Shamlaji: The state government is likely to give the status of 'Taluka' to Shamlaji after separating it from Bhiloda taluka in Aravalli district. Aravalli district has 6 talukas at present namely Modasa, Bhiloda, Bayad, Malpur, Meghraj and Dhansura. The number of talukas is likely to increase to 7 after the separation of Shamlaji from Bayad taluka. The local administration has started preparing reports after the revenue department of the state sent a notification to Aravalli Jilla Panchayat ...Read More

   The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone, inaugurated and dedicated to the nation projects worth over Rs. 5500 crores in Nathdwara, Rajasthan today. The development projects focus on bolstering infrastructure and connectivity in the region where the railway and road projects will facilitate the movement of goods and services, thereby boosting trade and commerce and improving the socio-economic conditions of the people in the region. Addressing the gatherin...Read More

Aravalli: The merchants and locals of Shamlaji gathered at Ahmedabad-Udaipur National Highway No. 8 to protest against the national highway authority alleging that the recent flooding in the town was caused due to no arrangement of water disposal. The construction of six lane Ahmedabad-Udaipur National Highway no. 8 connecting Delhi and Mumbai is ongoing in slow pace. The highway is built by cutting the hills near Shamlaji. The locals alleged that the rainwater flooded the houses and markets...Read More

Mahesana: The process of land acquisition for a 4-lane National Highway connecting Rampura (cooks) in Mehsana taluka to Shamlaji has formally begun. The private company that has been awarded the contract for the 132 kilometer long highway visited regional offices at Mehsana, Kheralu, and Prantij. In the last two years, land acquisition around Mehsana city for the railway freight corridor, Patan-Prantij National Highway, and the Ahmedabad-Tharad National Highway has left people feeling confus...Read More

Shamlaji: Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat has nabbed a forest guard of a forest check-post in Shamlaji under the Range Forest Officer’s office in Shamlaji in Aravalli district in a bribe case of Rs 300. ACB Aravalli had confidentially received information that the employees and officers at Shamlaji forest check post demand bribes apart from the standard fees from the drivers carrying woods in their vehicles. To verify the information, ACB planned a decoy trap with help of a truck d...Read More

Modasa: It is learnt that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India is in process to take over the state highway-48 between Anand and Shamlaji and convert it into a four-lane National Highway. State-Highway 48 enters into Aravalli district from Rajasthan and passes through Modasa, Dhansura, Bayad talukas before reaching Kheda district. The locals have often demanded a bypass or a flyover bridge on this highway to ease the issue of traffic and accidents. The highway ...Read More

Shamlaji: Two persons were dead in a blast near Shamlaji in North Gujarat. Primary investigation has now revealed that it was a granade blast. Some recent photographs of a person who died in blast are out now in which he can be seen wearing a hand granade over his belt. Investigation is underway now regarding sourcing of hand granade. A 32-year old Rameshbhai Laljibhai Faneja and his daughter were dead in a blast at their residence in Godhkulla village near Shamlaji in Bhiloda taluka of Arava...Read More

Gandhinagar: Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today said that ongoing works for six-lane Mota Chiloda - Shamlaji national highway number 48 will be completed by December 2021. Addressing the Vikas Divas function of Gujarat government virtually from national capital New Delhi, Nitin Gadkari said, 'Shamlaji - Mota Chiloda six-lane highway work was bit obstructed due to Covid-19 pandemic but the works on this stretch have started again and we are determined to complete the projec...Read More