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 …
Kumar Manish TNN Ahmedabad: The number of ecoconscious people is growing steadily. This is highlighted by the fact that more people are opting for electric and CNG cremation for dear ones. According to Birth & Death Control Department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), there has been a jump in number …
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Now, it is all about passing the buck between the Parks and Garden Department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the forest department, Gandhinagar, for failing to protect the habitat of endangered species of vultures. After the TOI report of more than 40-year-old cork trees …
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Even as tress are indiscriminately hacked in the city, parks and gardens department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) does little to save them, except paying lip service to eco conservation. It is a brazen example of inefficiency of the department that more than 40-year-old cork …
PIL filed in the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Swashrayi Mahila Seva Sangh (SEWA) Vs Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation & Others. SEWA files Public Interest Litigation to appoint a High Powered Committee to frame a policy and mandatory rules for preserving and enhancing employment of waste pickers all …
Ahmedabad: Mercury in the city on Tuesday rose to 36 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature in August in the last eight years, on a day when the Met department had predicted light showers. The last it hit such a high was on August 2 in 2002, which was also during …
Ahmedabad: Seven people have approached Gujarat High Court, seeking to join the PIL filed over the issue of imposition of fee on Kankaria Lake, but AMC has raised objection for their impleading in the case. A division bench hearing the PIL has kept the next hearing on August 26, when …
Paul John & Kumar Manish | TNN Consider yourself on the Chandranagar-Dharnidhar stretch long the BRTS corridor. You have just crossed the Godavari Nagar junction when you suddenly spot a speeding car coming towards you. Its probably time to say your last prayers, you may think, but luckily the car …
With Days To Go For Launch, A Reality Check by TOI Paul John & Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The tentative date for the much-awaited launch of the Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) in Ahmedabad is August 15, Independence Day. Among all projects that the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal …
Ahmedabad : Your drive down Pirana, on city's outskirts, makes you feel dizzy because of noxious industrial gases and stench from garbage dumps and sewage treatment plants. But now, you may say goodbye to your ordeal, thanks to a solid waste processing plant which is transforming municipal trash into pellets …
Parth Shastri, AHMEDABAD: Apart from lathi-wielding men in white on busy traffic junctions, 375 new faces will be seen on city streets from August 6. Wearing smart white helmets, white shirts and navy-blue trousers, this is the new city traffic brigade. The primary duty of these volunteers will be to …
Paul John, AHMEDABAD: As the day to launch BRTS draws closer, a series of trial runs of the buses on the corridor have revealed several glitches. This includes mixed traffic behaviour, that may pose a problem during regular runs of the buses. Authorities and planners are going out of their …
Kumar Manish, TNN 20 July 2009, 03:35am IST AHMEDABAD: These starred beauties have become the latest road accident victims as they're slow-footed and difficult to spot. We're talking about star tortoises, named so because of the radiating star pattern on their shells. They're being killed on roads in sub-urban areas …
AHMEDABAD: For the first time on Wednesday, about 14 BRTS buses were operated on the corridor on a schedule table. The bus frequency was fixed at a bus every five minutes and then taken to three to four minutes during peak hour timings. Though Global Positioning System (GPS) was installed …
AHMEDABAD: For those whose vehicles get stuck in the rains while on their way home or office or who are unable to venture out of their homes because of waterlogging in their areas, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has established helplines for immediate redressal. The system called Jansuvidha would update …
Ahmedabad : A mountain of filth will soon get transformed into an oasis. In an ambitious plan, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is developing Pirana dumping site into a green zone. They are also considering setting up an entertainment zone in the area. The project is on the lines of Gorai …
AHMEDABAD : Two more suspected cases of swine flu tested positive for H1N1 in Ahmedabad taking the total number of positive cases in city to four. Earlier, two of a batch of ten city girls, who had gone on a yearlong Indo-US educational exchange programme landed in the isolation ward, …
AHMEDABAD: Passers-by were taken aback when they were asked to stop on busy road from Thaltej to Shilaj on Wednesday. The reason, they later realised, was cutting down of 30-year-old trees. When they asked why the axing job was on, men at work cited official orders. Khanjan Dalal, an art …
