Monday, January 7, 2008

Jamnagar - Vaishnav's V/S Ekta Kapoor

Recent controversy in one of the Ekta Kapoor's soap has stirred anger
amongst the Vaishnav's in Jamnagar as well, some of the noted Jamnagar
Vaishnav members have wrote a letter to Govt. opposing the same, and
urged that no Vaishnav's should watch the daily soap.

Jamnagar - Illegal Bauxite Mines Sealed

Around 33 Trucks were detained in a mass operation against organized
illegal Bauxite mining near Jam-Kalyanpur in Jamnagar District.

On Sunday, Civil supply and Kalyanpur authorities raided the mining
sites of "Ashapura Minechem" and "Orient abrasives" , As there were no
supervisors, no maps and no adequate security, officials have sealed
this mines.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Jamnagar News : Much Hyped Okha Viramgam Rail Project derailed

A much hyped Okha - Viramgam , estimated at around 560 Crore is now
de-railed. The reason said is that Jamnagar based industrial giants
prefer road as compared to Railway,

However internal sources says that Reliance and Power plant (TPS Sikka)
are not the only driving force for this kind of project, if railways
authority can upgrade the infrastructure then they can make money out of
the growing tourism in Jamnagar and Saurashtra region.

It is said that this move is politically motivated.


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Jamnagar Essar Power Project- 10% stake sold

Private equity firm General Atlantic is almost close to buying 10% stake
in Essar Power (EPL) for around $600 million, cashing in on the
increasing power demand, EPL is planning to increase power generation
capacity to 6,500 mw by 2012.

This includes a much hyped 1,200 mw coal-fired project at Jamnagar.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Jamnagar - Quake Scare contines

More quake threats are feared in Jamnagar district.

Jamnagar is one of the areas where lot of seismic activity has been
observed in recent times, it is believed that in 2007, there were more
than 60 earthquakes of magnitude between 2 to 3.4 on Richter scale in
Jamnagar district.

These tremors were used to concentrate near Kotra village in Jamnagar
tehsil but now they are growing at a length of 20 km at various points
between Vijarakhi, Theva and Kotra villages and moving towards Rajkot.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Kenya Troubles - Fear in Relatives at Jamnagar

A NRI From kenya is currently in his hometown at Jamnagar, however his
business is looted and burnt in Kenya,

Around 40,000 Gujarati are setttled in Kenya from them around 20,000 are
form Jamnagar, Relatives of those are fearing for the worst as more then
250 are dead in the presidential election violance.

Out of 20,000 there are around 17,000 people from Visa Oshwal community.
Most of them have retail business and have huge malls and shopping
centers.

However Jamnagar Visa oswal community chief at Jamnagar says there are
no casulty of huic community, however they had suffered huge financial
loss.

Towns like Kisumu and Eldoret are no more safe, Nairobi is under army
control and hence safe. In Mumbasa people have fled their house for more
safer places.

Some relatives of a Jamnagar based journalist said that people have
taken refuge in Hindu Temples.

Cold wave hits Jamnagar

Cold wave hits Jamnagar again, yesterday was the coldest day in last 6
years. With temperature reaching as low as 7.6 Degree, cold wind was
continued at around 30 KMPH.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Jamnagar News Wishes you Happy New Year

जामनगर समाचर सेवा आप को नव वर्ष कि हार्दिक शुभ-कामनाये देते हैं

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Jamnagar - New Shipping Hub

Gujarat is becoming a international shipping hub, There will soon be six shipping yards including one in Jodia / Okha at Jamnagar.
 
Gujarat Maritime Board will invest around 2200 Crore in these projects, A Engineering agency called POL India agency will invest some 456 Crore near Jodia (Jamnagar) and another company called Minu Marine Engineering will invest some 407 Crore near okha.

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