This is small clip of our green city. Enjoy.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Holidays for the Year 2010
| No. | Name of the General Holidays | Date | Day |
| 1 | Makar Sankranti | 14/01/2010 | Thusday |
| 2 | Republic Day | 26/01/2010 | Tuesday |
| 3 | Mahashivratri | 12/02/2010 | Friday |
| 4 | Id-e-Milad-Un-Nabi (Prophet Mohammad's Birthday) | 27/02/2010 | Saturday |
| 5 | Dhuleti (Day after Holi) | 01/03/2010 | Monday |
| 6 | Chetichand | 17/03/2010 | Wednesday |
| 7 | Shree Ram Navmi | 24/03/2010 | Wednesday |
| 8 | Good Friday | 02/04/2010 | Friday |
| 9 | Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar's Birthday | 14/04/2010 | Wednesday |
| 10 | Parsi New Year Day (Parsi Shahenshahi) | 19/08/2010 | Thusday |
| 11 | Raksha Bandhan | 24/08/2010 | Tuesday |
| 12 | Janamashtami | 02/09/2010 | Thusday |
| 13 | Ramzan-Id (Id-Ul-Fitra)(1st Shawwal) (Muslim Shiya and Sunni) | 10/09/2010 | Friday |
| 14 | Samvatsari | 11/09/2010 | Saturday |
| 15 | Anand Chaudas | 22/09/2010 | Wednesday |
| 16 | Mahatma Gandhi's Jayanti | 02/10/2010 | Saturday |
| 17 | Diwali | 05/11/2010 | Friday |
| 18 | Bakri - Id (Id - Ul - Aza) | 17/11/2010 | Wednesday |
| 19 | Muharram | 17/12/2010 | Friday |
| 20 | Christmas | 25/12/2010 | Saturday |
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Surat city to have digital map, pilot project finalised
SURAT: The city of diamonds and textile is soon going to join other metropolitan cities in having a digital map. The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has finalised a pilot project for digital map using the Geographic Information System (GIS) for Rander zone in order to keep a tab on the illegal construction and encroachments.
Official sources said the SMC's standing committee has approved the GIS mapping of Rander zone at the cost of Rs 11 lakh. The work has been given to Gandhinagar-based Bhaskaracharya Institute of Space Application Geo-Informatics (BISAG).
The project will start with the identification of landmarks and then a geographical survey to cover various aspects including property and land details, drainage system, and roads. The digitised map would assist the civic planners to keep a tab on the illegal construction and encroachments.
Sources said the pilot project would be launched for Rander zone. Soon the entire city and each of the seven municipal zones would be covered.
"It would be a multi-utility digital map based on the vital data of a particular area like roads, trees, slum settlements, canals and houses. It will have information on households in each of the census blocks," said Mukesh Dalal, chairman, SMC's standing committee.
The main objective of digital mapping is to divide the section into Enumeration Area (EA) containing on an average 130 to 150 households, developing a database of geographic boundaries in digitised form with real coordinates, to reduce under coverage and over counts in census operation, to ensure the optimum use of database for digital maps which will helpful in conducting future census and sample surveys and to facilitate in dissemination of census and survey results in a thematic form.
Source: Times of india
Official sources said the SMC's standing committee has approved the GIS mapping of Rander zone at the cost of Rs 11 lakh. The work has been given to Gandhinagar-based Bhaskaracharya Institute of Space Application Geo-Informatics (BISAG).
The project will start with the identification of landmarks and then a geographical survey to cover various aspects including property and land details, drainage system, and roads. The digitised map would assist the civic planners to keep a tab on the illegal construction and encroachments.
Sources said the pilot project would be launched for Rander zone. Soon the entire city and each of the seven municipal zones would be covered.
"It would be a multi-utility digital map based on the vital data of a particular area like roads, trees, slum settlements, canals and houses. It will have information on households in each of the census blocks," said Mukesh Dalal, chairman, SMC's standing committee.
The main objective of digital mapping is to divide the section into Enumeration Area (EA) containing on an average 130 to 150 households, developing a database of geographic boundaries in digitised form with real coordinates, to reduce under coverage and over counts in census operation, to ensure the optimum use of database for digital maps which will helpful in conducting future census and sample surveys and to facilitate in dissemination of census and survey results in a thematic form.
Source: Times of india
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
About Surat
Surat (Gujarati: સુરત) formerly known as Suryapur, is the eighth largest city in India. The city proper is the one of the populous cities in the world. Surat is the administrative capital of Surat district.
The city is situated on the left bank of the Tapti River, 14 miles from its mouth. The Population of Surat with its twin city Navsari is above 6.3 million as of 2009. A moat divides the older parts of the city, with its narrow streets and handsome houses, and the newer suburbs. The city is largely recognized for its textile and diamond businesses. It is also known as the diamond capital of the world and the textile capital of India. 92% of the world's diamonds are cut and polished in Surat. Surat is also the Second cleanest city in India after Chandigarh. Surat was once the largest city in India. It has one of the highest GDP growth rates in India at 11.5% as of 2008. Surat was the primary port of India during the Mughal period, a distinction it lost to Bombay during the British Raj.
The city is situated on the left bank of the Tapti River, 14 miles from its mouth. The Population of Surat with its twin city Navsari is above 6.3 million as of 2009. A moat divides the older parts of the city, with its narrow streets and handsome houses, and the newer suburbs. The city is largely recognized for its textile and diamond businesses. It is also known as the diamond capital of the world and the textile capital of India. 92% of the world's diamonds are cut and polished in Surat. Surat is also the Second cleanest city in India after Chandigarh. Surat was once the largest city in India. It has one of the highest GDP growth rates in India at 11.5% as of 2008. Surat was the primary port of India during the Mughal period, a distinction it lost to Bombay during the British Raj.
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