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5 unusual facts about Gondia


Gondia

Marathi dailies enjoy the maximum readership share in the city and the top newspapers are Lokmat, Navbharat, Dainik Bhaskar, Samna, Sakaal, Vidarbha Chandika, Dainik Kashish etc.

Popular English language newspapers sold in Gondia includes The Times of India, Hindustan Times, Hitvada, etc.

Gondia railway station is an important junction and has heavy passenger and goods traffic.

The AAI has extended the runway at Gondia airport to 7,500 feet to handle the operations of aircraft like Airbus A-320 and Boeing 737.

Sudhir Dhawale

He was taken to Gondia and produced before a local court which awarded police his custody until January 12, 2011.


Balaghat Junction railway station

The Gondia-Balaghat section now operates Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) Trains.

Bhandara district

The most famous politician of this district is Praful Patel from Gondia (now a separate district), who was previously minister for Civil Aviation in the UPA government but now is the cabinet minister for heavy industries.

Satpura narrow gauge lines

The first portion of the Gondia-Nainpur line was opened on 13 April 1903, Nainpur and Chhindwara were connected in 1904 and Jabalpur in 1905.

Sudhir Dhawale

He was arrested from Wardha railway station by a team of Gondia police and a team from the Nagpur division of ATS, while trying to board a train to Mumbai.


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