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: Waterborne diseases appear to be on the rise in the city. This is evident with two fresh cases of cholera reported in civic body-run hospitals last week. According to the weekly health report issued by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), five cases of cholera were reported in civic body-run hospitals …
A rooftop solar plant at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport commissioned on Tuesday, a statement from airport officials said. "As an initiative towards fulfilment of the government of India's target for installation of 40GW rooftop solar power plants by 2022, Airport Authority of India (AAI) has commissioned a grid-connected …
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has sent a proposal to the state government for entering into a power purchase agreement with two firms that have signed a contract with the AMC for converting domestic garbage into energy. The AMC stated that the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has approved the rate …
Just how many Amdavadis suffered from chikungunya in 2016? Last year, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), which gathers data from more than 150 hospitals, had claimed that just 328 people suffered from chikungunya in the entire year. However, a recent study conducted by just one pathology testing institute in Ahmedabad, …
The causes, conditions and consequences of poor water access in Bombay Hotel locality, a predominantly Muslim informal settlement located in Ahmedabad’s southern periphery, are studied through the lens of urban violence and conflict. This is done by tracing the dynamics of urban planning and governance that have produced two interlinked …
Asthma, chornic bronchitis patients to get SMS alerts. After Delhi, Mumbai and Pune, scientists at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology will set up the System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) in Ahmedabad in March. Health alerts will also be sent via SMS to people suffering from respiratory diseases, …
Children rehearse for the Kite Festival on the riverfront on ThursdayChildren rehearse for the Kite Festival on the riverfront on Thursday Ahmedabad: Chicken and chikungunya are emerging as two major concerns for health officials in Ahmedabad as the city prepares to host the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS)-2017. The reasons …
A team from Health Ministry set to visit the site today. Fearing the spread of avian influenza (H5N1) to other areas, about 1,500 birds, many of them rare, at an animal helpline — Asha Foundation — in Ahmedabad were culled by the state animal husbandry department Wednesday. The process to …
The garbage dump is causing serious health issues for people staying in the areas and may even have led to deaths. The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the state government, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Gujarat Pollution Control Board, following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which seeks …
The world is rapidly becoming urban with the global population living in cities projected to double by 2050. This increase in urbanization poses new challenges for the spread and control of communicable diseases such as malaria. In particular, urban environments create highly heterogeneous socio-economic and environmental conditions that can affect …
AHMEDABAD: Even as the mean temperature in the city continues to dip, the city got no respite from vector-borne diseases. According to the weekly health report by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), the city reported 120 fresh cases of dengue last week. In fact, 198 cases of dengue were reported this …
The toxic cocktail of tiny particulate matter (PM) in Ahmedabad's air this winter may be invisible to our eyes, but these very particles — in copious amounts — seep deep into our lungs, our veins, and our bloodstream and corrode us each day. In winters, the situation gets dangerous as …
A study conducted among 10 Indian metro cities investigates the impact of municipal solid waste and animal birth control programme on stray dog population and its menaces. Its results show statistically strong and positive linkages among the variables such as human population, municipal solid waste, per capita solid waste, food …
Ahmedabad: The state government will give its final touches to a comprehensive air action plan for Ahmedabad city in the coming few days. This will be the second such action plan since 2002. The continuous toxic smoke pumped into our air by the Pirana dump fire, gas leak complaints from …
9 Others Too Saw Similar Rise: Study Delhi is among 10 major cities in the country , which includes all big metros, where the annual mean temperature has risen significantly higher than other cities over the last four decades. A recent study by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) …
The stations are being set up as part of the nationwide System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) under the Union ministry of earth sciences.The stations are being set up as part of the nationwide System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Rese... Read More AHMEDABAD: …
AHEMDABAD: In the last 14 days, the civic body's complaint cell received an overwhelming number of requests from citizens desperately seeking fogging and anti-vector activities in their housing societies. In September alone, the cell received 1,770 complaints, which is by far the highest number in a single month. The highest …
AHMEDABAD: In the past two months, there has been a marked increase in the number of patients of malaria and dengue streaming into government and private hospitals. This has made health officials press the panic button. Till the end of August, Ahmedabad had already recorded 4,782 cases of malaria while …
AHMEDABAD: The monsoon may be on its last leg in the city, but that hasn't kept mosquitoes from keeping on spreading in Ahmedabad. Doctors in municipal corporation hospitals and private general hospitals are now worried about the continuous stream of dengue and malaria cases. Health officials are closely monitoring the …
CPCB monitored air quality at a total of 205 monitoring stations. While the worsening air pollution in the country's metro cities has been under scrutiny of courts and Centre, the air quality across tier-II or million plus cities is equally bad. People in 41 Indian cities with a million plus …
