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 …
Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: For the first time a multi-crore project of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) like the BRTS was re-designed, re-tendered and more parties involved after people who would be connected with it in the future sent in suggestions. While observing a practical approach, the second phase …
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: While there seems to be some policing in the bus carriageway of the Bus Rapid Transit Services (BRTS), the traffic outside it needs serious attention. The 12.5 km stretch of the first phase of BRTS corridor was built for Rs 77 crore, inclusive of a …
While the Delhi bus rapid transit system (BRTS) is recovering after running into various problems during its launch and after, a similar system in Ahmedabad rolled out successfully earlier this month, after a series of dry runs. One reason cited for smooth run of the Ahmedabad BRTS is single ownership …
Ahmedabad: Two carcasses of white rumped vultures were found from the campus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad on Thursday. Both birds were about a year old. Kartik Shastri, assistant co-ordination of Bird Conservation Society Gujarat, vulture cell, said there was a strong possibility of the birds dying after …
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Even though the crowds that one saw when the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) ran as a free service were somehow not as huge after ticketing began on Thursday, cash registers at Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) began ringing. The first day collection from BRTS services …
Ahmedabad: The leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil who was not among the invitees for inauguration of Bus Rapid Transport System has accused Chief Minister Narendra Modi of taking all credit for BRTS project. About 35 per cent of the funding for the project came from Central government. According to Gohil, …
With A Day To Go For Launch On October 14, The Transport System Has A Lot In Store, Including SMS Info Service Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: At the click of a mouse, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) commuters can get real-time updates of buses plying on its corridor along …
Ahmedabad: From the first week of November Amdavadis can board feeder buses from designated points in the city to reach the BRTS corridor between RTO and Chandranagar. The service would function within a two-kilometre radius of the corridor. BRTS will officially be launched on October 14.
Ahmedabad: With Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) all set for a launch on October 14, time schedules and speed of buses are being fine-tuned. As of now, your travel from RTO Circle to Chandranagar bus stop has been cut short by almost 10 minutes. Buses under the service will travel …
Real-time displays, automatic ticketing machines to make BRTS connect easier Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: With Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) already on trial runs on the RTO-Chandranagar stretch, the Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Services (AMTS) is dressing up the good
The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna and National Rural Health Mission have the potential to transform the health and financial security of poor households. The experience of VimoSEWA indicates that health insurance must be firmly linked to an effective public health system. A high percentage of claims for preventable illness, unnecessary …
Paul John & Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: For once, the urban development department is talking of a unified metropolitan transport authority for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad. Principal secretary Gauri Kumar has conducted meetings to discuss the proposition. Officers of Gandhinagar Urban Development Authority and Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (Auda) who …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notices to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), the state government and Archeological Survey of India (ASI) over entry fees being charged at the Kankaria lakefront and construction around the ASI-protected inlets to the lake. Acting on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has admitted that while designing the Sarbarmati Riverfront Development project, neither did it make an attempt to increase the depth of the river nor made any provision for dredging. In reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: Instead of the obnoxious stink, sweet fragrance may soon waft across as you pass by Pirana dumping site . The forest department in coordination with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning to covert the dumpyard into a eco nature park. Principal secretary, forest and environment, …
