World class Railway Stations for Porbandar
3rd July, 2009
Presenting the Railway Budget 2009-10 in the Lok
Sabha, the Railway Minister Kumari Mamata Banerjee said that about 50
stations of the country including Ahmedabad and Porbandar are to be
developed into world class stations with international level facilities.
These stations would be developed through innovative financing and in Public
Private Partnership mode.
Apart from Gujarat’s Ahmedabad and Porbandar, other stations are: CST
Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Howrah, Sealdah, Bhubaneswar, New Delhi, Lucknow,
Varanasi, Amritsar, Kanpur, Guwahati, Jaipur, Chennai Central,
Tiruvananthapuram Central, Secunderabad, Tirupati, Bangalore City,
Baiyapanahali (Bangalore), Bhopal, Habibganj, Gaya Jn., Agra Cantt., Mathura
Jn., Chandigarh, Kolkata, New Jalpaiguri, Majerhat, Mangalore, Anand Vihar,
Brijwasan, Ajmer Jn., and Puri.
Gujarat to invest Rs.600 crore in tourism
project
2nd July 2009
The government will invest as much as Rs.600
crore this fiscal to develop 'world-class tourism facilities' in many
destinations, including Mahatma Gandhi's birthplace Porbandar, Dandi,
Narayan Sarovar-Koteshwar and Siddhpur, an official at the state tourism
department said. The government has also decided to develop a highway
connecting towns like Junagadh, Somnath, Porbander and Dwarka.
The highway will pass through the Arabian sea front, making it attractive
for tourists to take longer tours in Gujarat's coastal regions, the official
said. The government will also develop lesser known beaches at Sarkheshwar
in Amreli, Shivrajpur in Jamnagar, Suvali in Surat and Tithal in Valsad.
The tourism development plan would give special focus to Sasangir, home to
the Asiatic lions, and the historical town of Junagadh. The Sorath region in
Saurashtra will be developed on a priority basis as a 'tourism hub'
considering its proximity to the historic Somnath temple, Ahmedpur-Mandvi
beach and Gir forest, he added.
Coast Guard rescue 41
28
Jun 2009
The Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) saved 41
mariners on their way to the Okha Port in Gujarat. The two-day rescue
operation was conducted in tempestuous conditions in North Arabian sea, off
the Gujarat coast.
A Coast Guard press release said, 41 seafarers aboard three vessels were
brought to Gujarat’s Porbandar port and given medical aid.
Two ships, MSV Safina Hussani and MSV Khwaja-Al-Kareem, with 20 onboard were
travelling from Sharjah to Okha when they were caught in a storm. They sank
about 50 km Northwest of Gujarat’s Dwarka Island.
Rains sweep Saurashtra
25 Jun 2009
Farmers in Saurashtra heaved a sigh of relief as several areas in the region
have been receiving moderate to heavy rains for the last 24 hours. The spell
has, however, claimed seven lives in Jamnagar district alone.
The main coasts in Saurashtra-Kutch, including Veraval, Porbandar, Okha and
Dwarka, have given warning signal number 3 and fishermen have been warned
against venturing into the sea.
Among districts, Junagadh and Porbandar received heavy rains, whereas
Jamnagar, Rajkot, Amreli, Bhavnagar and Surendranagar experienced light to
moderate spells.
Heavy rains
25
Jun 2009,
Heavy rains continued to lash coastal districts of Jamnagar, Junagadh and
Porbandar accompanied by strong cyclonic winds from 23.06.2009 night to
24.06.2009 morning. There was news of large-scale property damage from
Junagadh and Porbandar district, but no deaths were reported.
The deep sea depression, 40 km off Veraval coast, struck land late on
Tuesday evening causing heavy rain coupled with winds gushing at the speed
of 100 km per hour in Veraval and Sutrapada taluka of Junagadh. However, the
intensity of winds reduced by Wednesday morning with low pressure cyclonic
storm moving towards Porbandar and centering 100 km off Porbandar coast.
It's likely to move in north-north east direction and weaken at sea itself.
However, it will continue to cause heavy rainfall.
Transport and communication networks were disrupted along with power failure
in several places.
Four men held for robberies in Rajkot, Porbandar 10 Jun 2009,
Four members of a gang, who carried out thefts in Porbandar and Rajkot while
camping there as slum dwellers, were arrested on last week. LCB recovered
gold and silver jewellery, 10 cell phones and an expensive camera were among
the booty from them.
Vitthal Radadiya wins
Congress candidate Vitthal Radadia wins Porbandar Lok Sabha seat defeating
BJP's Mansukh Khacharia.
Name
Party
Votes
1
KHACHARIYA MANSUKHBHAI SHAMJIBHAI
BJP
289933
2
CHANDRAVADIYA MEHULKUMAR KARSANBHAI
BSP
14713
3
RADADIYA VITTHALBHAI HANSRAJBHAI
INC
329436
4
JADEJA NATHABHAI JIVABHAI
IJP
6418
5
PATOLIYA MANOJBHAI SAMJIBHAI
IND
5148
6
BHATT NITINBHAI VRUJLAL
IND
3100
7
RAJENDRA AMRUTLAL PARMAR
IND
11905
45% voting at Porbandar for
General Election
30.04.2009
Percentage of vote at Porbandar is around 40% for General Election 2009 held
on 30.04.2009
General Election 2009
No. of Electors
1385818
Polling Stations
1562
Schedule of
Elections
Poll Events
Date
1. Issue of
Notification
Thursday Apr 2, 2009
2. Last Date
for making Nominations
Thursday Apr 9, 2009
3. Scrutiny of
Nominations
Friday Apr 10, 2009
4. Last Date
for Withdrawal of Candidature
Monday Apr 13, 2009
5. Date of
Poll
Thursday Apr 30, 2009
6. Counting
of Votes on
Saturday May 16, 2009
7. Date before
which the Election shall be Completed
Thursday May 28, 2009
Candidates 7
Name
Party
KHACHARIYA MANSUKHBHAI SHAMJIBHAI
BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY
CHANDRAVADIYA MEHULKUMAR KARSANBHAI
BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY
RADADIYA VITTHALBHAI HANSRAJBHAI
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
JADEJA NATHABHAI JIVABHAI
INDIAN JUSTICE PARTY
PATOLIYA MANOJBHAI SAMJIBHAI
INDEPENDENT
BHATT NITINBHAI VRUJLAL
INDEPENDENT
RAJENDRA AMRUTLAL PARMAR
INDEPENDENT
“Vijaya” arrives at Porbandar to defend Gujarat
coast 23 April, 2009
Porbandar based IndianCoast Guards on Wednesday,
welcomed a modern patrolling ship “Vijaya”, arrived here to defend Gujarat’s sea
coast. The Mumbai-based “Vijaya” has been re-based at Porbandar and now will
permanently operate from here.
74 meter long and 11 meter wide, “Vijaya” carries a helicopter on board. It also
carries pollution response equipment to fight oil spills on sea. “Vijaya” has
mini operation theater for immediate first aid and treatment to the rescued
victims at sea.
The ship is commanded by a Commandant having vast sea and air experience. It has
a team of nine officers and 85 sailors. It also carries additional specialist
officers and sailors, when need arises.
The ship has long endurance and can stay in the sea for a 22-days-long period.
Possessed by passion:
Teenage girl wipes out own family for love
March 25, 2009
In a discovery that is even more shocking than the triple murders they were
investigating, the Porbandar police have discovered that it was a 17-year-old
daughter who had shot her father dead when he was asleep and, with her lover,
organised the murder of her mother and her two brothers. One of her brothers
survived the murder attempt and it was his revelations that led the police to
the killers.
During their investigation, the police found that Jagruti, the 17-year-old
daughter of the deceased constable, Karsan Suva, had organised the murders with
her 27-year-old lover, Haja Odedara. Odedara, who was already married, used to
be the driver of Jagruti's school rickshaw when she was in class X.
The two had also planned to kill Haja's wife and minor son so that they could
live together ever after. Jagruti was angry with her family members because they
were against her affair with Odedara. Sources said Suva had beaten up Odedara
when he came to know of their relationship.
According to the details of the case, the police control room received a message
on March 1 that a constable in the local crime branch (LCB), Karsan Suva, had
committed suicide late on the night of February 28. Suva had apparently shot
himself by his own service revolver.
Porbandar constituency
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Central Election Committee, denied ticket to 6 sitting
MPs in the Gujarat State.
Harilal Patel’s Porbandar constituency will now be fought by Mansukh Khacharia
of Jetpur
JNNURM’s ‘Mission
Porbandar’ to give special touch
Mar 11, 2009
The Urban Development Ministry has included Porbandar among the historical
cities chosen for infra. The birth place of Mahatma Gandhi has now become the
29th ‘Mission City’ under JNNURM, selected for infrastructure development.
The Porbandar municipality will, however, have to draw up a city development
plan and sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) under JNNURM to have access to
funds to improve basic urban infrastructure.
The letter sent to the state government has advised the Porbandar municipality
to submit a detailed project report through the state level nodal agency for the
sanction of projects. Porbandar can avail 80 per cent of the central funding and
only 20 per cent will have to be arranged by it from its own resources.
Kuber
did not have licence to go beyond Porbandar limits
Dec 04, 2008
Fishing trawler Kuber could not have gone outside the Customs-demarcated
Porbandar area if it had been routinely checked by the security agencies
anywhere on the way, top official sources told Newsline. According to sources,
the mandatory Creek Pass issued to the trawler by the Customs Department had
not given it authorisation to leave the Porbandar area, a distance of 240 km
from Mulyani in north to Kotda south off the Porbandar coast. The Customs
records of the vessel accessed by this paper showed that the boat did not have
the permission to go beyond a fixed area.
The Creek Pass bearing the CH/PBR/174 issued to the Kuber for a period between
August 16, 2008 and December 31, 2008 states, “Permitted to carryout fishing
operations in the creek and sea of Porbandar, and to discharge the catch at
Porbandar within the port limits of Porbandar.”
For Kuber to have legally gone to Jakhau or any other place outside the limits
of the sea of Porbandar, it would have needed a Port Clearance certificate
from the Customs Department.
However, the case of Kuber is not a unique one. Most fishing boats leaving
from Porbandar are issued identical Creek Pass by the Customs Department that
does not allow them to go outside the sea of Porbandar.
The trawler was allegedly hijacked near the International Maritime Boundary
Line (IMBL) off the Jakhau coast in Kutch by the terrorists who attacked
Mumbai last week.
TOWNSHIP PROJECTS
Almost half-a-decade after announcing the construction of a chain of townships
under the banner of Sahara City Homes, the prject seems to be gathering speed.
Sahara has completed the process of acquiring about 11,000 acres which woill
help kick start the Phase-I of their project in about 102 cities located in 22
states across the country.
“Within this year we plan to begin construction work of similar townships at
Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Porbandar and Jamnagar, after getting the necessary
approvals”, he told ET. The land has been acquired for the project in these
cities.
Wrestling coach, rotting at cricket centre, quits
Since 2002, Shaikh had been languishing at SAG's Porbandar centre, established
to promote cricket. Its hostel has 34 trainees, all cricketers. With
international experience, and having been coach of the Indian team, he could
have been busy training a new breed of wrestlers from Gujarat. Instead, an
extremely bitter Shaikh took voluntary retirement from Sports Authority of
Gujarat (SAG) two months ago. Shaikh is Gujarat's only connection to India's
glory days at the Beijing Olympics. This ace wrestling coach had trained Beijing
bronze medalist Sushil Kumar when the Indian team had participated in Asian
Wrestling Championship in Tehran in 1999. Sushil had won the bronze there as
well. At least 12 wrestlers from Gujarat trained by Shaikh have won medals at
national meets also SB Patel, who was administrative officer at SAG during
Shaikh's transfer to Porbander says, "Coaches can be sent anywhere. So what if
there was no wrestling facility in Porbandar? He was sent to find talent and
promote the game. What is the big deal?"
"I don't know how many letters I wrote asking my bosses to transfer me to a
centre where I could train wrestlers. But all I did for six years was to take my
salary," says the 54-year-old coach
Threat to bomb Porbandar-Mumbai Express
August 31 The trains running between Porbandar and Mumbai underwent strict
police scrutiny on Sunday in the wake of a letter threatening serial blasts in
four compartments of the Mumbai-bound Porbandar-Mumbai Express, similar to the
7/11 Mumbai train blasts.
The letter, a postcard from Mumbai, was received by the Station Superintendent
of the Jamnagar railway station on Friday. The police believe that the letter
might be aimed at creating panic among the public. The train leaves Porbandar at
8.25 pm on Sunday and reaches Mumbai at 8 pm, the following day.
Congress has appointed former leader of Opposition Arjun Modhwadia as its
Chief Spokesperson
Congress has appointed former leader of Opposition Arjun Modhwadia as its Chief
Spokesperson for the Gujarat unit. Appointment of Modhwadia as a spokesperson is
not a casual appointment. The Congress in Gujarat never had a leader of such a
stature as spokesperson.
Coming from Porbandar, the land of Mahatma Gandhi 52 year old Modhwadia is a
qualified mechanical engineer and he slogged for 20 years before he got an entry
in the Assembly. Modhwadia did not want to take up the present assignment. It is
obvious from the fact that spokespersons generally have a limited job of holding
the brief of the party. He will take the charge next week.
Gujarat school motivates students to use bicycles
As per a directive issued by the school administration, no school buses or vans
and motorbikes or scooties (mini-scooter) should be in sight in school premises
on Thursdays and Saturdays. Everyone should use bicycles on these days.
Students and staff members of Bharatiya Vidyalaya now arrive in the school
riding bicycles in place of petrol-driven two-wheelers. The rule is abided by
even the school principal, who himself uses bicycle on these two days. He
believes that this initiative to make bicycle compulsory for all will help
people to save money spent on petrol.
Indian coast guards issue guidelines for fishermen
20
Apr, 2008
The Indian coast guard authorities
have asked the fishing community in Porbandar not to cross the international
maritime water boundary.
"If they continue to violate the international maritime laws, they would be
arrested by the Pakistani Marin Security Agency (PMSA)," the coast guard
authorities told the fishing community leaders.
The Fisheries Department of Gujarat government has also issued guidelines for
the fishermen. The total number of Indian fishermen in the Pakistani custody has
gone up to 485 from 467 and number of seized boats to 363 from 360.
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