02-Jul-2009 |
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| Delayed Coking Plant at Vadodara at an investment of Rs. 6000 Crore |
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| plant will be operational by the begining of the next year |
| Gujarat Refinery will invest around Rs 6,000 crore to set up a Delayed Coking Unit (DCU) at its Vadodara plant to convert low value residual products of crude from north Gujarat, to higher value oil.
This 4 MMT capacity plant will be made operational by the beginning of next year. |
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27-Jun-2009 |
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| VMC towards starting Night Markets in Vadodara |
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| at 3 places in Vadodara |
| Vadodara Municipal Corporation's (VMC) plan to set up a Ratri Bazaar, a night market where people can eat, hangout and have fun, has
gained momentum. The standing committee gave its nod to the project on Thursday. The market is proposed on a plot of land near VUDA Circle. Civic body sources said it was actually planning three such markets. The VUDA Circle market will essentially be an experiment and if it does well, the civic body might plan more such markets. |
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18-Jun-2009 |
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| VMC to fence more storm water drains in Vadodara |
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| and put slabs at some places over storm water drains |
| Vadodara Municipal Corporation has decided to fence more storm water drains in the city to prevent humans and animals falling in newly constructed storm water drains in Vadodara city. |
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15-Jun-2009 |
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| Kingfisher Airlines cancels its flights from Vadodara till 30 June 2009 |
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| Will resume its services from 1 July 2009 |
| Kingfisher Airline has cancelled both of its flights from Vadodara to Mumbai till 30 June 2009. The airline is going to resume its two flights from 1 July 2009. |
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14-Jun-2009 |
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| GSRTC introduces cell phone service in buses |
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| available for passangers to make calls while travelling |
| Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) has introduced cell phone services in many of its routes in Gujarat. Bus conductors are provided with cell phone using which any passanger can make call by making payment of calls made. This will help passangers without cell phone service to be in touch with their family and friends specially when they are stuck-up in traffic jam. |
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| Vadodara Police to introduce female traffic assistants |
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| to manage traffic in the city |
| For the first time in the state, Vadodara Police is going to introduce a team of women traffic brigade to help traffic police to manage traffic in Vadodara city. |
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13-Jun-2009 |
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| VMC to raze more building in Railway Station area |
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| after winning the legal battle in the courts of law |
| After winning a long pending legal battle, VMC has instructed shop owners like Samart Hotel and some others in Railway Station area to vacant the place. Due to which decades old establishments like Samart Hotel and some other shops which are quite popular destinations during night time among citizens are going to shut down soon. |
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12-Jun-2009 |
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| Vadodara emerging as a new hub for television film production |
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| three film studios working in full swing |
| Vadodara city has already got three film studios, Laxmi Studio, Lucky Studio and Sagar Arts which are in production since long. The city is fast emerging as a hub for television production and another feather might be added in the city's cap if Balaji Telefilms Ltd's plan of setting up a studio here materialises |
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09-Jun-2009 |
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| Vadodara Municipal Corporation to setup gas-fired power unit |
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| at its Atladar Sewage Treatment Plant |
| Vadodara Municpal Corporation is to setup a gas-fired power generation unit at its Atladra Sewage Treatment Plant. The power plant at Atladara STP is coming up along with the new 43 MLD sewage treatment facility coming up at the site. The STP already has a capacity of treating 43 MLD sewage that is set to be doubled within a month with the new facility. The power plant will become functional as soon as the STP starts working on its expanded capacity. |
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16-Feb-2009 |
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| Closed Circuit TV Camera network setup in Vadodara city |
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| to manage traffic and to control crime |
| Shri Narendra Modi, Chief Minister, Gujarat, dedicated a newtowok of Closed Circuit TV camera to the nation today which is been installed throught Vadodara city. This setup will help in managing vehicular traffic in better manner and will also play important role in keeping watch over crime. |
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| VMSS to setup one more drinking water treatment plant for Vadodara |
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| near Sevasi |
| Vadodara Mahanagar Seva Sadan (VMSS) received an approval to its Detailed Project Report (DPR) for a new drinking water treatment plant for Vadodara city. This plant will be setup near Sevasi in Vadodara which will supply 75 Million Litres per Day (MLD) water to the city, drawn from the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) canal. This water will be supplied to Gotri, Harinagar and Tandalja water tanks of VMSS. |
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15-Feb-2009 |
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| Statue of Shri Jayprakash Narayan unveiled at Vadodara |
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| by Shri Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Gujarat |
| Shri Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Gujarat, today unveiled a full size statue of popular leader Shri Jayprakash Narayan, here, at Bird Island in Race Course area of Vadodara city. |
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14-Feb-2009 |
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| VCCI 2009 expo at Vadodara draws a huge crowd |
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| expo is from 12 Feb 2009 to 16 Feb 2009 |
| The five-day annual industrial exhibition organised by Vadodara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) seems to be attracting more crowd with each passing day. Over 50,000 people have visited the exhibition in last three days and many more are expected in next couple of days. About 500 companies have participated in the fair this year with several big corporate houses making their maiden entry this time. Many major corporates from engineering, electronics, tourism, education, telecom & information technology industry have taken part in the exhibition. |
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13-Feb-2009 |
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| USA based Pacifica Company to setup a hotel in Vadodara |
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| in addition to one 5 star hotel at Ahmedabad |
| Pacifica Companies, a US based real estate group headquartered in California, plans to set up two more hotels in Gujarat. The company has lined up a total investment of Rs. 180 crore for its new hospitality projects which includes two hotels in two cities, i.e. Vadodara and Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat. |
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10-Feb-2009 |
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| One more Railway Over Bridge at Kalali, Vadodara |
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| at a cost of Rs. 45 Crore |
| Vadodara Mahanagar Seva Sadan - VMSS (formerly know as Vadodara Municipal Corporation - VMC) gets approval to Detailed Project Report (DPR) for an overbridge at Kalali Railway Crossing in Vadodara. This overbridge will be constructed by 2010 at an estimated cost of Rs. 45 Crore. |
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09-Feb-2009 |
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| WIPRO BPO to run a recruitment drive at M S University of Vadodara |
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| it will be two day session of recruitement |
| WIPRO BPO is going to conduct a two days Recruitement Drive at M S University of Vadodara. Day one will be reserved for only M S University students while on the second day recruitement of students from other colleges will be done. |
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06-Feb-2009 |
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| Parsi Agiyaari of Vadodara celebrates 85th year |
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| located at Sayajigunj |
| The Maiyat Khan Saheb Faramji Kawasji Adariyan and Dharamshala and its Nibhav Fund run Contractor's Agiyari in Sayajigunj was built 85 years ago, and underwent restoration recently. Now it is been kept open for all for a period of one month. The Holy Agni is been shifted to secluded place for time-being. |
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| Proposal to include fleet of Volvo buses in Vadodara city bus service |
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| VITCOS the city bus service operator in Vadodara gives a demonstration |
| On Tuesday, a Volvo 8400 bus was demonstrated to Vadodara Municipal Corporation officers for approval to include a fleet of Volvo buses in public transportation system of Vadodara. |
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| Volvo considering setting up a manufacturing plant in Gujarat |
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| for its range of buses |
| Volvo is in negotiation with Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Rajkot Municipal Corporation officers to introduce AC Volvo buses in public transportation system of these three cities. If every thing goes well, Volvo is considering to setup a manufacturing facility in Gujarat state. |
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02-Feb-2009 |
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| Go MSU International (GOMSI) project by Prof. Ramesh Goyal, VC, M S University of Baroda |
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| Prof. Ramesh Goyal believes that this project can place the varsity in the first 10 universities of the world. |
| Prof. Ramesh Goyal, Vice Chancellor, M. S. Univeristy of Baroda has planned a project which will place this world renowned university in the list of world's top 10 Universities. The plan is to strengthen infrastructure, campus beautification and security apart from introducing five new courses. Prof. Ramesh Goyal wants to introduce courses in environmental science, operational research, bio-statistics, molecular and cellular biochemistry apart from setting up a Rs three-crore convention centre by renovating and utilising spare space at C C Mehta Auditorium and university's guest house.The M S University is also holding talks with donors to set up new hostels and set up modern kitchens and recreation facilities on the existing hostel premises and also has a plan to to establish an International Students Centre including a foreign students hostel and undertake liaison work with national and international agencies involved in foreign students' admission procedures to attract more foreign students. |
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| Six lane conversion of Vadodara-Bharuch National Highway to be completed by July 2009 |
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| at an estimated cost of Rs. 800 Crore |
| The long awaited conversion from 4 lane to 6 lane of Vadodara to Bharuch stretch of National Highway No. 8 will be completed by July 2009. Work on this Rs 800 crore Build-Operate-Transfer(BOT) project started in January 2007 and as per schedule it has to be completed by July 2009 and real time work is also going as per schedule. To ensure completion of this project on time, more than 2500 workers are working round the clock. Once completed, Vadodara - Bharuch six-lane highway will have 11 flyovers, two new railway over bridges, two rest areas, vehicular underpass, passenger underpasses, service roads and a modern highway traffic management system.
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30-Jan-2009 |
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| Pollution level gets down significantly in Vadodara |
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| as per reprots of Gujarat Pollution Controll Board |
| The actions taken as per guidance of the Task Force formed by former Vadodara district Collector Rajiv Topno has shown its positive results and the pollution level has decreased significantly in Vadodara city. The figures of National Ambient Air Monitoring Programme for residential and industrial areas of Vadodara showed dust particle level at 90 micro gram per cubic meter, which rose to 105 in 2006, but came down to 86 in 2007 and was recorded at the lowest of 56 in 2008. |
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28-Jan-2009 |
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| New Radial Tyre plant from RPG group at a cost of Rs 700 crore at Halol, Vadodara |
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| One more step towards making Gujarat Automobile Hub of India |
| RPG group is setting up a Radial Tyre Plant at a cost of Rs 700 crore near Vadodara for its flagship group company CEAT Tyres. The greenfield project in first phase (2009-10) will provide employment to 1,000 persons while the first tyre from the plant will roll out by May 2010. The radial tyre plant, spread across 125 acres of land, is expected to manufacture four million tyres per year in first phase, which will be increased to 12 million in next 10 years. |
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27-Jan-2009 |
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| Vadodara City Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthaana has been awarded the President's Police Medal |
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| Vadodara City Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthaana has been awarded with the President's Police Medal. |
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24-Jan-2009 |
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| 4 lakh new LPG connections for residents in Vadodara |
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| L Mansingh, Chairman, PNGRB assures VMC for license |
| Vadodara Municipal Corporation ( VMC ) will be able to provide 4 lakh more LPG connections to residents of Vadodara after getting an assurance of a license for domestic gas distribution from Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). |
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