Urban India’s parking woes: an overview
Vehicular congestion and insufficient parking facilities are significant emerging challenges for India’s mega and metropolitan cities, severely impairing mobility. Although curtailed by constitutional
Ahmedabad (T)
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Swine flu toll now 33 in city
Ahmedabad: Swine flu has been killing one person every three days in the city. With seven deaths in March, the death toll has hit 33 here since January. The number of cases has reached 149. According to
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Ahmedabad heat action plan 2016
The 2016 Heat Action Plan is an updated version of the first comprehensive early warning system and preparedness plan for extreme heat events in India launched in Ahmedabad in 2013. The Plan creates immediate
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Gujarat: Expert bats for integrated waste water management
D Thara, AMC Commissioner, underlined need for ‘recycling’ the sewage and waste water and to make Ahmedabad an eco-friendly city. Water expert and advisor to the chief minister, B N Navalawala, Thursday
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No Shanghai in sight, just Beijing smog
Today if you dare to walk down Ahmedabad's busy IIM-Keshavbaugh or Mani nagar road stretches during peak hours you will be exposed to a level of pollution that is almost 10 to 12 times more toxic than
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Cyclists, pedestrians unsafe along BRTS route: Study
Ahmedabad: Cyclists and pedestrians have always been given the short shrift in this city , even though the Rs 1,200 crore transport corridor, designed on the lines of world-class Brazilian Curitiba and
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PMO sets up panel to fast-track bullet trains
The chairman of Railway Board, secretary in the Department of Expenditure, Secretary DIPP & Foreign Secretary will be part of the committee The Prime Minister’s Office has constituted a committee under
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AMC submits 2K crore water plan to state govt
Ahmedabad: Just two months ahead of the annual civic budget, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) commissioner D Thara submitted a Rs 2,000 crore water supply augmentation plan for the city before
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Transport and Communications Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific: sustainable and inclusive urban transport
The Transport and Communications Bulletin for Asia and the Pacific is published once a year by the Transport Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The main objectives
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Slow death by Diesel
The general prefernce for diesel vehicles is turning the air in Gujarat's cities toxic. In Gujarat today, around 1.21 crore vehicles, including two-wheelers, guzzle 18 crore litres of petrol a month. In
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India racing ahead of China when it comes to pollution
An evaluation of the National Air Quality Index (NAQI) data maintained by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released on Tuesday has revealed that as many as 15 out of the 17 cities that are being