Mangled remains of the car, (R) Bus which the car crashed into
Vadodara: In a horrible incident, four persons died after a car they were travelling in rammed into a state transport (ST) bus in Chhota Udepur late on Tuesday night. The car was mangled badly and it took a lot of effort for the locals to pull out the victims from the vehicle.
According to the police, the accident happened on the highway near Chhuchapura village in Sankheda taluka. The car was on its way to Madhya Pradesh while the ST bus was heading towards Chhota Udepur town from Bodeli-Dabhoi highway. The car rammed into the bus at very high speed. Luckily, none of the bus passengers suffered injuries.
Heavy rains lashed Vadodara on Sunday evening
Vadodara: Heavy rains lashed the city on Sunday evening leaving several areas, especially in the old city, waterlogged. The weather was overcast since morning and it kept drizzling throughout the day. But the skies turned pitch dark by 5 pm and soon it began pouring.
Barodians, though, took advantage of the weather and went out for long drives away from the city. Many took to the Sindhrot bridge while others drove on the Halol Road to get an exquisite view of Pavagadh flanked by clouds. Thousands of visitors flocked to Pavagadh despite the administration putting a ban on private vehicles to the hill-top on weekends.
Vadodara: Eight staffers of Chhota Udepur district court tested positive for Covid-19 as the total number of cases in the district crossed the 1,000 mark on Saturday.
The staffers were among the nine persons, who had tested positive on Friday, while on Saturday, 17 new cases were reported taking the total number of cases to 1,012.
The new cases reported on Saturday were from Tejgadh, Bodeli, Sankheda and Pavi Jetpur. Officials said that the district currently has 57 active cases as 931 patients have been discharged and 24 have succumbed since the beginning of the pandemic last year.
Due to the increasing number of cases the administration is trying to step up vaccination in the district. A health department official said that 95,544 people in the district have been given vaccine so far.
A group of Indian grey hornbills at Kaalikui village located in the Jambughoda-Ratanmahal forest corridor
Vadodara: It is a jaw-dropping sight that would thrill bird lovers in the state. At the crack of the dawn, about 80 to 100 Indian grey hornbills have been congregating on some trees in Kaalikui village located in the Jambughoda-Ratanmahal forest corridor for the last couple of weeks. These birds pluck fruits of a peepul tree, relish them for an hour and fly away.
Foresters say that it is for the first time in Gujarat that the Indian grey hornbills have been spotted in such big numbers at one spot. “These birds are usually seen in a group of six to eight in the state. Even in other states, I have seen a maximum and unusual congregation of 30 grey hornbills. But a gathering of 80 to 100 grey hornbills is a record in Gujarat,” said Uday Vora, former chief conservator of forests (CCF) (wildlife).
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VADODARA: Three personnel from Pavi Jetpur police station were booked on Wednesday for beating up two bootleggers at Ghuntiya village in Chhota Udepur district on February 1.
Lilesh Rathwa, one of the bootleggers who lodged a complaint, said that when he and his friend Rajesh Rathwa were carrying illicit liquor on a bike to Dungarvant village, somebody hit Rajesh with a wooden stick on his head due to which their bike slipped. As Lilesh was trying to flee, he too was hit but he managed to hide in a nearby farm. Rajesh was hit again due to which he became unconscious and was taken to a health centre.