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Sabarmati Riverfront Barrage-cum-Bridge at a cost of Rs 367 crore
A barrage-cum-bridge will be constructed from Torrent Powerhouse to Shahibaug at a cost of Rs 367 crore with a grant from the Gujarat Municipal Finance Board.
The operation and maintenance of the barrage will be based on an automatic control system, water will be available during water shortage.
Ahmedabad, Friday, October 5, 2024
Under Phase...
Chief Ministers of Gujarat
(Google translation from Gujarati, There is a chance of error in language)
Jivraj Mehta
Jivraj Mehta (1-5-60 to 19-9-63): The first Chief Minister of Gujarat state was Dr. Jivrajbhai Mehta. He held power in Gujarat from 1-5-1960 to 8-3-1962 and from 8-3-1962 to 19-9-1963 i.e. for about 3 years 4 months and 21 days. During his tenure, the Panchaya...
2200 paintings were made on foot
9 September 2024 (Translated from Gujarati, there is a possibility of error in language)
Manoj Bhingare, a disabled painter from Surat, has established himself on the strength of strong will, hard work, struggle and dedication. Despite not having both hands, when Manoj Bhingare makes beautiful pictures on blank paper with his mouth and toes, the...
BJP rose from the footpath parliament of Khadia
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, 9 September 2024
No one was asking BJP, when BJP could not find a single candidate to contest elections in Gujarat, then the footpath parliament was going on in Kharia. Which was going on since the time of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. BJP took it to the people.
At that time there was Jan Sangh, not BJP, no one was askin...
Ayaz Malik made the seas of Gujarat safe from pirates
Thanks to Dr. Jai Narayan Vyas - BBC Gujarati
India's foreign trade flourished during the time of Muhammad Begada. To suppress it, the Portuguese created a cruel pirate empire in the Indian Ocean from the beginning of the 15th century.
The life story of Malik Ayaz, who protected the merchants of Gujarat, was no less than a thriller.
Apprec...
Aurangzeb’s defeat against Bhimji Parekh
Bhimji Parekh: A Gujarati who apologized to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb
9 September 2024
Original article - Jaynarayan Vyas - BBC Gujarati Courtesy
Two merchants, one Vaishnav and the other Jain, had a great contribution in establishing Surat at the pinnacle of prosperity during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Both of them did the work that n...
Lessons of 450 years of water storage from 5 thousand years of technol...
Description by Jaideep Vasant
thanks to BBC Gujarati (Google translation from Gujarati)
6 September 2024
Dholavira in Kutch has a unique engineering skill of rainwater harvesting for 5 thousand years.
Cities of Gujarat got submerged in water. But Hamirsar Lake built 450 years ago in Bhuj, Kutch is an excellent example of water storage and w...
Shantidas Jhaveri put the British in Ahmedabad jail
Dr. Jai Narayan Vyas
Thanks BBC Gujarati (Google translation from Gujarati)
22 July 2020
Buddhism and Jainism were separated from Hinduism. Jainism was founded by Shri Rishabhdev. All the Tirthankaras from Rishabhdev to Parshvanath, Mahavira were originally from the Kshatriya clan and were Gandahar Brahmins. Historians write that the Kshatriyas ...
Tribhuvandas K. Gajjar: Gujarati alchemist
5 February 2023
BBC Gujarati
Adept in chemistry, Tribhuvandas Gajjar became a symbol of not only bookish but also practical knowledge by setting up the modern 'Techno Chemical Laboratory' in Mumbai to the Kala Bhavan (Faculty of Technology) in Vadodara. Gajjar, a close friend of 'Saraswatichandra' author Govardhanram Tripathi, was striving fo...
Endangered Rogan art of Gujarat is now safe
DILIP PATEL
7 SAPTEMBER 2024
A Khatri family in Nirona village of Nakhatrana in Kutch has kept the Rogan art tradition alive for more than 300 years because of their passion for art. The price of the ART starts from Rs 2 thousand to Rs 2 lakhs. The price of a normal wall piece starts from 8 thousand. Then the price of the article is higher. S...
15 lakh idols immersed in river in Gujarat, art story of Vadodara!
Ahmedabad, 5 September 2024
Bappa's temple in Lekhak village of Unjha taluka of Mehsana district is Lekhak's Ganpati temple. Clay idol of Ganpati is being made here for 1200 years.
Ganeshotsav provides employment to 10 thousand people in South Gujarat. Sculptors, pavilion owners, flower sellers, gardeners, decorators, electricians etc. get busi...
Decline of tribal folk Pavri
Tribal culture is disappearing. The number of artists playing Pavri instruments is decreasing. The present generation has no interest in playing this instrument.
18 artists survived
August 9 is celebrated as Tribal Day. Then 18 Pavri artists together played Pavri instruments.
Expert
Ganeshbhai is the artist who makes and plays the Dunga...
How Ahmedabad’s troubled village changed
Singarwa village became model plastic free and clean
Ahmedabad, August 24, 2024
Singarwa village is an ODF (open defecation free) plus model village with 100% toilets in this village of Gujarat. Singarwa village has become a model of cleanliness. Singarwa village with a population of 12,547 is located near an industrial area in Daskroi taluka o...
Call of 108 ambulance in Gujarat, the price of Rs 735?
108 was taken away while saving 15 lakh lives in 17 years
10 thousand crores spent in the next 10 years? Government hides the name and cost of the company
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, 23 August 2024
Gujarat's 108 ambulance emergency service, which attends a call in a disaster, will complete 17 years on 29 August. The health emergency service st...
Tree counting in Ahmedabad cost Rs. 2 crore
22 lakh trees were cut in 4 years
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, October 20, 2024
After a long gap of 12 years since 2012, trees will be counted in Ahmedabad. Trees will be counted by GIS, GPS. Species, age, location, trunk girth, latitude and longitude will be shown for each tree. A unique number will be given at the time of tree counting. Isolatio...