Gandhinagar, Aug 22 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of road projects worth Rs 307 crore during his two-day Gujarat visit on August 25-26, covering Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Mehsana districts.

The projects, under the state’s Roads and Buildings Department, are aimed at strengthening connectivity, easing traffic, and boosting industrial growth in North Gujarat.

Among the highlights, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the widening of the Viramgam-Khudad-Rampura road — a 21-km stretch expanded to seven metres at a cost of Rs 33 crore — expected to accelerate development in surrounding industrial clusters and create new job opportunities.

Foundation stones will also be laid for projects worth Rs 274 crore, including three six-lane vehicle underpasses on the Ahmedabad-Mehsana-Palanpur road (Rs 126 crore), a railway overbridge at Viramgam (Rs 70 crore), the renewal of the Kadi-Thol-Sanand road (Rs 45 crore), and the expansion of the Bapasi Tararam junction to GIFT City into an eight-lane road (Rs 33 crore).

Officials said the upgraded infrastructure will reduce travel time and fuel costs while enhancing road safety. Improved connectivity is also expected to benefit industrial zones, boost logistics, and provide easier access to hubs such as GIFT City and tourist spots like Thol Sanctuary.

Gujarat has emerged as one of India’s leaders in road infrastructure, with over 1.15 lakh km of road network connecting industrial hubs, ports, and rural areas.

The state’s expressways, six-lane and eight-lane highways, and upgraded district and village roads have significantly boosted connectivity, cutting travel time and logistics costs.

Key projects like the Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway, Delhi-Mumbai Expressway stretch, and Ahmedabad-Mehsana-Palanpur corridor have strengthened Gujarat’s role as a manufacturing and trade hub. Ongoing investments in underpasses, overbridges, and rural road widening aim to enhance safety, ease congestion, and improve last-mile access, aligning with the state’s focus on industrial growth and urban-rural integration.

The state has approximately 74,500 km of roads, comprising both core (national highways, about 6,000 km of state highways) and non-core roads (district, rural, and village roads). It has around 6,635 km of national highways. There are over 300 state highways, totalling approximately 19,761 km.

Mumbai: A 69-year-old former manager of State Bank of India (SBI), currently working as a recruitment manager with Kotak Life Insurance, lost Rs45,064 in a foreign currency investment scam. The fraudster lured her with promises of high returns and cheated her. She filed a complaint at the Vile Parle police station, following which, on August 20, the police registered a case against an unidentified person for cheating.

Andheri Woman Targeted by Facebook Foreign Currency Investment Session

According to the FIR, on August 16, at 8am, the complainant, Nilawati V, a resident of Andheri East, was watching a session on foreign currency investment on Facebook. In the session, the speaker claimed that investors could earn good returns by investing money in foreign currency.

Soon after the session, she received a call from an unknown number. The caller told her that their company would invest her money in foreign currency and she would receive good returns within six hours. He requested her to invest through them. Believing his claims, she agreed.

The next day, at 1.40pm, she received another call from an unknown number. The caller claimed to represent the same company, provided her with a number, and instructed her to transfer money from her SBI account via Google Pay. She followed the instructions and transferred Rs21,000. The recipient’s name appeared as Joseph Mehev.

Andheri Resident Loses Rs 24,064 in Online Investment Fraud

The following day, she received another call from an unknown number. When she told the caller that she had not received any returns, he claimed that the invested amount was insufficient and asked her to invest more. He then gave her another number and instructed her to transfer more money through GPay. Trusting him again, she transferred Rs24,064.

Thereafter, she began receiving continuous calls urging her to invest more money. However, she did not receive any returns, which made her suspicious. By then, she had already lost Rs45,064.

The police registered a case against an unidentified person under section 318(4) (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.

Mumbai: The Powai police have registered an FIR against an unidentified person for allegedly blackmailing a 23-yearold woman studying abroad by using obscene photos. The accused allegedly created a fake Snapchat account in her mother’s name and began blackmailing her.

Student Abroad Tricked by Fake Snapchat Account in Mother’s Name

According to the FIR, the victim, a resident of Hiranandani, is currently pursuing her education Australia. February, in In she received a friend request on Snapchat from an account created in her mother’s name. The profile contained her mother’s photos and family details, so she assumed it was genuine and accepted the request.

However, the account actually belonged to an unknown person who had been monitoring through the fake profile.

On February 5, the person began threatening her, claiming he possessed obscene photos of her and would make them public. Terrified, the victim contacted her mother in India and realised that the account was fake.