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: The city roads wear deserted look during afternoon hours as humans and animals alike seek shelter in a cool shade. As the summer has set in, EMRI 108 has reported rise in the heat-related emergencies. According to officials, they attended to 10,004 cases from April 1 to 15, averaging …
This Heat Action Plan aims to provide a framework for the implementation, coordination, and evaluation of extreme heat response activities in Ahmedabad that reduce the negative health impacts of exposure to extreme heat. The Plan’s primary objective is to alert those populations most at risk of heat-related illness that extreme …
AHMEDABAD: Rural Gujarat now has 34.35 crore trees outside forest and urban areas, 14% higher than the 30.14 crore trees counted in 2013. The rural tree count figures released on Wednesday reveals that the state now has 20.38 trees per hectare. Officials said that the rural tree count was recently …
AHMEDABAD: Satish Shah, a provision store owner near Ankur Crossroads flinches every time a car blares its horn. His shop is located just in front of an intersection where every light commercial vehicle makes a ritualistic 'U' turn and honks, which makes him irritable and, according to him, short-tempered. Shah …
AHMEDABAD: Efforts to check air pollution may have proved ineffective in the city but Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (ATIRA) has developed a nano fibre-based virus protective face mask that allows people to breathe fresh air. The mask is made using a special nano web-based technology and helps filter bacteria …
All's well that ends well. The adage goes well with the Ahmedabad civic body, AMC, at this moment. After the just-concluded hit flower show organised by AMC, the civic body has now set an example by showing how to initiate a zero-waste producing process through reuse, recycle and reduce the …
AHMEDABAD: If a big signboard is put up outside a hospital, school, or old age home that reads 'Silence Zone', Amdavadis will welcome it with a honk! Who says 'Horn is a safety device'? It's the language Amdavadis speak once they hit the road. It's almost colloquial to the mother …
Taking a small step towards creating a Smart City, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is all set to gain and give information on real-time noise pollution, the ozone layer, oxygen concentration and sunlight. In the coming months, the civic body will introduce ultra-modern environment sensors and provide environmental data. Termed as …
This guide describes how a heatwave action research initiative in Ahmedabad, India has evolved into policy action in 17 cities and 11 states, with interest from national leadership. By starting small and learning by doing, heat-wave planning and response has become increasingly ambitious in Ahmedabad and success there has had …
AHMEDABAD: Even as the temperatures have begun to fall, more than 1,000 cases of vector-borne infections in October were reported in Ahmedabad, says the data provided by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). The weekly health report released by AMC's health department suggests that some 1,027 cases of vector-borne infections were reported …
Welcoming the Supreme Court ban on sale of firecrackers in Delhi-NCR, many people in other urban centres have sought similar curbs to be imposed to bring down air pollution levels in their cities, a quick random survey conducted by the Assocham Social Development Foundation said. However, a majority of people …
Ahmedabad: Gujarat on Sunday reported three deaths and 107 new cases of swine flu. With this, total number of swine flu mortalities reached 398 this year and 6,416 cases has been reported so far. The state government claimed that 2,774 patients have been cured in last 15 days and 5,476 …
Ahmedabad: With 541 fresh cases of malaria, falciparum and chikungunya reported at Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation-run hospitals, urban health centres and government-run hospitals in the last week, there seems to be a rise in the number of malaria and dengue cases in the city. These cases include 456 fresh cases of …
Ahmedabad: Despite the state government's rosy claims of having the swine flu situation under control, seven more people died from the deadly H1N1 virus on Monday. This takes the death toll in Gujarat this year till August 28 to 338. The state also recorded 187 new swine flu cases on …
AHMEDABAD: City continues to battle with swine flu with four more deaths on Sunday. With eight more succumbing to deadly H1N1 virus on Sunday, the toll from January 1 to August 27 this year reached 331 in the state. According to a statement from the Gujarat government, 192 fresh cases …
If you are feeling too cold, sneezing a lot and having fever than you are not the only one. The health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) says on an average it is testing blood samples of at least 2,000 people who are suffering from viral fever. The number …
A total 379 cases of swine flu have been reported till July 15, out of malaria accounts for 369. Watch out! Monsoon has brought its share of travails and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) fears a rise in both vector- and water-borne diseases. According to health experts in the civic …
Ahmedabad: A city which is already on the edge with three of the four Zika virus cases reported in the country cannot afford to be careless with its vector control programme. The recent rains and sewage spills have led to formation of large stagnant pools, which are now turning into …
Ahmedabad: At a time when the Ahmedabad municipal corporation (AMC) has intensified efforts to eliminate mosquito-breeding sites under its 'Malaria-free Gujarat by 2022' campaign, more than 1,000 cases of malaria were reported from June 1 to July 8 at AMC-run hospitals in Ahmedabad alone. Sources said that in all the …
AHMEDABAD: Urban stresses and citizens' apathy to green canopies are eating into Ahmedabad's tree cover. Ahmedabad's tree density is among the lowest in Gujarat — an Amdavadi has to share a tree with 10 other individuals. The past tree surveys have revealed that there are 6.18 lakh trees spread over …
