from its 434 ...Read More

Two foreigners die in Malaysian ship off near Navlakhi port in Gujarat due to gas

April 22, 2018
Two foreigners die in Malaysian ship off near Navlakhi port in Gujarat due to gas

Jamnagar: Two foreigners, both members of crew of a Malaysian ship died of asphyxiation, in the vessel today in the Arabian sea near Navlakhi port in the gulf of Kutch off Gujarat coast. In-charge PSI of Bedi Marine Police station in Jamnagar district where the bodies were brought, M B Zala said that the ship had brought coal from abroad and after unloading it was near the anchor port when one of the crew members went in to a chamber where the coal was kept. He fell unconscious ...Read More

Sanghi Industries to invest Rs 250 crore in energy and port development at Navlakhi in Gujarat

January 19, 2015

Mumbai Cement manufacturer Sanghi Industries today said it will invest Rs 250 crore over the next couple of years for developing waste heat recovery system and facilities at Navlakhi Port in Gujarat. The company will be investing Rs 150 crore for developing 15 MW waste heat recovery system (WHRS) and another Rs 100 crore to further develop its facilities at Navlakhi Port in Gujarat, the company said in a release. "Our focus is on increasing efficiencies at ...Read More

Power to Navlakhi port disconnected for neglecting GPCB notice

May 10, 2013

By our correspondent, Rajkot, 10 May 2013 Gujarat government run Pashchim Gujarat Vij Company Limited(PGVCL) today disconnected power to Gujarat Maritime Board(GMB) run Navlakhi port due to pollution of coal dust in air. Gujarat Pollution Control Board(GPCB) had issued a show cause notice to Navlakhi Port last month and warned port authority that if sufficient actions to control coal dust in air are not taken in twenty days, power supply will be stopped. ...Read More