Saurashtra
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GSRTC Adds 2,400 Diwali Buses From Surat for November 4-7 Rush
GSRTC will run about 2,400 extra buses and over 8,000 trips from November 4 to 7, mainly carrying Surat’s Saurashtra workers home for Diwali.
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Narmada Dam Is 99% Full While Saurashtra and Kutch Wait on Canals
Sardar Sarovar stands 36 cm below its full level with 98.77% storage. What a near-full Narmada means for dry Saurashtra, Kutch and the rabi season ahead.
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Monsoon Exits Gujarat With Saurashtra and Kutch Still Short of Rain
Gujarat ends the monsoon at 88% of normal: South Gujarat is in surplus, but Kutch sits at 57% and 73 dams are under a quarter full as withdrawal begins.
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Gujarat’s Kharif MSP Sign-Up Now Runs Through the Farmer Registry
Gujarat farmers can register groundnut, moong, urad and soybean for MSP sale until 9 October, via the Farmer Registry. New rates, and what to check first.
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Rain Returns to Gujarat, but Not to Dwarka, Porbandar or Kutch
IMD expects heavy rain in Gujarat from 12 September, but the alerts miss the districts running 60-88 per cent short. The reservoir numbers explain why.
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Jamnagar Raid Destroys 7,150 Litres of Suspected Synthetic Milk
Police raided six dairy traders in Jamnagar’s Kalavad taluka and destroyed 7,150 litres of suspected adulterated milk along with vanaspati and milk powder.
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Rajkot Lawyers Renew Decades-Old Push for a Gujarat High Court Bench
Saurashtra-Kutch lawyers boycotted courts to revive the demand for a Rajkot High Court bench, citing 250-350 km trips to Ahmedabad for hearings.
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AIIMS Rajkot Surgeries More Than Doubled in a Year, Data Shows
AIIMS Rajkot’s surgeries jumped from 861 in 2024 to 1,927 in 2025, as the hospital becomes Saurashtra’s go-to option for care once found only in Ahmedabad.
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Amreli Floods Kill Farmer as Gujarat Deploys 35 Disaster Teams
Heavy rain flooded Amreli and Saurashtra, killing a farmer and forcing 777 evacuations. Here’s why Gujarat’s monsoon response is being tested early this year.
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Mangrol Flooded as Junagadh Records 21 Inches of Rain in Four Hours
Mangrol town in Junagadh district was cut off after 21 inches of rain fell in four hours, halting traffic to Somnath, Porbandar and Dwarka for nearly a day.
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US Tariff Hike Causes 100,000 Job Losses in Gujarat’s Diamond Sector
The diamond cutting and polishing industry in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region is in crisis. A steep increase in tariffs imposed by the United States has led to the loss of nearly…
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Government Announces Additional Water Supply for Saurashtra Farmers
In a significant decision, the Gujarat government has announced that additional water from the Narmada River will be supplied to Saurashtra’s farmers and citizens. This decision was made during a…