Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
AHMEDABAD: The popularity quotient of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is scaling new heights. During its initial days, the BRTS carried only 17,000 passengers per day. In just about a year, the number of passengers on a single day is now hovering around one lakh passengers. On average over 97,000 …
AHMEDABAD: In Satellite, the occupants of a bungalow got some surprise visitors on Wednesday evening, soon after the downpour and the sudden dip in temperatures. A pair of star turtles seemed to have crawled out of their hiding place after the rain. The downpour also caused a road mishap of …
AHMEDABAD: The BRTS corridor has not only become a benchmark in public transport systems for other cities to follow, it is also nurturing Ahmedabad's brightest sporting talent. Like the only two athletes from Ahmedabad - Aashna Shah and Kanika Bhalla - to be competing in the 16th Asian Games in …
Oilex of Australia has announced that it has struck huge reserves of natural gas in the Cambay Basin in Gujarat, in what is being dubbed as a big discovery after Reliance Industries' gas find in the KG basin and Cairn India's discovery in Rajasthan.
AHMEDABAD: Bananas you eat every morning before hitting the gym or offer to your child as a good source of calcium to build bones and teeth may be laced with harmful chemicals. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Monday sealed nine godowns in Viratnagar, Naroda with 250 tons of bananas after …
GANDHINAGAR: Work on the first phase of the Rs 1,100 crore Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro rail project will start by next year and the line is expected to be operational within two-three years, Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) chief executive officer AK Sharma said on Thursday. "A company has been set up …
AHMEDABAD: In order to promote the planned development on coastal areas of the state, the Gujarat government may come up with a special scheme to encourage builders to develop integrated townships near the seashore. While addressing a gathering at the inauguration ceremony of the Godrej township on SG Road, chief …
AHMEDABAD: The ambitious Ahmedabad Metro project will soon get on the fast track as surveys and the detailed project reports on the rail link, with Gandhinagar in the first phase, are in their final stages. "Studies are on whether an underground Metro line is possible in old areas of the …
GOVERNMENT circles seem to abound with good intentions these days. Especially with respect to the environment. The drive to correct past mistakes has acquired extra zeal. For example, a new draft policy to regulate wetlands begins with the lament that the country has lost a third of its wetlands (see …
'RTI on Wheels' is a simple concept that offers advice on RTI use where it matters most: outside government offices. Governments should emulate this Ahmedabad NGO.
Monsoon To Remain Elusive For A Week Ahmedabad: City mayor Kanaji Thakore is expected to perform the prajanya-yagna in Madhavpura on Sunday, during which he will sit in a vessel full of water, and pray for rain. Thakore will be joined by scores of citizens who are enduring fasts and …
Large Indian cities are doing reasonably well. Ahmedabad, where I stay, has been voted one of the ten most attractive towns in India and once the adjoining panchayats became a part of the municipal corporation, it
Ahmedabad: A disaster was averted in the nick of time. Late on Saturday night, a 15-tonne container carrying a highly inflammable butanebased chemical caught fire near Piplaj at a unit of Chiripal Industries. The fire fighting operation lasted for seven hours. It took water from 200 tankers and several fire …
Ahmedabad: More than 25 volunteers and representatives from city-based Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) participated in the discussion, held at Van Chetna Kendra on Sunday, on the Gyps vulture census in Ahmedabad, Mehsana and Gandhinagar. The vulture census will be conducted after a gap of three years. The last census was done …
Deepshikha Dhawan Ahmedabad: The heat wave continued giving no respite to the city that recorded 42 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, three degrees above normal. According to weather officials, there is no respite from the rising mercury level in the near future. While it is possible for most of the people …
