• The Veraval-Sabarmati Vande Bharat Express will operate on a revised route from August 17.
• It will enter Ahmedabad city via Gandhigram; earlier, it was available only from Sabarmati.
• Passengers will be able to board the train from Gandhigram as well.
• The revised route is expected to improve connectivity for several towns in Saurashtra that were not previously served by the train.
• New route: Veraval, Junagadh, Dhasa, Dhola, Botad, Dhandhuka, Dholka, Gandhigram and Sabarmati.
• Existing route being replaced: Rajkot, Wankaner, Surendranagar Junction and Viramgam Junction.
• The diversion is expected to increase traffic congestion at several crossroads between Gandhigram and Sabarmati.

The four-lane Vadaj flyover will be inaugurated on Thursday, September 24. Built in two years at a cost of ₹128 crore, it has two wings connecting Usmanpura and Ranip, plus a 365-metre link between Gandhi Ashram and Usmanpura. Its left side is 670 metres long and its right side 700 metres; parking is provided underneath. It is expected to benefit more than 1.5 lakh people and improve connectivity between Ashram Road and Ranip, and Usmanpura, Gandhi Ashram, Bhimjipura, Dudheshwar and Shahibaug.

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will dedicate six projects worth ₹279.80 crore, including a four-lane railway overbridge on the Ahmedabad–Botad line costing ₹98.60 crore and 329 EWS houses in Thaltej costing ₹22.24 crore. Fifteen fire brigade first-response vehicles and 10 boats with engines will also be flagged off. The CM will lay foundations for six projects worth ₹304.05 crore, including road, drainage, bus-charging, depot and tourism infrastructure.

After a year-long dispute, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation announced that the road from Cargo Motors to Batrisi Bhavan, in front of Gandhi Ashram, would close to traffic from Saturday, November 9, 2024.