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 : If you have had problems of water pressure at your home or office and resultant water shortage, you have the weak water system of the city to blame. However, there is a silver lining. All of this is set to be rectified. At least that is what Ahmedabad …
AHMEDABAD: Ayurveda calls it amrit phal, and yet it has become a cause of aliments for many mango lovers in the city. Within a month of the arrival of mangoes in the market, private clinics in the city started recording a rise in the number of patients with stomach ailments. …
AHMEDABAD: One of the main clinchers for Ahmedabad being rated as the numero uno city to have implemented environment-friendly measures in its operations was cutting down on energy consumption. Despite being a city with one of the highest electricity consumption and in the absence of an energy policy, AMC has …
AHMEDABAD: In 2003, Central Pollution Control Board gave Ahmedabad the ignominious tag of being the most polluted city in the country, with dangerous levels of lead and sulphur found in the air. Six years on, the city has turned around full circle. Ahmedabad, today, leads 15 other cities in the …
AHMEDABAD: Godrej group's proposed 270-acre Ahmedabad township Godrej Garden City has made it to the 16 founding projects being taken up globally by Clinton Climate Initiative's Climate Positive Development Programme (CPDP) for clean and green urban development. The 16 projects, which aim at providing one million people living and working …
AHMEDABAD: For war-ravaged Afghanistan, resettlement issues and need for planned civic infrastructure have become immediate concerns. In fact, a 14-member delegation from that country is in the city on a three-day visit to study sustainable informal urban settlements, or slums, and issues regarding affordable housing for the poor. Says deputy …
AHMEDABAD: Just a month and a half before its launch, the much-awaited BRTS is facing a damning problem. Rather than a cause for cheer, the closed corridor system of BRTS has resulted into displeasure for residents and commuters. People have broken the corridor at many points and even protested against …
AHMEDABAD: For the time being, Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) has stalled all repairs on the fractured BRTS corridors. But in a month's time, when BRTS buses get ready to roll on the corridor, AJL warns of heavy fines and stringent measures if residents do not respect the corridor. "We will …
Ahmedabad : They are no springs of joy anymore. But, mere eyesores. The fountains installed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in various areas of the city do not function. Instead, they have become garbage bins and breeding ground for mosquitoes. And, this after the civic body having spent, on an …
Ahmedabad : On its trial run, the long-awaited BRTS bus attracted immense attention, arresting the traffic in a jam on Friday evening. Curious commuters stopped to look at BRTS, which started from RTO Circle negotiating heaps of rubble, incomplete roads and vehicles, clocking exactly 37 minutes to cover 12.5 km …
Ahmedabad : A five-member team from Tanzania will get a firsthand look at the ongoing Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project in the city. The team is on a study tour in preparation for launching Dar Rapid Transit (DART), a similar system in East Africa. The DART team has already …
Ahmedabad : This monsoon the western part of the city might not have to put up with water clogged roads. With monsoon, which is likely to hit the state on June 15, according to the Indian Meteorological Department, areas like Naranpura, Navranagpura, Paldi, Nehru Nagar among others can expect less …
Ahmedabad : Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) will start its official bus operation trials from Friday. Though the trials will take place in phases, they will include training of drivers and cover all aspects of bus operations on the BRTS corridor. On Tuesday, AJL ran a bus along the bus corridor …
AHMEDABAD: This should be a wake up call for Amdavadis. The city with 98 per cent of domestic water connections, also reports the fourth highest number of leakage and pipeline breaks in the country at 25,000 a year. As per the Asian Development Bank (ADB) report, Ahmedabad's domestic water connection …
AHMEDABAD: Had a report by renowned urban planner been heeded way back in 1996, city's scenario would have been different today. Stretches in central part of the city like Ashram Road and CG Road would be dotted with high-rise buildings. The report Ahmedabad: Land Use Issues & Recommendations' which suggested …
AHMEDABAD: A bitter price war between Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL), governing body for BRTS, and bus manufacturers has left the project in a limbo. After the BRTS launch date was revised five times over the last one-and-a-half years, AJL now fears the May-end deadline may be further extended owing to …
AHMEDABAD: Imagine a house running only on solar energy. From water heater to every light bulb. This thought could turn into a reality soon, with a sharp rise in number of takers for this alternative and green power source. Advanced solar appliances have become popular among educational institutes and corporate …
AHMEDABAD: It was rotla poisoning that killed three children in Chainpura, Ranip on Wednesday. Investigations have revealed that bajra rotlas served to the affected children were made of flour that contained crushed pesticide tablets. The death toll rose to three on Thursday when two more children of Chainpura succumbed to …
Ahmedabad: Just how green' is your city? From buildings, streetlights, traffic lights, transportation, waste recycling to operations of civic utilities Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) composite efforts to go green' in its fight against global warming might get rewarded soon. Ahmedabad has been shortlisted among 90 cities in the world to …
Ahmedabad : Ahmedabad Janmarg Limted (AJL), the governing body for BRTS, is facing an unusual dilemma there are no takers for its 33-km Phase II network. AJL had placed advertisements countrywide, calling for developers and contractors in February this year for putting in place its Phase II network. This network …
