Ahmedabad : With the Sanand Nano plant slated to get operational by the year-end, residents in and around the taluka are gearing up for the big job hunt. Nearly 1,200 youth from around 42 villages in Sanand are equipping themselves with a variety of skills. They're training to be drivers, gardeners, security guards
Ahmedabad : This was a market that was just getting organised, catering to a segment that cared more for brands than the used' tag. But Nano is likely to upset its plans a bit. Used car dealers are now thinking of the future of their business after this affordable car rolls out, which will give people a new product for the price of old.
Ritu Khatri & Yagnesh Gosai | TNN Ahmedabad: This is not Europe, but a sight from the suburbs around the city Drive into Shilaj, Ghuma, Manipur and Godhavi areas which are seen as promising localities realty-wise, and you will find huge white mass of foam floating on the road or embedded in the bushes, looking like snow.
Ahmedabad PSA Peugeot Citroën, France’s largest carmaker and Europe’s second largest, will invest R4,000 crore to build a factory at Sanand near Ahmedabad for 1,65,000 cars yearly and creating 5,000 direct jobs. The integrated manufacturing plant, which will come up in 600 acre, will roll out its first Peugeot car in 2014, over a decade after the company left India following a bitter parting with its former partner Premier Automobiles.
Gives Nod To Raze Buildings On Narol-Naroda Stretch For Road Widening Kevin Antao Saeed Khan | TNN Ahmedabad: Finally, Gujarat High Court gave a green signal on Saturday for demolition drive in order to widen roads for the ongoing BRTS project in Naroda area.
Ahmedabad: For a long time the city has been careless with potable water supply and the authorities, under political pressure, have been avoiding reforms leading to wastage and unaccountable use of water. If price-sensitive Amdavadis are known for judicious spending, they do not seem to respect water. No wonder JNNURM refused to fund any of the water supply projects of the city.
Ahmedabad: Here’s one more reason for Amdavadis to feel proud of their city. After the TOIIMRB survey ranked Ahmedabad as the most liveable city in the country recently, it has now got special mention at the recently concluded Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize (WCP). Instituted by the Singapore Redevelopment Authority, WCP is a biennial international award recognizing individuals and organizations for outstanding contribution to creating vibrant, liveable and sustainable urban communities. The awards will be given away in the upcoming
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued fresh guidelines for chemical industries and common effluent treatment plants (CETPs). The new guidelines have made it mandatory for industries and
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.
Ahmedabad: For almost six years commercial buildings in the newly acquired areas in the new west zone of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) have been denied water connections. These areas include Bodakdev, Thaltej, Vejalpur, Jodhpur gam, Ghatlodiya, Chandlodiya, Ranip and Kali. The issue had been in the backburner for long and has often led to brawls between the political and executive wings of the AMC. This time, some members of the standing committee are planning to take this issue up with the municipal commissioner.
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 till Pirana. Unfortunately, BRTS route was not ready for the bus to move smoothly.
Rahul Mangaonkar & Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: If racketeers bottling water containing harmful microbial organisms in appalling conditions and peddling it as an ISI marked product were posing a grave risk to public life, licensed '1ST manufacturers fare no better.
Ahmedabad: The deadly hepatitis-B virus claimed its 58th victim in Meghraj taluka in Sabarkantha on Monday A harried health department has now concentrated its surveillance in Idar taluka as fresh cases have been traced to this area. With this 53 fresh cases have been reported in the last few days, most of them in Sabarkantha.
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 taken a look at successfully running BRTS projects in Bogota and Curitiba.
Rahul Mangaonkar & Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: So you don't feel a threat from the needles which are causing a hepatitis epidemic? Listen, that 'trusted' ISI mark on your 20-litre jar of so-called "ozonised mineral drinking water" could be fake!
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat High Court cleared another hurdle for the state government and Tata Motors, as it dismissed a PIL challenging sanction of 1,100 acres of land for Nano car project near Sanand on Monday. The high court has also upheld the procedure followed by administration to sell plot to the company.
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has green designs for the city this monsoon and will initiate a plantation drive from July 10. The parks and garden department of AMC will be planting 2.9 lakh trees in different parts of the city. Deputy municipal commissioner and incharge of parks & garden, SK Langa said,
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has finally got into action and plans to fix responsibility and accountability of illegal recycling of hospital waste on the point of generation of the waste the Doctor's clinic.
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.
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