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Directive on loudspeakersDistrict electoral officer and Collector Sangeeta Singh has directed that loudspeakers be used only between 6 am...

Directive on loudspeakers
District electoral officer and Collector Sangeeta Singh has directed that loudspeakers be used only between 6 am and 10 pm. Use of loudspeakers outside these hours will require special permission. Besides, as part of the electoral code of conduct, anyone seeking to use loudspeakers will have to provide the registration number and make of vehicles to be used to mount loudspeakers, the police station area where they were to be used and other details. Violators will attract legal action under Section 131 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951, a collectorate release said.

Rainfall forecast
The meteorology department has forecast heavy rainfall in the city and all parts of South Gujarat in the next 24 hours. Collector Sangeeta Singh has directed all mamlatdars, taluka development officers and deputy collectors to monitor the situation and remain in constant touch with the flood control room.

Congratulated
City Congress president Ashok Pimple and general secretary E K Patil have congratulated Vijaybhai Kahar on his appointment as Surat Youth Congress V-P.

Plant trees8217;
The Higher Education Commissioner Gandhinagar has asked all universities and colleges in the State to plant saplings on Shahid Day, August 9, and Independence Day, August 15.

Kargil van
As a mark of tribute to soldiers who laid down their lives at Kargil, tribals of Nizar planted 400 saplings on a school ground, which has been named Kargil Shahid Van8217;.

Football tourney
The Subrato Cup tournament, organised by the Surat District Cultural Activities and Youth Services Department, will begin on August 12. Teams wishing to participate in the rural football tournament may contact the office on or before August 10.

Swasth Surat8217;
Joint conveners and working committee members of Swasth Surat Abhiyan8217; met at the Surat Citizens Council hall, Nanpura, recently. Director of Planning R D Desai, Surat Citizen Council president I G Desai and other civic officials, who were present at the meeting, discussed ways people8217;s problems could be brought to the notice of the SMC8217;s ward offices.