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
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NIV warning: Zika virus in Ahmedabad is of pre-outbreak strain
AHMEDABAD: A new research led by National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, on Zika virus (ZIKV) that was isolated from Ahmedabad and the recent Jaipur outbreak, spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito has
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Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation rises from slumber, plans to again implement plastic ban
Once again the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has announced ban on usage of plastic bags. The civic body once again going to come down heavily on people, traders found flouting the rule. The civic
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Amdavadis turn to masks to beat poor air quality
Ahmedabad has been dealing with a serious issue of poor air quality for the last few months. And despite efforts being made by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), the situation remains grim. As
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9 lakh ‘preventable’ C-sections in pvt hospitals
There were as many as nine lakh “preventable” unplanned Caesarean section (C-section) deliveries out of 70 lakh in private hospitals in India in one year, driven mainly by “financial incentives,” says
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Garbage segregation mandatory from December
AHMEDABAD: With Mount Pirana growing at an alarming rate, the AMC has finally put its foot down. Come December, the corporation will not collect domestic waste if it is not segregated into dry and wet
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Noise level crosses limit at crossroads: Study
Ahmedabad: How noisy do we get when on our roads? A recent study by two engineering institutes showed how blaring horns break all sound limits set by law. Students of civil engineering department of Gujarat
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Ahmedabad vehicles’ daily emission: 1 ton of carbon dioxide per minute!
AHMEDABAD: Our dependence on vehicles to travel even short distances leads to injecting of approximately 1,500 tons of carbon dioxide daily — or 1 ton every minute — into our respirable air! Our collective
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Dengue cases rise, 110 in just a week in Ahmedabad
After Swine Flu fear, it's the dengue fever that has kick-started with whopping numbers. There are 110 cases in just a week. Interestingly, eight doctors at Civil Hospital Asarva and three doctors at VS
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26 new cases of Swine flu in Ahmedabad, highest for September
The city on Tuesday recorded 26 new cases of Swine Flu, the highest to be recorded for a day in 2018. All the cases were recorded within the Ahmedabad Corporation limits. With this, the total number of
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Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation wastes zero-waste vision
AHMEDABAD: Six years ago, on September 13, 2012, even before Swachhta Survekshan rankings were born as buzzwords, Ahmedabad had committed itself to becoming a zero-waste city by 2031. A road map document