Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
AHMEDABAD: Since Monday, foot soldiers of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) - the link workers of the health department - have been on strike. This development is being viewed as a disaster of sorts. The city tops the disease chart in the state with the highest number of malaria and typhoid …
GANDHINAGAR: The war on mosquitoes will be escalated in the city, with the state health department urging municipal corporations of Ahmedabad and Surat to intensify efforts to control the growing menace. The health department has asked the municipal corporations to ensure proper follow-up of individual malaria or dengue cases that …
Ahmedabad: Lakes and small waterbodies are the next major concern for Ahmedabad’s mosquito control team. Over 20 water bodies — minor and major — dot the city. And health officials of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) believe that with the rains ebbing, the water bodies are turning into major breeding …
AHMEDABAD: After the state lost the first round of chemical warfare against mosquitoes, the state health department has been advised to update its armoury. Initially, 'white' powder - chalk mixed with 5% of a substance called malathion - was used to arrest mosquito growth. But it proved to be ineffective. …
Accelerating growth in the transport sector, a booming construction industry, and a growing industrial sector are responsible for worsening air pollution in Indian cities. While estimates of health impacts are effective in raising overall concern about air quality, they do not specifically answer the question of where the pollution is …
AHMEDABAD: The high rate of malaria cases in the state is a grim sign of the fight lost out to mosquitoes. Ahmedabad city has recorded 596 malaria cases in the latest weekly disease assessment of the state, the highest and has even overtaken Surat city which has recorded 543. Ahmedabad …
Public Roads, Govt Land Will Suffice, Says Metrolink Ahmedabad: The fact that land acquisition has become a sensitive issue across India has apparently handed the state government a new tool to market its prized metro rail project linking Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. The Gujarat government is now touting it as ‘zero …
AHMEDABAD: The estate department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation carried out demolition and sealing drive in Thakkar Bapanagar, Madhavpura and Sarkhej areas of the city, to check mosquitoes and stop illegal constructions. The AMC sealed two construction sites, in Prahladnagar and Chainpur, as the contractors of these projects did not …
AHMEDABAD: A team of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health officials raided shops of wholesale dealers of plastic bags near Kalupur market on Thursday and seized three tonnes of plastic bags banned under central regulations. The defaulters were also fined Rs 60,000 for the stock, and one of the shops was …
AHMEDABAD: The world's fourth largest car-maker Ford has decided to set up a three lakh-cars-per-annum manufacturing plant in Sanand. Joe Hinrichs, president, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa, is likely to make an announcement on Thursday that Ford is parking next to Nano, about 25 km from Sanand Chokdi in Ahmedabad. …
AHMEDABAD: In the next three months, a small army of workers in uniforms will be spending the nights cleaning Ahmedabad's streets. But before you witness this 'Surat phenomenon', the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is trying to solve the problem of collecting garbage from the bins. For a long time, the …
AHMEDABAD: The walled city has come to the notice of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) yet again. The central zone office of the AMC has sanctioned Rs 3.94 crore worth of civic works for the walled city area. The works include roads, footpath, water, drainage lines and public toilets. Most …
AHMEDABAD: The city witnessed a heavy downpour late in the evening on Sunday. At least one died in the afternoon at a construction site when a slab fell on group of laborers in Shahwadigam in Narol area. Four persons, who were injured were rushed to the hospital for treatment. There …
This new ADB report provides a comparative perspective on Asian parking policy trajectories by compiling a rich set of information on key aspects of parking supply policy in 14 Asian cities and by presenting results of parking behavior surveys from 12 of them. Most Asian cities are facing an acute …
AHMEDABAD: Every drop of water you use at home or office will be monitored and charged. For many Amdavadis though this will be a small price to pay, for round the clock water supply. The countdown for 24x7 water supply in the city has begun. But, before this dream becomes …
AHMEDABAD: The city's first double-decker flyover will be thrown open to the public on Wednesday. The AMC authorities said the flyover, built at a cost of Rs 43 crore, will resolve traffic woes of commuters who have been taking the national highway till now. In fact, commuters moving from Maninagar-Hatkeshwar …
AHMEDABAD: Ringing alarm bells for many parents in the city, a study conducted by two alumni of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) as a part of their startup firm called 'Fine Feather' has revealed that a large chunk of school-going children in the city quietly suffer from eyesight and …
AHMEDABAD: At a time when Sanand is poised to become country's auto hub, farmers in the region are trying to make a mark in the agriculture sector. Through a project supported by the state horticulture department, farmers have got positive results in growing Kesar mango. Kesar mango trees have been …
AHMEDABAD: If Ahmedabad has problems maintaining its trees, here is what it can learn from Gandhinagar city to save them. Hundreds of newly-planted saplings on some of the main roads of Gandhinagar are being nurtured by gravity based drip irrigation method. The forest department has selected a kilometer stretch between …
