Surat: A young couple were found dead at their home in Katargam on Sunday morning. Abhay Katarariya (23) and his wife Disha (19) lived in Kismat Colony in a joint family. They got married last year after falling in love. The couple had gone out for dinner on Saturday, which marked their first wedding anniversary…
Areas like Udhna, Vesu, Althan, Dindoli, Limbayat, Sachin and Bhestan were among the worst affected Surat: Heavy overnight rain lashed Surat, inundating roads, railway underpasses and residential areas across the city, leaving commuters stranded and residents grappling with waterlogged neighbourhoods on Sunday monring. Most of the rainfall was recorded between midnight and 8am on Sunday,…
Surat: Holding a nationalised bank responsible for failing to process a home loan borrower’s application for a Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) subsidy, the Navsari Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (CDRC) has directed Bank of Baroda to pay Rs 3.75 lakh to the consumer along with 9% interest.The amount includes the Rs 2.35 lakh PMAY subsidy…
A pothole in the Makkaipul area Surat: After road cave-in incidents across the city and floods damaging business and properties worth crores, now the citizens face trouble due to potholed roads. Residents across several city areas are facing mounting hardship as roads cave in, potholes widen and flooding persists, turning daily commutes into a safety…
A street in the Azad Nagar area of the city Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Saturday announced a Rs 147 crore property tax and user-charge relief package covering 3.54 lakh residential and commercial properties. The move aims to ease the financial burden on residents and businesses as recovery efforts after recent flooding continue.The…
Surat: Three elderly residents were rescued from an eighth-floor apartment after a fire broke out in a high-rise building on Saturday morning in Vesu. The fire broke out at Sunrise Residency ‘C’ Tower on Vesu VIP Road.According to officials, Surat Fire and Emergency Services received a call at 5:42 am. Teams from Vesu, Bhimrad and…
Surat: Following recent heavy rains and flooding in Surat, the Gujarat govt has accelerated the disbursal of rehabilitation assistance to affected residents, traders, street vendors, cart operators and cabin owners. As the process of paying cash dole and household assistance progresses, deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi convened a coordination meeting at the Surat circuit house…
Alleges Repeated Threats Of Being JailedSurat: A 28-year-old electrician from Bilimora allegedly died by suicide after posting a nine-minute video in a WhatsApp group in which he held four people, including a woman’s husband, responsible for his extreme step.The deceased, Chirag Mistry, allegedly consumed a poisonous substance before hanging himself at his old house in…
Surat: Flood relief distribution in the city and surrounding rural areas has been accelerated under state govt directives to ensure quick financial assistance to affected residents. The district administration has so far disbursed more than Rs 19.86 crore to 88,796 affected people across six city talukas.It includes cash dole assistance totalling Rs 5.38 crore paid…
Residents accused the civic body of failing to prevent a repeat of street inundation Surat: Barely 10 days after floods crippled Surat, a spell of moderate rain on Friday once again left several roads waterlogged, exposing the city’s fragile drainage infrastructure and triggering fresh criticism of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC).Residents took to social media…
