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 …
A health report of the city revealed by the health department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) states that in the first week of January, 205 water-borne cases were reported by AMC-run hospitals. The water-borne cases are likely to appear during the summer season, the number of cases which have been …
There has been a drop in the number of vector-borne cases in 2017, as per the data released by the health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Monday. While dengue saw a drop of 62.83% cases as compared to 2016, chikungunya saw a drop of 43.40% cases, and …
The introduction of LED streetlights by AMC has helped it save 26 million units of electricity helping it reduce its power bill by Rs15.50 crore a year. With this measure, the civic body says the carbon dioxide emmission would be reduced by 2,900 tonne anually. Not only this, the wind …
AHMEDABAD: Even as the temperatures have begun to dip and humidity levels falling, there is no respite from vector-borne infections. The cases of dengue have shown a sharp rise. According to the weekly health report released by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)'s health department, some 71 cases of dengue were reported …
AHMEDABAD: In civic body hospitals and urban health centres alone, around 250 cases of chikungunya and dengue were reported over the past month-and-a-half, indicates data of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). Of these cases, 116 were reported in October. The western part of the city is the worst affected. "Increasing …
AHMEDABAD: With temperatures not ceasing to go down, cases of vector-borne infections, especially those of dengue and chikungunya have increased in the city in the past month and a half. According to the weekly health report by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) health department, 69 cases of dengue and chikungunya were …
Ahmedabad: Swine flu claimed three more lives on Tuesday taking the death toll to 403 in the state this year. The state reported 76 new cases of swine flu on Tuesday. With this, the total number of swine flu cases reached 6,626 this year. A statement from the state government …
AHMEDABAD: Amid the state government's claim of producing good results in curbing swine flu, the deadly H1N1 virus on Monday took five lives across the state taking the death toll to 373 this year. Alarmingly, three out of four deaths were reported from the city. According to the state government …
AHMEDABAD: A three-member team of health experts from Delhi is on a three-day visit to Ahmedabad and Rajkot—the cities worst affected by the swine flu outbreak in the state. The team will submit a report on Thursday to the state government and the media, about their assessment of the preparedness …
The three-member team will be looking at preparedness, labs and their facilities, will carry out death analysis and look at availability of medicines in Ahmedabad and Rajkot which have reported the maximum cases and deaths in the state. A three-member team of senior doctors from Delhi arrived in Ahmedabad on …
Ahmedabad: Even as citizens of Ahmedabad are grappling with the severe swine flu outbreak, they need to remain equally wary of vector-borne infections, especially dengue. According to the weekly health report released by the health department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), some 36 fresh cases of dengue were reported last …
AHMEDABAD: Around April, during peak summer in Telangana when the H1N1 mortality rate was barely 1%, the joint director (epidemics) of that state reached out to his counterparts in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The three states held a meeting to determine whether there was a mutation in the virus and …
A fall in temperatures has increased the number of swine flu cases in Gujarat. Ahemdabad alone has reported 28 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, and counting. As a preventive measure, the local civic body has started several awareness activities across schools. The state government has also …
AHMEDABAD: A rain-wrought terror gripped Amdavadis on Thursday, pushing the already monsoon-sodden city into a self-imposed curfew. Many Amdavadis preferred to stay indoors and avoid getting stuck in traffic or having to wade through waterlogged areas during peak hours. The city saw an average rainfall of 67.63 mm on Thursday. …
AHMEDABAD: The IAF operating 05 MI-17V5 helicopters on Tuesday from different locations airlifted over 160 people to safety and carried over 3400kgs of relief material to designated places mostly in Banaskantha district of Gujarat while also carrying NDRF teams to desired places to conduct rescue operations in Jalore district of …
AHMEDABAD: Dengue infections appear to be on the rise in the city. At least so reflects the data provided by civic body-run and civil hospitals given to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). Well-placed sources in the civic body's health department have confirmed some 52 progressive cases of dengue reported in the …
After three adults tested positive for the Zika virus in Ahmedabad district, Gujarat in January this year, an adult male from Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu tested positive for the Zika virus. This is the first case of Zika from Tamil Nadu. According to the State Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan, …
Greenhouse Farmer Association (GFA) Vice president Vijay Patel said that the scheme has failed to such an extent that today there are less than 100 greenhouse farming units in the state. Greenhouse Farmer Association (GFA), a registered body of more than 600 greenhouse farmers in Gujarat, Tuesday alleged that the …
AHMEDABAD: Just two days before the World Health Organization first informed of three Zika cases in the city on May 26, it had put the entire country in risk category 2, the same category as that of Brazil, which has experienced a major outbreak. Prior to the Ahmedabad Zika case …
AHMEDABAD: With the mercury remaining above the 40°C mark at 11 of the 23 places monitored by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Gujarat, Ahmedabad was also scorched on Wednesday. With the temperature likely to rise above 42°C, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) issued a "yellow alert" for the city from …
