New Delhi: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari today shared an update on the progress of the Ahmedabad–Rajkot six-lane highway project, which is being developed by the Government of Gujarat. According to details provided by the state government, significant portions of the highway have been completed, while a few sections remain under construction. In a reply to a question during the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament, Gadkari stated that the project, divided into f...Read More

Ahmedabad: A huge traffic jam occurred on National Highway 47 this morning. A 6-7 kilometer-long traffic jam reportedly occurred near Bagadora Toll Plaza on the Ahmedabad-Rajkot Highway. Vehicles have been stuck or moving very slowly due to the traffic jam. According to Google Maps, vehicles moving towards Rajkot are experiencing the jam, while on the other lane, vehicles are moving normally towards Ahmedabad. DeshGujarat Read More

Rajkot: The city crime branch police has busted a racket selling adulterated fuel disguised as biodiesel and seized a stockpile of 1.54 lakh liters along the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway. Acting on a tip-off, the police conducted a raid on an open storage facility adjacent to a petrol station in Maliyasan, located around 10 km from Rajkot city, where the adulterated fuel was being manufactured. The confiscated inventory and items are valued at Rs 1.4 crore. This spurious fuel was primarily sol...Read More

Surendranagar: Heavy rainfall resulted in severe waterlogging and a complete traffic standstill near Limbdi on the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway on Tuesday. The ongoing construction work to expand the highway to six lanes has already had an impact on the daily commute in that area. The traffic jam extended for 25 kilometers, causing a delay in the usual four-and-a-half-hour journey from Ahmedabad to Rajkot, which took seven hours instead. The congestion started on Monday evening and continued ...Read More

Rajkot: The conversion of the 215 kilometres long four-lane Rajkot- Ahmedabad highway into a six-lane highway is still not complete 3 years after the passing of the deadline. The six-laning work was supposed to be over in January 2020. However, RTI replies reveal that the two contractors responsible for 4 sections of the highway have defaulted, and only 40 to 50 per cent of the work is over. RTI activist Shailendrasinh Jadeja told media, that he received the replies to two RTI applications...Read More

Rajkot: The conversion of the 215 kilometres long four-lane Rajkot- Ahmedabad highway into the six-lane highway, which has been going on for the last four and half years, may take another 6-7 months to complete. The Prime Minister could visit the state in September to inaugurate both the projects. Currently, the progress of the projects is being reviewed via video conferencing and the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is directly monitoring them. DeshGujarat.Read More