Ahmedabad : The city crime branch will now probe the racket of illegal trading and recycling of medical and hospital waste. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) authorities submitted a list of 28 suppliers found from a diary during a raid at Ambika Bottle godown in Asarwa, to the crime branch.
Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority has not properly utilised its water supply scheme which was laid to supply potable Narmada water to 1.8 lakh units in western of Ahmedabad, says the CAG report.
AHMEDABAD: In what could be said to pump adrenaline into BRTS project, the Centre has approved a rolling stock stimulus fund of Rs 282 crore for BRTS, new green CNG AMTS and feeder buses for BRTS network for Ahmedabad. These buses would not include the first 50 BRTS buses that have been ordered for 12.5 km stretch between RTO and Pirana.
Ahmedabad: City BRTS is now getting international attention. Delegates from 17 nations were on a two-day tour to Ahmedabad on Monday to review BRTS network in the city. They were part of HUDCO's workshop on Managing Cities in Developing Countries. Environment and Infrastructure Study.' The delegates were approached by the Union ministry for external affairs.
Around 9.09 lakh hectare area has been covered under afforestation in Gujarat during the last 10 years incurring an investment of Rs 2,934.74 crore. This was stated by Union minister of state for environment
AHMEDABAD : Just before Lok Sabha elections, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) unveiled a Rs 285-crore sewerage network for newly-acquired areas of new west zone. Most of the works are being undertaken under JNNURM. The areas to be covered include seven major pockets in the new west zone.
The next addition of solar capacity could come at Ahmedabad or Mysore Bearing manufacturer SKF India has set up a 1-MW roof-top solar plant at its Pune facility and is expected to generate 1.5GwH units
The 12-member committee formed to look into the translocation of Asiatic lions from the Gir sanctuary in Gujarat to Kuno-Palpur in Madhya Pradesh will now study the threat perception to these big cats
Ahmedabad: After winning accolades from world over, the Ahmedabad BRTS has won another national honour.
DEEPAL TRIVEDI AHMEDABAD Oct. 4: The BJP and the Congress fighting local elections on Monday promised to make Ahmedabad slum free city in their manifesto released here ahead of civic bodies polls for which voting will take place on October 10 for six municipal corporations in the state.
Residents in all major Indian cities -Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Mumbai, among others -have been protesting against unscientific dumping of solid waste, but the fact that 70% of
Himanshu Kaushik, TNN, Jul 28, 2010, 12.26am IST AHMEDABAD: Through the Green Ahmedabad campaign, the city aims to set a new record when over 25,000 volunteers will plant seven lakh saplings in a single day on July 31. Earlier, the city was hoping to break the record set by Khemaru village in Dungarpur, Rajasthan, where 300 volunteers had planted 6.11 lakh saplings in a single day.
Upbeat over the outcome of the public hearing on July 19, the state government is looking forward to getting coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance for its ambitious Bhadbhut barrage project soon. It
AHMEDABAD: In Satellite, the occupants of a bungalow got some surprise visitors on Wednesday evening, soon after the downpour and the sudden dip in temperatures. A pair of star turtles seemed to have crawled out of their hiding place after the rain. The downpour also caused a road mishap of sorts in Sardarnagar. A turtle was run over by a vehicle.
AHMEDABAD: Heaps of decaying solid waste lying scattered in dumping sites near the city could actually act as an eco-friendly fuel for industry. Creative Co Ltd, a leading Japanese integrated waste management company, will help Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) execute such a project.
The chairman of Railway Board, secretary in the Department of Expenditure, Secretary DIPP & Foreign Secretary will be part of the committee The Prime Minister’s Office has constituted a committee under
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s objections were brushed aside by the 12 member-committee formed by the Ministry of Forest and Environment for the translocation of lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh. The panel,
The Gujarat high court (HC) on Thursday asked the state government to specify what steps it has taken to implement the schemes that are introduced to make the public distribution system (PDS) effective.
The rankings under Ease of Living Index 2020 were announced for cities with a population of more than a million, and cities with less than a million people. 111 cities participated in the assessment exercise
AHMEDABAD: In order to promote the planned development on coastal areas of the state, the Gujarat government may come up with a special scheme to encourage builders to develop integrated townships near the seashore. While addressing a gathering at the inauguration ceremony of the Godrej township on SG Road, chief minister Narendra Modi said that coastal development through townships is still in
