Jamnagar Leads in Investment Race.

Jamnagar has clearly moved Surat back in terms of industrial investments in the past five years, and Saurashtra district will be leading the growth over its north/souh gujarat counterparts in the coming years.

Jamnagar has attracted investments worth Rs 56,379 crore in the last five years. while Surat (including Hazira) has managed to bag Rs 38,906 crore.

Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) stat shows that the Saurashtra and mainly jamnagar will increase this gap in coming years, Surat do have major names like ONGC, GAIL, Kribhco, NTPC, Reliance, Essar, Shell and Cairn setting up new projects / expansions in Hazira, but the main focus now will be in the small-scale sector like diamond and textiles. Surat SEZ will attarct invetment worth Rs 1,000 crore in the apparel park, Rs 4,000 crore in the gems and Jewellery Park, and Rs 5,000 crore in a multi-product park.

Jamnagar is taking a giant leap from this small figures,  Reliance's second oil refinery and SEZ will alone bring in Rs 40,000 crore from the company, Reliance is keen to bring world largest downstream players such Exxon Mobil, Dow, Lyondell, Innovene, SABIC, JSR, Goodyear, Nippon Zeon, Borealis, Huntsman, Basell, Shinetsu, Formosa, LG, Vinolit, Vestolit, Novachem and BASF for setting up facilities in the SEZ.

Adding Essar's oil refinery adventures in its proposed SEZ  at Jamnagar, which is worth Rs 15,000 crore, and you would reach a staggering figure which could well cross the Rs 1,00,000 crore, this is the total investment in Hazira till date.

There will be huge downstream effect for Jamnagar investments and Jamnagar will grow significantly, said one official at Industrial Extension Bureau, Gandhinagar.

They also point out that while the small-scale sector has contributed to the investments in Surat, this has not happened in the case of Jamnagar, which has relied heavily on the biggies.

 

 

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Moti Khavdi Tension gripped

Moti Khavdi Tension gripped.

A labour was killed when a truck ran over him near New Labour Colony off Kanalus Village, Tension gripped the Moti Khavdi industrial zone in Jamnagar district today morning, when more than 1,000 labours assembled to protest the accidental death of a 25 year old labourer, Lalla Tulsiram Bapat, he was on the rolls of RIL's contractors and his death threatened to lead to some tension in the area but since the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) platoons were deployed in nearby areas, any violent fallout was averted

The SRPF had been deployed in the industrial zone, following a scuffle in the company premises of  Essar Oil in the month of August, when labourers reacted violently and damaged security office torching two company hired vehicles, due to a similar incident, wherein a labourer was injured stamped by a four-wheeler passing from the same highway.
 
As such accidents have been frequently occurring in the industrial site where Essar and Reliance have their full-fledged operations, especially the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) projects, an additional police chowki facility has been erected here.

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One Refinery can change India's Image

One Refinery can change India's Image.

"It is not just a refinery. We believe the refinery challenges the paradigm that China is forging ahead of India with its industry," , quotted Hital Meswani (ED - RIL), to reporters on a tour of the Jamnagar Refinery complex.

Reliance Industry, India's largest conglomerate hopes on an Arabian Sea coast oil refinery at Jamnagar, to become the world's largest refinery, and the to gave country an industrial giant status. this refinery was opened in December 1999. It has 30 sq km and has transferred India's image from from being a net importer of refined petroleum product to an exporter.

Reliance is now set to invest a further $6 bn to double output, this expansion will make refinery on top place from its current third place behind Venezuela and South Korea, This single refinery will also help to demolish some myths stating that India is good for services sector and China is best for its industrial sector. (In China, the industrial sector accounts for 46 per cent of GDP, compared to 27 per cent in India.)

Jamnagar Refinery Complex is situated in the Gulf of Kutch on the Arabian Sea, the refinery took just three years to build. The company says its 5,000 km of pipes, 1.7 million tonnes of concrete, 14,000km of cable and equivalent in steel of 16 Eiffel towers represent a record. complete work in refinery is automated and overseen by engineers working out of underground control rooms, this CR are controlled by a CCR (central control room) and all CR are decorated with the portraits of the late Reliance founder Dhirubhai Ambani.

This refinery has its own power station, fire station, medical teams and security service and a super tanker port. There are 170 km of roads and a residential area of 2,500 homes for the employees. Reliance Greens, a  green belt is also hoped to lead to the production of 3,000 tonnes of mangoes a year and this mangoes recently begged an order from British retail giant Harrods.

Currently refining capacity is 3.3 MMTPD of crude oil processing, which is used to extract refined products like petrol, diesel, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas – plus petrochemicals.

The complex has served 5,000 ships till now and only Rotterdam is handling more refined products then this refinery.

 

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Lalpur - madrassa student beaten to death

A 20-year-old student of a madrassa was beaten to death by his 23-year-old teacher in Lalpur (incidently this town was my home-town) of Jamnagar district on Thursday evening following an incident of eve-teasing.

Jamnagar police said the victim :  Nazir Ahmad, belonged to a poor family of labourers from Salaya town and had taken admission for studying Urdu four years ago at Darool Ulam Madrassa.

On Tuesday, he was accused of teasing madrassa trustee Hafiz Umagul's daughter.

 

Angered over this, the teacher, Tanveer Ahmed Anwar Sheikh, beat the victim with a stick, causing serious injuries.

Nazir, was unconscious, rushed to a nearby hospital around 7 pm where he succumbed three hours later.

 

The news of Nazir's death spread like wild fire in the town and Salaya where his parents live.

Sub-inspector Patel said madrassa principal Nurkhan Usmankhan Pathan lodged a complaint against Tanveer, ( who is absconding) 

 

Police, after registering a murder case, had handed over the body to the boy's parents.

Water Crisis ends In Jamnagar

Junagadh and Jamnagar districts have received surplus rains this season.

In whole gujarat , The water level has risen in all the 191 irrigation dams and the storage has swelled to 11,500 million cubic meters as against the total storage capacity of 14,977 million cubic meters.

Ruskin Bond Movie Airming At Jamnagar

Urmila Matondkar, A bollywood actess is famous for its kiddy attire and her love for kids movies, she did a children's film - Chhota Chetan - it was the country's first 3D film was ( re-released in 1998 ) Urmila had a song sequence in that movie.

Now the gorgeous actress will again be seen in a children's film based on a Ruskin Bond story. which is inspired by my one of the favourite poet - writer , Ruskin Bond (who had his life connected to Jamnagar)

This movie is titled as "Non Stop Fun", the film is directed by Sunil Advani (for 9 Lives Films).

According to Urmila, "It is a wonderful story by Ruskin Bond on two boys who run away from their boarding school in Mussourie and are headed for Jamnagar. The story traces their journey through cities like Dehradun, Meerut, Delhi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and the different kinds of people they meet along the way and their experiences with them."

She is playing a music teacher who these boys meet along their journey. And there's also a song that follows their interaction where she's talking to them about music. (Julie Andrews's in The Sound Of Music !!!) this movie also features Jackie Shroff (school coach), Govinda (truck driver), Satish Shah (police inspector) and Mukesh Tiwari (A negative role).

 

Check dam - the Latest Hope

Check dam across saurashtra are latest hope for Jamnagar and nearby areas.

 

Take a worst-case scenario. Dhrol in Jamnagar district faces water shortage throughout the year. With five check dams on the Und river, this year, it is expecting regular drinking water supply throughout. 

 

Minister of State for Water Supply says good rainfall combined with the enhanced storage capacity of the check dams has eased the drinking water situation. he added that where check dams were not possible, bori bunds (sandbag) have been put up to temporarily halt water flow to allow percolation. It is making a lot of impact on the water tables.

With water for at least another year secure in check dams, that's a new prayer too for Saurashtra.

District co-operative bank elections postponed

District co-operative bank elections postponed

The district co-operative banks where elections have been postponed are: Valsad, Navsari, Kheda, Anand, Bhavnagar, Surat, Bharuch, Junagadh, Jamnagar and Amreli. The elections for the board of directors of these banks were due in August and September.

The Leader of Opposition Arjun Modhvadia said the government decision was politically motivated, as the situation was becoming normal in most parts of the State. ''There is no need for postponing the elections in any of these districts as except Surat, the situation is normal everywhere,'' he said.

chairman of Gujarat State Cooperative Bank - Jayrambhai Patel ( the parent bank of all district co-op banks ) think it was strange why the government had postponed the elections.

Amreli District Collector said that the major damage due to heavy rainfall has been to roads and communication systems. Otherwise everything is under control.

It should be noted that Amreli has received the highest rainfall in Saurashtra region.

Bharuch Collector said that only some roads and buildings have been damaged and crops have been affected in some areas.

Jamnagar Collector said there is no major damage in any taluka of the district.

Jamnagar - Gujarat Flood update

• Essar group had to ask staff at its Vadinar oil Jamnagar refinery to work for two shifts
• The management of Videocon Industries is taking a close look at the situation (Bhaurauch)
• RIL, however, said operations at its Jamnagar plant are normal

Jamnagar Air-Force to help South Gujarat

Narmada is flowing above danger mark since last three days and today morning it was flowing 27 ft four feet above danger level. Surat and Bhauruch district administration are on high alert as both Narmada and Tapti rivers in South Gujarat are overflowing. Indian Air Force is helping Thousands of people on the banks of these rivers for evacuation.

Ajwa dam is also releasing water , which is likely to flood Vishwamitri river so Vadodara City has also been put on high alert.

While army help is being sought for evacuation the IAF has pressed five helicopters into service. In Surat IAF has deployed two MI-17 and in Vadodara one Chetak besides two MI-!7. These helicopters have been specially brought from Jodhpur and Jamnagar for relief operations.