Jamnagar - Recent News

City morning is now foggy with begining of the winter.

Dwarka -  Murali Mandir Entrance is now open.

Lohana Samaj is celebrating Jalaram Jayanti.

Dwarka - Lauji promised more Lines, better station

Lalu promices long distance trains and better Railway platform for Dwarka.

Lalu prasad Yadav promised on thursday that Rs. 2 Crore will be spent on modification of Dwarka Railway Station. Looks of the new station will be based on Dwarka Jagat Mandir.

 He also stated plan for Dwarka-Diu rail line to connect Dwarka and Somnath,

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Lalu Prasad Yadav to Visit Dwarka

After Canceling his trip twice, Rail Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav will be visiting Dwarka tomorrow. He will reach Rajkot in a special train and will visit Somnath, later he will visit Jagannath Mandir at Dwarka. Jamnagar MP Vikram Madam will also join him.

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Piramal - KPT : More Business in Jamnagar

Piramal will soon start its "Piramal Diagnostics" center franchisee in Jamnagar. The company has plans to set up centers in Rajkot and Bhavnagar as well.

In another business news, KPT is planning to create logistics hub at Vadinar,

Kandla Port Trust (KPT) is working on to develop integrated port facilities at Vadinar. This proposed facility will host offshore berthing, dry bulk cargo handling, liquid bulk terminal, bunker complex, ship building and ship repair activities.

In addition, KPT will install a single point mooring and allied facilities as well, this will be the first such installation in the Gulf of Kachch.

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10 Dead -25 Injured in Boat Capsizing

At least 10 People were killed when a boat carrying around 50 people capsized and sank near Bedi. The accident occur ed at around 11.00 AM.
All the passengers were on their way to Pir Dargah (Khwaja Khizer Alaihisalaam) located on Pirotan Island, which is around 23 KM away from Bedi Port. Local fisherman started the rescue work which was later taken up by Jamnagar Fire Brigade and Gujarat Maritime Board.

Around 25 other were injured and are under treatment at Jamnagar's Guru Gobind Singh (Irwin) Hospital.

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Essar Reducing SEZ Size to One-Fifth

In a setback news for Jamnagar industries, Essar Oil Ltd, a $50 billion Essar Group company is asking for Centre's approval to reduce the size of its Jamnagar special economic zone (SEZ) to around 200 hectare (less than one-fifth) from 1,125 hectare.

Also the company also wants to reclassify the proposed project as petrochemical SEZ Only. Reason being that the company has been facing problem in land acquisition and finance.

Although the company officials neither approved nor denied the matter, they do reconfirmed that capacity of their exiting 10.5 MTPA refinery will be expanded to around 34-35 MTPA.

Officials said ditto for the 1,200 mw captive power plant (under construction at Vadinar)

Essar's next Jamnagar venture, 1,200 mw imported coal-based power plant at Salaya had cleared all documentation hurdles, this project is under MOU with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd for supply of 1,000 mw on long-term basis, this plant's construction and maint. is executed by a Chinese company.

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Cricket Bungalow - Diamond Jubilee Celebreations

Ajitsinh Cricket pavilion (Cricket Bungalow) will be celebrating its Diamond Jubilee, and Jamnagar is doing all to celebrate 100th anniversary of this landmark monument to Indian cricket.

ADC Mukesh Pandya announced that All India Inter School (Under-16) Cricket tournament is being organized from 16-10 to 22-10, the event is named after legendary Test Cricket Player from Jamnagar, Vinu mankad.

Around 35 team will be participating in the event, apart from the main stadium, various school grounds are also reserved for the event.

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Kingfisher - Jamnagar - Mumbai Service

Kingfisher airlines will start 144 seater (A-320) Flight between Jamnagar and Mumbai From 26-Oct-2008, this will be a relief as the Indian Airlines was the only player in market and its rates were unchallenged.


As on Today the Rates are slightly cheap as compared to IA.

I have checked the rates and its 4375/- from BOM to JAM , including all taxes. (Even in the vacation season)


Check http://www.flykingfisher.com/index.asp for Diwali bookings.


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Sahara City - 50 Crore Fine Imposed

Sahara Prime City Limited (SPCL), a subsidiary of the Sahara Group is under the Jamnagar district administration Scanner.

City administration has issued a notice to Sahara to pay a stamp duty penalty of Rs 48.69 crore.

Chandrakant Pandya, Jamnagar Dty Stamp Duty Collector confirmed this news, however Sahara has denied the allegation.

Sahara is building their ambitious Sahara City project at Dhuvav village, 8 km from Jamnagar city.

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