A mid-air collision between a passenger plane and chartered flight of reliance was averted on Tuesday afternoon near Rajkot.
Jet Airways flight with around 100 passengers was on its way to Rajkot from Mumbai, the pilot reported a plane flying at the same altitude. ATC had to instructed the pilot who flew down his plane and a mishap was avoided.
The chartered flight was going to Jamnagar from Mumbai and was hired by Reliance.
Rajkot and Jamnagar Municipal Corporations have approved budgets for the financial year 2007-08.
JMC had proposed new taxes to earn additional Rs 60 crore. However, the standing committee of the JMC has rejected the proposal of imposing new taxes. The committee has approved total budget of Rs 174.47 crore for the fiscal 2007-08.
The company on Dec. 15, 2006 received a letter of intent (LOI) from Nirma for fabrication and erection of validation project expansion and mechanical piping for LAB plant at Alindra, Baroda for a contract value of Rs 12.5 million.
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Essar Oil at Khambhalia Police Station in Jamnagar district, by the relative of a person who died in the fire which broke out in the pipeline of Vadinar terminal of the company on Feburary 1.
Ratakumar Mandal whose relative was one among four persons who died in the fire registered the complaint on Saturday, police said.
The complainant has said that four persons died and 18 were injured when they were working to repair the pipeline which was already leaking. Four labourers were killed and 16 others injured when a fire had broke out in a pipeline of Essar Oil's Vadinar terminal.
However, the fire was quickly doused by fire tenders of the company and the injured contract workers were rushed to hospital for treatment.
The fire has not affected the functioning of the refinery and it continued working normally as the pipeline where the fire broke out was far from the terminal.
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State Government has decided to introduce big cats to the region of Barda Hills lying between Porbandar and Jamnagar, this eliminates the possibility of shifting the Gir lion to Madhya Prades, Barda with the 192.35 sq km of undulating terrain is declared as Sanctury, but is yet to get its share of lion population.
As a preparation for this, breeding centre for antelopes and hare was started sometime ago.
The region already has a healthy population of blue bull and wild boar.
The minister said apart from Barda, the area between Savarkundla and Mahuva spread over 125 sq km too was being strengthened as a lion habitat.
Asiatic lion population is spread over 1450 sq km in the State, with the last census pegging the figure at 359.
Reliance Retail will launch its first hypermarket in March in Ahmedabad.
Its hypermarkets, will be called Reliance Mart, will house boutique hotels. Of the company's 1,500 hypermarkets, 30 will come up in Gujarat.
The first hypermarket, earlier scheduled for December at Iscon Mega Mall near SG Highway in the city, will now roll out in the first quarter of next year.
Parimal Nathwani, group president, corporate affairs, Reliance Retail, said: "Our first hypermarket is scheduled to be launched in March on SG Highway."
Sources added that Reliance Retail has purchased 2 lakh sq ft at Iskon Mall in Ahmedabad for Rs 9 crore. The company has paid Rs 7 crore as stamp duty, the highest paid by any construction firm in the state, sources added.
"The refinery in Moti Khawadi is spread over 5 lakh sq ft and will house a hotel and multiplex. The company has roped in foreign architects for this project," a realtor from Jamnagar said.
Besides, Reliance will open retail outlets in Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surat and Bhavnagar as well, sources said. Reliance has also leased 1.25 lakh sq ft at a shopping location in Greater Noida.
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