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  Open Directory - Regional:Asia:India:Gujarat:Localities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Dahegam or Dehgam is a town in Gandhinagar district, Gujarat.
A port in the west of the district of Bharuch.
Vapi is a town in Valsad district in the south of the state.
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  Mehsana district - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mehsana city is the administrative headquarters of this district.
The district has a population of over 18 lakhs and an area of over 4,500 km².
Mehsana borders with Banaskantha district in the North, Patan and Surendranagar districts in West, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad districts in South and Sabarkantha district in the East.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mehsana_district   (171 words)

  
 Patan - District in Gujarat, India
Patan district is a district in the state of Gujarat.
It is surrounded by Banas Kantha District to its North and North East, Mehsan to its South & South East and Kutch District and Kutch nu Nanu Ran (Little Rann of Kutch).
The district had a population of 1,182,709 of which 20.16% were urban as of 2001.
www.gloriousindia.com /places/gj/patan.html   (396 words)

  
 Indiainfo.com -> News -> Spotlight -> The Ayodhya crisis -> Toll mounts to 250, curfew continues in Gujarat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Ahmedabad: As many as 29 persons were killed in violence in two villages in Mehsana district of North Gujarat after mid-night, raising the toll in the state to over 250, even as indefinite curfew continued at 36 places on the third day on March 2.
In a tragic incident, 28 persons, including farm labourers, were burnt alive when a 10,000 strong mob attacked their houses and set them on fire by electric short circuit and blasting cooking gas cylinders at Sardarpur village of Vijapur taluka, according to official sources.
All the bodies of the victims were taken to Civil Hospital at Mehsana district town, the sources said.
news.indiainfo.com /spotlight/ayodhya/02guj1.html   (256 words)

  
 Regional Cross Analysis of Case Studies: South Asia
Mehsana district is largely dependent on groundwater both for irrigation and drinking water requirements.
In Mehsana district, of a total population of 22 lakhs, 39.8% consume water highly concentrated in flouride.
If the groundwater recharge proposed to tackle the flouride problem in Mehsana district proves to be economically viable for the local community, it is conceivable that this may prove to be a model for other similarly affected areas.
www.hic-net.org /document.asp?PID=350   (5788 words)

  
 Gujarat Elections 2002 - HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Things are not as bad in other areas of Mehsana district, comprising seven assembly constituencies, but the BJP cannot bank on the votes of the minorities, several of whom did vote for the party in the last two elections.
In Mehsana and Unjha constituencies it is a contest between Patels.
Former Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel while attending an inaugural function in Mehsana, where a Lok Sabha by-poll is also being held on December 12, did not mention Godhra but spoke of the "good" performance of the BJP Government and the threat of terrorism.
www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Jun/25/5905_110822,00160005.htm   (717 words)

  
 The Hindu : 86 killed in fresh incidents in Gujarat
In yet another incident, 27 persons were burnt alive at Sadarpar village in Vijapur taluka of Mehsana district, while seven persons met a similar fate in a bakery near Dabhoi town in Baroda district.
For the first time, disturbances have spread to the capital district of Gandhinagar and Surat and Bhavnagar cities where indefinite curfew was clamped after 22 people were killed in stabbing and police firing.
The toll in stabbing and arson was officially put at 242 in which Ahmedabad alone accounted for 131 killings and Mehsana, the home district of the Chief Minister, 40.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2002/03/03/stories/2002030303020100.htm   (743 words)

  
 Project Report
However, high intake of fluoride (>1.5 mg/l) in drinking water for a prolonged period is known to cause damage to the teeth enamel and eventually leads to skeletal complications that result in fluorosis.
In a groundwater mining situation, as it prevails in the Mehsana and neighbouring districts of Banaskantha, Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad, pumped water with a larger residence time in the aquifer is, therefore, likely to have higher salinity including higher fluoride.
At the time of this investigation tubewell development in Mehsana district was in its initial phase.
www.globenet.org /preceup/pages/ang/chapitre/capitali/cas/indmehs.htm   (2089 words)

  
 rediff.com: Fear prevails in Dasaj ahead of Gujarat poll
Mehsana district may not be very good for the Bharatiya Janata Party that cannot bank anymore on the votes of minorities, several of whom had voted for the party in the last two elections.
As many as 386 of the 1,358 polling booths have been identified as sensitive in the district, where 72 people were killed during riots.
Sharma says that there is no law and order problem and all those displaced during the violence have their names on the voting lists in the district.
www.rediff.com /election/2002/nov/29gujarat.htm   (425 words)

  
 The Hindu Business Line : Kurien calls for resolution of GCMMF, union spat
Dr Kurien's observations came a day after the Mehsana District Milk Producers' Union — which accounts for roughly a quarter of the milk procured by GCMMF's 12 unions — threatened to virtually pull out of the federation and set up a parallel distribution network.
The bone of contention between GCMMF and Mehsana union is the former's recent move to supply two lakh litres per day (llpd) of milk to Mother Dairy India Ltd for covering its shortfall in the Delhi market.
While the 3.5 llpd is being sourced entirely from the Mehsana dairy, the two llpd milk for Mother Dairy is coming from the Banaskantha district union, whose Chairman, Mr Parthibhai Bhatol, also heads GCMMF.
www.thehindubusinessline.com /2006/08/12/stories/2006081202120700.htm   (615 words)

  
 BAPS Care International | Services | Disaster Relief 1990-1999 | 1997 Floods of Gujarat
5 districts: Dhandhuka, Surendranagar, Mehsana, Gandhinagar and Amdavad had hundreds of villages completely stranded for days and towns lay under siege, cut off from the rest of the world.
The village of Buranpur in the district of Surendranagar was stranded for five days before BAPS sadhus rescued the people using motorboats.
• In the district of Mehsana, 300 families were given new cooking utensils along with other household items.
www.bapscare.org /services/disaster/1990/1997floods.htm   (296 words)

  
 Mehsana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
is a city and a municipality in Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Mehsana is home to an educational institution called Ganpat Vidhyanagar or, officially, Ganpat University.
It is home to variety of wildfowl, flamingos, gray pelicans, fl ibis and other wetland birds.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mehsana   (246 words)

  
 Concerned Citizens Tribunal - Gujarat 2002: An inquiry into the carnage in Gujarat
Muslims constituted about 10 per cent of the total population of Sardarpura, in Mehsana district, which included about 25 families of Pathans, 20 of Sheikhs (Ghanchis) and about 20 families of Mansuri Muslims.
Kadi town is one of the taluka headquarters of Mehsana district, situated about 50 km from Ahmedabad.
The BSF, which was deployed by the district administration at 5 p.m., staged a flag march and violent incidents ceased.
www.sabrang.com /tribunal/volI/incimehsana.html   (2106 words)

  
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Things are not as bad in other areas of Mehsana district, comprising seven assembly constituencies, but the BJP cannot bank on the votes of the minorities, several of whom did vote for the party in the last two elections.
In Mehsana and Unjha constituencies it is a contest between Patels.
Former Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel while attending an inaugural function in Mehsana, where a Lok Sabha by-poll is also being held on December 12, did not mention Godhra but spoke of the "good" performance of the BJP Government and the threat of terrorism.
www.expressindia.com /print.php?newsid=17255   (661 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
Two presiding officers were changed in Godhra, in Panchmahal district, as they were found favouring “a particular political party”.
An incident of stabbing was reported from Narsanda, a village in Nadiad in Kheda district.
Heavy polling was reported from the tribal belts of Vadodara, Panchmahal and Dahod as well as from Mehsana district.
www.telegraphindia.com /1021213/asp/nation/story_1476282.asp   (637 words)

  
 Fluorides and Fluoridation - Mehsana District, Gujarat State, India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
The Mehsana district in north Gujarat is located within the latitudes 23:02' N to 24:09°' N and longitudes 71:26°' E to 72:51°' E. The district owes its name to the town of Mehsana founded by Mahesaji or Masaji - a ruler of Chavada dynasty in 12th/13th century AD.
It is well known that trace elements are essential and beneficial to human health in minute concentrations, as they play an important role in many metabolic processes and act as cofactors.
Kodate, J.K., J.S. Sharma, P.M. Wadaskar and R.D. Gajbhiye (1995): Hydrochemistry Of Calcareous Vindhyan Aquifers Of Fluorosis Endemic Korpana Tehsil, District Chandrapur, Maharashtra.
www.rvi.net /~fluoride/000081.htm   (2460 words)

  
 Mehsana union milking its way to autonomy-Food-Cons. Products-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
VADODARA: The Mehsana District Milk Producers’ Union is going to form a five-member committee to chalk out the plans to become self reliant.
It was learnt that about 250 of its 1,100 members were present in the meeting convened by the board of Mehsana Union, the largest among the 13 GCMMF member unions.
Mehsana Union alone contributes Rs 1,000 crore to GCMMF’s total turnover of Rs 3,780 crore.
economictimes.indiatimes.com /articleshow/385665.cms   (430 words)

  
 FHI - Part 7
The purposes of the pilot study were to: (a) to pre-test the tools for data collection, (b) to field test the skills of the research team, and (c) to assess the appropriateness of field plan to implement the major study.
The major study was conducted in cities of Ahmedabad, Baroda and Rajkot, and Mehsana (old), Panchmahals (old) and Kutch districts.
In Mehsana District, four of the eleven talukas including Mehsana, Visnagar, Patan and Kheralu were covered for the study.
www.fhi.org /en/HIVAIDS/pub/survreports/HCPSurveyGujarat/PrevalenceImpact7.htm   (651 words)

  
 12 killed, 96 hurt as fresh violence hits Gujarat India Muslim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Police sources here said 10 people, including a constable and a woman, were killed, in Gomtipur and adjoining Bapunagar and Rakhiyal localities, with seven of them in police firing on mobs indulging in arson as army was called out and curfew imposed in all the three localities.
On Sunday morning, one person died in the Mahemdabad area of Kheda district as police fired 33 rounds to disperse a mob.
Superintendent of police of the district Manoj Agrawal told TNN that 60 persons had been arrested in connection with the riots.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/670138/posts   (1193 words)

  
 B S P a t e l P o l y t e c h n i c
SHREE B. Mehsana District Education Foundation (MDEF)— a public trust committed to discharging the service of providing quality education - is nurturing and watering the institute.
The total area of the campus is around 300 acres where large institute buildings and separate hostels for boys and girls are constructed.
Mehsana District Education Foundation (MDEF) was established in june1996 by the eminent industrialist, businessmen, NRI industrialists, educationalists and the social leaders of North Gujarat with the objectives:
www.bspp.ac.in /management.html   (365 words)

  
 Introduction :: Tuberculosis Control :: Health Programme
It was extended in phase II to other talukas of Mehsana district to cover 15.00 lakh populations.
In that way the whole of DTC Mehsana was taken up with RNTCP project.
From 4th Quarter 1998, RNTCP had started to cover one by one all the districts of Gujarat in a phase manner.
www.gujhealth.gov.in /health_programmes/tb   (465 words)

  
 Threat of Fluorosis in drought-hit Gujarat-India-NEWS-The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
But it is not the arduous trek for water that has cast a shadow on her face.
She is worried about the water she is carrying home for her family members - it's laced with fluoride, and many in Mehsana district are already suffering from fluorosis.
The report says that a survey conducted in 14 villages in Amreli district suggests 20 per cent of the population suffer from dental fluorosis and 30 to 40 per cent of them from skeletal fluorosis.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/573990.cms   (454 words)

  
 Chartered Accountants Association - Ahmedabad
Bank Ltd., has clearly held that the income from utilisation of statutory reserves and locker rent are clearly entitled to deduction u/s.
However, the only issue left open and remanded to the Commissioner (Appeals) is with regard to the question relating to interest income from investments out of non statutory reserves.
The various case laws and in particular the cases cited in the opening portion of this article, are thoroughly discussed by the Special Bench and the question regarding the income from investments of voluntary reserves, left open by the Apex Court in the case of Mehsana District Central Co.Op.
www.lexsite.com /services/network/caa/sc5.shtml   (975 words)

  
 Cooperatives: Cause and Effect
The Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union Limited and The Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union.
As Kaira district was an abundant source of the commodity, Polson was chosen to procure it from there.
Because the farmers of Kaira district trusted and respected Tribhuvandas Patel, the cooperative was able to pass through some very difficult times and eventually become a model of cooperative dairying throughout the world.
www.indiadairy.com /ind_profile_factsheet.html   (1709 words)

  
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Till now, the district units were selling their own brands in their respective territories, besides providing milk to the GCMMF, which marketed the product nationally under the Amul brand.
Mr Vipul Choudhary, Chairman of the Rs 1,100-crore Mehsana District Dairy, had earlier threatened to pull out of the Rs 3,700-crore GCMMF on grounds that his unit — producing almost a third of the milk cooperative's turnover — was not getting its "due" and that it would start its own brand.
The decision was taken by the Federation meeting in which chiefs of 11, out of 13 district milk cooperative committees, were present, Mr Choudhary said in Anand.
www.businessline.in /cgi-bin/print.pl?file=2006090601681900.htm&date=2006/09/06/&prd=bl&   (247 words)

  
 Rural trauma
Personnel of the local police and a district official, who were present there, sat on the sidelines, drinking tea or talking, and soaking in the atmosphere.
It is for the first time that communal violence has spread to tribal districts such as Panchmahal and Sabarkantha.
The worst-affected districts have been Panchmahal (where Godhra is located) and its neighbouring districts - Dahod, Sabarkantha, Banas Kantha and Mehsana.
www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1906/19060150.htm   (1272 words)

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