Udaipur: The local police on Saturday night busted an illegal rave and mujra party at Hotel Ganesh in Kodiyat, detaining 51 people, including 40 men and 11 women. The hotel owner and a middleman were also taken into custody. Police seized a large quantity of suspected drugs from the spot. According to officials, most of those arrested had traveled from Gujarat specifically to attend the party. Due to the high number of detainees, police had to arrange a bus to transport them to the police stati...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate several railway line electrification projects to the nation on May 22 at a programme in Rajasthan. This includes the 210 km Udaipur–Himmatnagar railway line. The official dedication of the electrification project on this railway line comes in the backdrop of Gujarat achieving 100 percent electrification of all broad gauge railway lines — a milestone reached earlier this year. Gujarat, which falls under the Western Railway division, ha...Read More

Ahmedabad: Western Railway has planned to introduce a new Vande Bharat Express train connecting Ahmedabad to Udaipur. The train may start in later part of January or in February this year. The proposal has been moved to introduce this train as the electrification work on Ahmedabad - Himmatnagar - Udaipur route has been completed. The new train will be operated six days a week, barring Tuesdays. The train will leave Udaipur at 6.10 am and reach Ahmedabad at 10.25 am. The train will have only s...Read More

Ahmedabad: The electrification work on the rail route between Ahmedabad's Asarva and Udaipur in Rajasthan has been completed. Following successful trials with AC electric locomotives by Western Railway and North Western Railway, the railway department has decided to operate passenger trains using electric power. The Asarva-Indore Veerbhumi Express (train no. 19316) ran its last trip with a diesel locomotive on Saturday. It departed from Asarva at 4 pm, passing through Himmatnagar and Udaipur ...Read More

Himmatnagar: Thanks to the completed electrification of railway line between Asarwa (Ahmedabad) and Himmatnagar railway stations, the first electric goods train arrived at Himmatnagar railway station on Monday night at Himmatnagar railway station from Kandla via Asarwa. This was possible due to completion of speed tests and related approvals. It is understood that the trial run of electric train on Himmatnagar - Udaipur railway route will be done on 20th December. After speed trials, and rela...Read More

Peepli: A kilometers-long traffic jam occurred on the Udaipur-Shamlaji section of National Highway 48 near the Peepli area as the highway became inundated and waterlogged due to heavy rains and the overflowing of a lake in Kesariyaji. As a consequence of the waterlogging, approximately 10 kilometers of traffic jam persisted for over 12 hours, with hundreds of trucks stranded while traveling between Gujarat and Rajasthan. Visuals show vehicles submerged in water, with some trucks appearing to ...Read More

Gandhinagar: 'At present 12981/12982 Asarva - Jaipur Express is operating with maximum permissible load of 22 LHB (Linke Hofmann Busch) coaches including 04 general class coaches. At present, Ahmedabad -Delhi sector is being served by 8 pairs of trains while Udaipur-Mumbai sector is served by 2 pairs of trains. Besides introduction of new train services and augmentation of existing/new train services is an ongoing process on Indian Railways subject to traffic justification, operational feasibili...Read More

Gandhinagar: The electrification on the broad guage railway line in length of 70 km is yet to complete on Ahmedabad - Udaipur route. Due to lack of end-to-end electrification, the railway connectivity is not as much and as fast as it should be on Ahmedabad - Udaipur route. Electrification of railway line is must for operating electric engine run trains. It is important to run some premium trains also. For example, two main requirement to launch Vande Bahrat Express on any railway route are - ...Read More

Vadodara: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced revised toll rates for approximately 1100 toll plazas nationwide, effective from today. The increase in toll rates across the country ranges from 3% to 5%. The user fee at the Kathpur Toll Plaza on the Himmatnagar-Chiloda section of National Highway 48 (formerly NH-8) has also been raised. National Highway 48 (NH 48) is a major highway in India that starts in Delhi and terminates in Chennai, traversing seven states includ...Read More