Jamnagar Water Reservoir - Rain Update

Jamnagar Water reservoir and rains in nearby areas in last 24hrs.

Dam	Rain in last 24 hrs (mm)
Vartu Dam	75
Sonmati Dam	75
Dai Minsar Dam	50
Vanavad Dam	32
Veradi-2 Dam	152
Vartu-2 Dam	50
Veradi-1  Dam	70
Rupavati Dam	50
Kabaraka Dam	80
Vanana Dam	90
Umiya Sagar Dam	50

Rain In Jamnagar district

Heavy rain continues in Jamnagar district
Jam jodhpur received 3 inch rain in 2 hrs.
Bhanvad, lalpur and kalavad too received good rain

Dwarka Airport - Land Acquisition Started

Dwarka Tourism got its  booster now, Gujarat Tourism board has started plans of acquisition and distribution of additional 65 hector land near proposed Dwarka Airport,

This counts to total 222 hector land near Dhrevad village on Jamnagar-Dwarka state highway.

Initial plan revleals the runway length to be around 1.8 KM, this will enable a 300 passenger capacity jet to land in this proposed airport.

Jamnagar Rain Update

Jamnagar Rain data collected as on 09-June-2010

Khambhaliya	75 mm
Lalupr	80 mm
Kalyanpur	107

Cyclone phet - Jamnagar in rain

Cyclone update -Jamnagar city received around 4 inch of rainfall today,

Atleast two people are killed so far in Cyclone phet , One in okha and another in Jodiya



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Orkut : New Weapon of a Doctor

A doctor is working on a cleaning operation, the govt doctor is trying to expose corruption in a government hospital through Orkut. this doctor has put up around 400 photos of the hospital in his orkut page.


One Dr Ketan Ranpariya has decided to fight the local health authorities to look into the corruption at Khambhalia General Hospital (KGH) of Khambhaliya in Jamnagar district, The doctor is an MBBS and also has PG in hospital management.

As a typical reaction local health department transferred him else where, but without much benefit. Ketan continued to spread his message.

Now health ministry and Ranparia are at each other's neck, and accusing of foul play from both sides.

For you to catch the action, check out a orkut page titled "Shuruat to Karo Badlega India". The orkut page lists hospital officials sleeping on duty, poor storage facilities, mishandling of bio waste, unhygienic drinking water facility and dirty toilets.

Kalavad: R C Faldu is Gujarat BJP President

Jamnagar's RC Faldu was appointed president of BJP's state wing.

Kalavad based R C Faldu has never supported groups within party, says Gopinath Munde.

Faldu is leuva Patel and had been associated with RSS since childhood.

Plastic Pollution : Five cows died after consuming plastic

Four kg plastic and Polythene bags lead to death of five cows.


Plastic food poisoning killed five cows in Bhanvad near Jamnagar, Vets found around 4 KG of plastics from the stomach kf these cows. Locals believed that the food grains in plastic bag were distributed to cows as a part of Uttarayan offerings.

Fisherman Release - Ten from Jamnagar

Ten Jamnagari fisherman amongst 631 will be released today by Pakistan.
These fisherman who were  caught by Pakistan Maritime Agency in period of many years, These inocents will be released from Vagha Border and will reach Ahmedabad by tomorrow.

JMC lok Adalat : Firecracker in the court

JMC lok adalat witnessed something on Tuesday which reminded the city of the Bhagat Sinh and the British Raj.

JMC officials, including mayor who were present, shocked when a person hurled a sutli bomb..

The reason which the bomb thrower gave was to let JMC do something about a broken idol of Shahid Bhagat Singh. Obvioulsly the lok adalat got cancelled and no action were taken against the cracker person.

Vikram Maadam absent in Parliament : Sonia Writes a letter

Jamnagar MP Vikram Maadam also made to the list of absent MP's , Sonia Gandhi was furious over the absence of Congress MP's and issued a show cause notice to these MP's

Indonesian Coal major to invest in Jamnagar

If this deal is through, Jamnagar will add one more business feather in its cap.

Bogath a village in Jamnagar may have a 10,000 MW Coal based power plant, Thanks to Modi's efforts.

Indonesia based Salim Group is looking forward to establish its presence in Jamnagar, Modi accepted an invitation to visit Indonesia but had to delay because of his health and fiasco of his Oman visit.

A delegation led by South Governor  of Sulawesi province, Indonesia. Invited Modi in the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit in January 2009.

New Train : Okha - Howrah , 3 Days a Week

Okha - Howrah Train Sanctioned


One more long route train was sanctioned for Jamnagar, This train will run between Okha and Howrah (WB), 3 days a week.

Train route etc are as follows:

Train No: 2905 A

Runs On : Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday

Halts at : Jamnagar, Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Surat, Bhusavad, Nagpur, Rampur .. Howrah



Train No: 2906 A

Runs On : Sunday, Monday, Thursday

Halts at : Rampur, Nagpur, Rajkot, Bhusavad, Surat, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar .. Okha

Fish Rain Near Jamnagar

Mysterious "Fish rain" is not yet over. Before few days it was Bhanwad, and now its  Bantiya village of Junagadh district.

Many Forest officials and Naturalist believed that the fishes must have been dropped by pelicans during migration, Jamnagar Fisheries dept. have ruled out the possibility that fish can get sucked in clouds and then fall as rain, they feel it as "absurd". For those who think it is not possible, check out the BBC Article on Fish Rain

Navagam (Bhanwad) villagers said that they saw about half a kilometer long and as much wide fish-laden clouds about 15 feet above the ground. This looks a bit outrageous though.

In Nawagam, fish fall was seen along with roads and markets and on terraces of several buildings.

INS Valsura : Coast Guard jawan died in boxing match

A boxing match turned into a death match at INS Valsura near Jamnagar, A Indian Coast Guard jawan succumbed to injury during a friendly boxing match.

A 24-year old unmarried coast guard jawan identified as P.Anand Pandi was posted at INS Valsura for Coast Guard training.

Pandi was hurt during a boxing competition, he was injured in his stomach. He was immediatly was taken to military hospital and later shifted to G.G.hospital where he died after treatment.

INS Valsura Training Institute is located on Rozi Island.

IAF upgrading Jamnagar Air Base : China / Pakistan Effect

The Indian Air Force (IAF) will upgraded MIG -29 squadrons based at Jamnagar soon, along with IAF, Indian Army will alo add muscle power in Jamnagar area.

IAF is considering to add Sukhoi squadron in Jamnagar, however officials denies the report that Jamnagar will be equipped with Sukhoi-30s

President Pratibha Patil - Visiting Dwarka

President Pratibha Patil's is visiting Dwarka and nearby places starting October 2.

Jamnagar Authorities are doing everything it takes to make this event success, a temporary helipad is also planned near the Dwarka temple.

13 rooms of Dwarka circuit house have new air-conditioners, Indian Army, Navy and Airforce Cheifs will welcome her on her arrival.


President Pratibha Patil's  will visit all the temples of Dwarka and after lunch, she will leave for Sasan Gir for a Lion Safari.

Police staff of around 1000 personnel are deployed in Dwarka, including Range IG police, SP's, DySPs etc.

Gang Rape Case - Twist in the tale

Ahmedabad and Jamnagar Police are circulating their focus on a call made to the city police control room on August 13. The call pertains to the gang rape of a Jamnagar girl.

On August 13, Ahmedabad police control received a call from a woman who said that her daughter was kidnapped and had been gangraped. Police rushed to the house, the woman told the cops her 17-year-old daughter had managed to escape was coming back to Ahmedabad by train. Police also found that the woman has remarried and her daughter stays with her first husband in Jamnagar, few days later when police contacted her she said her daughter had returned to Jamnagar and the matter is resolved. On august 25 the same woman again approached the LCB and narrated a similar story.

After the intervention from a Senior Ahmedabad Police Officer the girl was released from Mumbai and was sent to Ahmedabad. In Ahmedabad victim told the police that she had been gang raped thrice in Jamnagar, Rajkot and Mumbai by seven youths.

Ahmedabad & Jamnagar Police are not sure why the girl's mother called for help on August 13 and never filed any complaint.

Police is looking in the matter.

Tremors felt near Vijarakhi

Very mild earthquake measuring 2.8 on the Richter scale was felt near Vijarakhi village on Monday morning.

Seismology Department official explained that the epicentre of the earthquake was 15 km south-east of Jamnagar town near Vijarakhi village, the tremor was felt around 8:19 am and lasted a few seconds.

It is widely known that post rainy season, Vijarakhi village which is adjecent to Vijarakhi dam felt this kind of tremors.

Train Rammed into Trackor : 4 Dead

Atleast four persons were killed when a train rammed into a tractor at an unmanned level crossing in the Dwarka taluka near okha.

Okha-Bhavnagar train rammed into a tractor, carrying four persons, at an unmanned crossing between Dwarka and Okha railway station

All the four persons on the tractor died on the spot.