Chikungunya out of control, 200 affected
Vadodara: While concerns were being raised regarding dengue cases, more chikungunya cases have started surfacing since about a week now in the city. The number of chikungunya cases reported in the city
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Ahmedabad tops list of malnutrition-hit cities
Among the three major cities of Gujarat — Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Vadodara — Ahmedabad is leading by a huge margin in terms of having maximum number of children suffering from malnutrition. As per the government
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Vadodara Municipal Corporation to finalize four town planning schemes
Uncertainty over the fate of the 20 town planning (TP) schemes, which Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) had failed to come up with in the prescribed time limit has now ended. The civic body will hold
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75, 000 affordable houses to be built
To prove that it is serious about implementing its poll promise of affordable urban housing, Gujarat government plans to start construction of around 75,000 houses by its para institutions across the state
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Vadodara experiments with cycle sharing
Project Will Be Scaled Up After Its Success At Kamatibaug Vadodara: Paris and Barcelona have done it. And so has New York and Boston. Now, Vadodara will be the first city of Gujarat to get a chance to use cycle as a mode of public transport.
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Judgement of the High Court of Gujarat on encroachment caused by the vegetable and fruit vendors, Gora Talavadi, Baroda, 14/10/2013
Judgement of the High Court of Gujarat on encroachment caused by the vegetable and fruit vendors on 18 meters road near Gorva Talavadi in the area of Baroda under the control of the Baroda Municipal Corporation
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Gujarat Pollution Control Board takes civic bodies to task
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued notices to eight municipal corporations and 159 municipalities for not following guidelines on solid waste disposal. The corporations given notices are
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1 of 5 sewage treatment plants non-operational
Almost one-fifth of the centrally-funded sewage treatment plants in the country are “non-operational”, leading to millions of litres of untreated water either seeping into the ground as potential pollutant
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Gujarat govt plans 60 Mw solar power through roof-top units in next 3 years
Mulls a policy to attract manufacturers in solar power sector. Gujarat government on Monday said that it plans to install about 60 Mw solar power generation capacity in the next three years through roof-top
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Solar cycle that doubles up as electric bike!
Vadodara: A young engineer from the city has developed first of its kind cycle that runs on solar power and also works as electric bike. With small solar panels installed on a normal cycle, this solar
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An oxygen factory amid Vadodara’s concrete jungle
Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has set up an oxygen factory on Sun Pharma Road in the city. The factory, however, is no industrial plant, but a plantation of trees – including the banyan tree after which the city is named – that generate high amounts of oxygen. In the first experiment of its kind, VMC has planted 236 banyan trees and 70 peepal trees in the one hectare land besides the main road. These include 32 banyan trees that were planted about six years ago. The remaining trees were planted two years ago.