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: How efficient is water supply in some of the cities in state? A recent Asian Development Bank (ADB) data book of water utilities for 2007- 08 in 20 cities in country says that Ahmedabad has one of lowest water revenue collection ratios and a poor coverage of water supply …
AHMEDABAD: A stream of toxic and corrosive chemicals spewing into water supply and onto roads is making lives of thousands of residents of Nikol gam a living hell. While most of them have been forced to install water purification systems to safeguard health, toxic water flowing on roads, in residential …
AHMEDABAD: What was a stinking garbage dump in Ramnagar, Sabarmati, till four years ago, is now a verdant garden with 800 different species of trees and fragrant flowers blossoming there. Sai Garden has become a green haven for children and elderly. The man behind this makeover is former nonresident Indian, …
AHMEDABAD: Realizing the folly of a missing green cover in the city and with the threat of global warming looming, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is all geared to make the city greener with its revamped plan for major plantation work in the city. Now, AMC will be focusing on a …
Increasing the green cover in Gujarat may be high on government's agenda but the court is already questioning its 'negligence' about protecting trees. A public interest litigation has been filed in Gujarat High Court by social worker Abduljabbar Ghanchi seeking an order for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Gujarat State …
Ahmedabad: Will the city be grey or green? That's the question before Ahmedabad's citizens and its civic body as a slew of mega civic projects swamp the city, from Bus Rapid Transit System to Kankaria Lake Front Development, Sabarmati River Front Development and numerous other flyovers and railway overbridges. This …
AHMEDBAD: The axe is ready to fall on builders, real-estate developers and mall owners who have till now flouted tree norms with impunity while constructing swanky malls, shopping arcades and multiplexes. One visit to any one of the malls on Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway or at Law Garden gives the real picture …
Not glitz but green is the need of Ahmedabad city now. The soothing comfort of trees and green canopy are sorely missed by people who would want to walk in the greens for respite front the concrete jungle that the city is becoming. Over the years, the city's green cover …
AHMEDABAD: Soon after a course on carbon credits was launched in the most premium management institute of the country, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A ) is exploring options of earning some carbon credits for itself. Akshat Khare - an alumnus of IIM-A from the 2007 batch and was among …
Anisha Mehta & Ragini Bharadwaj | TNN Ahmedabad: Do you know it takes around 10,000 years to decompose a plastic bag? This, and similar questions from youngsters, are proof of rising awareness in a society that considers plastic bags an indispensable part of life. Several youths are determined to leave …
No One Knows Who Should Check The Inflow Of Banned Bags Kumar Manish | TNN After a brief hiatus, those ubiquitous, thin plastic bags are back in circulation in the city! Despite a ban, grocers and milk, vegetable and fruit vendors are using them with impunity, often at the behest …
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat government on Saturday decided to allocate Rs 25 crore each to six municipal corporations, including Ahmedabad, for developing city infrastructure. According to an official release of the state urban development department, AMC has been asked to use the grant for building a four-lane railway over-bridge and a new …
10 Aug 2008, 0433 hrs IST, Vijaysinh Parmar ,TNN AHMEDABAD: When residential societies show consciousness towards the environment by taking initiatives on their own, it's indeed a heartening trend. Manali Apartments, near Indian Institute of Management in Vastrapur, has set an outstanding example of this by implementing an artificial groundwater …
Several cities in India including Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, have begun to take steps to implement fiscal measures to address the problem of air pollution and congestion. Though still very nascent, this is a unique and a very important step forward to use market based instrument to influence consumer …
AHMEDABAD: Sensing the vagaries of nature with rains getting scanty this year in Ahmedabad, officials of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) are chalking out a contingency plan to keep potable water woes away from the city. In the past, Ahmedabad had witnessed water riots over the scarcity of drinking water. To …
This should not surprise many Amdavadis but a recent intra-state passenger traffic study for 2.18 lakh vehicles revealed that a major portion of the commuters travel between Ahmedabad and Rajkot-Saurashtra region. The study was conducted as part of the ambitious Rs 1,100-crore Ahmedabad-Rajkot Access Controlled Corridor. The study by the …
