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  Valsad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Valsad also known as Bulsar, is a city and a municipality in Valsad district in the Indian state of Gujarat.
The city holds a collectorat, a district court, police headquarters with a historic prison, and is governed by a municipality headed by the city mayor.
Valsad has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 77%.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Valsad   (302 words)

  
 Valsad Latest News, Articles, Information
Valsad (Gujarat) --- A journalist here has been arrested for alleged extortion and links with the underworld, police said on Tuesday.
MUMBAI: A Valsad court in Gujarat has asked environmental agency Greenpeace to shell out nearly Rs 50 lakh as damages to Vapi-based Chemi Organics after the international organisation had blamed the company for polluting and endangering public health in Vapi.
VALSAD (GUJARAT): A journalist here has been arrested for alleged extortion and links with the underworld, police said on Tuesday.
www.dailyindia.com /newsc/india/valsad.php   (327 words)

  
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Everyone expected Valsad to strike again, and their nervousness was heightened by the sense that they could do nothing to prevent it.
Valsad stood with several of his bodyguards, addressing Hassan and his men, who were all still bandaged and limping from the injuries they sustained during Jessie's rescue.
Valsad stood with his last bodyguard and watched in horror as his hired thugs met their matches.
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 Valsad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Valsad is a city and district in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
Its administrative capital is Valsad, but the largest city is the diamond centre of Navsari.
Valsad is well-known for its production of mangoes, sapodilla, and teak, and also has a chemical industry centred on Atul.
www.indianngos.com /districts/valsad_about.htm   (90 words)

  
 UNICEF India - Health
Valsad: No one had heard about “Kangaroo Mother Care” in Karanjberi till Paru Ben, the village anganwadi worker, showed rural mothers how this practice of holding a newborn, skin-to-skin (against the parent’s chest) could help pre-term, low birth-weight babies survive in this tribal village in Valsad district, southern Gujarat.
Valsad was among the first 5 pilot districts selected to implement the initiative whose key component is home-based care for newborns and low birth-weight babies during the most vulnerable period of their lives – the first 28 days.
The first batch of health and nutrition workers in Valsad district were trained in the IMNCI approach in July 2004.
www.unicef.org /india/health_1963.htm   (869 words)

  
 Valsad district - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Valsad is a district in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
As shown in the map, it is surrounded by Navsari district in north, Dang district in east, Maharashtra state in south and Arabian sea on the west coast.
The district covers 5,244 square kilometres, is divided in to five talukas, and has a total population of about 1,410,553 of which 27.02% were urban as of 2001.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Valsad_district   (172 words)

  
 Case studies of Farm Forestry and Wasteland Development in Gujarat, India
Three districts, Bhavnagar, Valsad and Kheda, were selected from three areas which, until 1984, accounted for nearly 70 per cent of the total number of seedlings planted under farm forestry.
Bhavnagar has about 60% of its land under cultivation; Kheda district has more wasteland and is heavily rural, and Valsad, with about 60% of its land under cultivation, has a large population of tribals and landless labourers.
While the tribals of Valsad district officially started farm forestry only in 1982, tribal economy and culture has always been characterised by their involvement with forests and forest products.
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The people come from all the areas in the Valsad district, much of which is extremely rural with tribals.
The families are very poor and it is not possible for them to travel to the other town to visit their children.
Also, many have fear of leaving their village, even Valsad is a big step.
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 Some Memories!
He warned me that a large # of cops are on board and anyone who gets down at BSR will be arrested on the spot and hauled to Valsad for court appearance.
The train was late that day so I reached Valsad by Surat Valsad shuttle.
GRP had made an observation that EC pullers traveled mostly in the middle of the train and they were in big strength there.
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 WHO | 1997 - Leptospirosis in India
As of 11 September, 281 cases and 34 deaths (case-fatality rate, CFR 12%) had been reported in Valsad district and 132 cases with 14 deaths (CFR 11%) in Surat district.
Valsad, Chikhali and Gandevi taluks in Valsad district, and Vyara and Mahuva taluks in Surat district are the worst affected areas.
However, a high rate of seropositivity detected in persons without any illness or only mild fever in the last 3 months, also in villages considered unaffected during the present outbreak, indicates that the infection is much more extensive and widespread.
www.who.int /entity/csr/don/1997_10_27/en/index.html   (208 words)

  
 India : Is A’bad set to miss the textile bus as Surat & Valsad whizz past? - Textile Fashion News Fibre2Fashion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Signs are ominous as Industrial Extension Bureau (iNDEXb) study reports of Surat and Valsad emerging as the new textile hubs in Gujarat, with Ahmedabad left in the lurch.
Textile projects worth Rs2,009 crore and Rs1,806 crore are currently in progress at Surat and Valsad, since January 15, 2006, respectively.
While Surat and Valsad boast 173 and 54 units employing almost 8,362 and 17,677, 32 units in Ahmedabad worth Rs570 crore of investment provides jobs for just 5,862 people.
www.fibre2fashion.com /news/textile-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=17707   (340 words)

  
 DNA - Mumbai - Two murders in Aravali Express - Daily News & Analysis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
MUMBAI: A senior citizen from Borivali and a teenager from Ajmer were killed and a Bandra resident injured in a skirmish with armed thugs near Valsad (Gujarat) in the Mumbai-Jaipur Aravali Express early Saturday morning.
In between Vapi and Valsad stations, one of the thugs demanded mobile phone from a passenger Salim Sultan (30).
The Valsad police said the thugs were furious when some passengers, including Jani, tried to pull the emergency chain near Pardi.
www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=1004998   (447 words)

  
 UNICEF India - Children's issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
August 2005 - The heavy monsoon downpour on 1st August in Siddumbar Village in Valsad, an agricultural district in India’s Western State of Gujarat, did not deter Jasuben Naik, the Female Health Supervisor and Kantaben Patel, the Anganwadi Worker from visiting pregnant and lactating mothers in the sparsely populated “phadias” (hamlets) of Siddumbar village.
Valsad is one of the focus districts where UNICEF has been actively promoting “exclusive breast feeding” as a key component of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI).
All doctors, health workers and anganwadi workers have been trained to educate pregnant and lactating mothers on early initiation and exclusive breast feeding upto six months.
www.unicef.org /india/children_832.htm   (854 words)

  
 rediff.com: Over 100 fishermen missing in Gujarat
While government officials refused to confirm this, local villagers told rediff.com that 11 boats from Valsad district and four from Daman are still to return home.
PTI adds: The defence forces were Thursday put on high alert and the authorities began evacuating villagers from low-lying areas, as the cyclone raced towards coastal areas, raising fears of a catastrophe four months after the killer earthquake struck the state.
Tidal waves, triggered by strong wind velocity in the Arabian sea, where the cyclone is brewing, washed away 200 houses in two villages along the coast of Kosamba in Valsad district of Gujarat.
www.rediff.com /news/2001/may/24cyc.htm   (448 words)

  
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 Valsad-Vapi emerging as hotbed of crime- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
VALSAD: Sharing common borders with Maharashtra and Union territory of Daman, the district has, of late, become a hotbed of crime if the recent spate of loot and robbery incidents here are any indication to go by.
A few days later, on October 21, passengers of a bus coming from Mumbai were robbed of cash and jewellery worth Rs 1.5 lakh near Vapi.
In wake of such incidents, additional director general of police S C Raigar, in a meeting held at Surat recently, asked police chiefs of districts in South Gujarat to step up vigil.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=261407   (566 words)

  
 Situation Reports: India: Floods - Jun 2005, India: Gujarat floods situation report, 30 Jun 2005, 9:00 p.m.
The state has received a cumulative average of 414 mm of rainfall during the last 24hrs, While 9 Districts: Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Dangs, Navsari, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara, Valsad that have been overcast under the spell of monsoon.
The affected districts are Navsari, Valsad, Surat and Dangs, Bharuch, Surendranagar, Ahmedabad, Anand and Vadodara.
Transportation in the affected districts is reported to have slowed down due to closing 124 state managed road routes, but 12 state road routes are remained opened for movement.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6DUPE6?OpenDocument   (626 words)

  
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 AKHIL SUTARIA
Premier SEMINARS organised an Introductory session in association with Career Management Institute, Valsad between 08.30 am to 12.30 pm for the students and youth.
His talk elevated interest level of the audience to the peak which resulted in higher curiosity, questions and eagerness to get involved.
The event was attended by 80 Participants from places like Umbergaon, Vapi, Udwada, Killa Pardi, Valsad, Bilimora, Chikhli, Gandevi, Navsari and Dharampur.
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 Valsad to world's first solar crematorium
Now it will speed people on their last journey as well, with the world's first-ever solar crematorium, to be set up in Valsad, nearing completion.
The 50 sq metre glass-and-steel solar dish, which will reflect the sun's rays on a specially constructed coffin, is almost ready.
The dish will be transported to Valsad's crematorium soon.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19991126/ige26055.html   (403 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: The Rediff Election Special: Poll evokes little enthusiasm in Valsad
The smoky little city goes about its business as usual.
Valsad district Congress vice-president Dinesh Soni assures us that the party's candidate, Uttam Patel, will beat Maniklal Chowdhury by at least 50,000 votes.
This is sharply different from the composition of the tribal population in the rest of Valsad -- the Dodiya Patels, the Naikas and the Harpatis.
www.rediff.com /election/1999/sep/01pr.htm   (959 words)

  
 National Association for the Blind - Valsad (GUJARAT)
National Association for the Blind - Valsad (GUJARAT)
Vijay lives in Valsad, a coastal city nested in the southern region of Gujarat.
The National Association for the Blind, Valsad, works with the visually impaired.
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 Valsad to host Duleep semis
The quarter-final between South and North is to be held at the Wankhede Stadium here from December 1-5 and the final is slated from December 17-21 at Pune's Nehru Stadium.
The Duleep semi-final was shifted from Ahmedabad to Valsad at the request of the Valsad District Association which is affiliated to the Ahmedabad-based Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA), according to BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele.
The change in venue has also enabled the Board to allot the second one-day international between the touring West Indies A team and their Indian counterparts to GCA Stadium at Motera on December 13.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19981002/27550804.html   (226 words)

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