Urban India’s parking woes: an overview
Vehicular congestion and insufficient parking facilities are significant emerging challenges for India’s mega and metropolitan cities, severely impairing mobility. Although curtailed by constitutional
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Levy tax on tobacco, junk food: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, faculty
AHMEDABAD: A fund for public health should be created by levying specific taxes on tobacco, alcohol, petrol and junk foods, believes Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) faculty Dileep Mavalankar. "Taxes should also be levied on any food item that has more than 10% sugar or fat and has high salt content and accrued to the fund for public health," said Mavalankar in response to a proposal of increasing public expenditure on health suggested by High Level Expert Group (HLEG) appointed by National Planning Commission. He was speaking at a function here organized by India Health Progress on Monday.
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Ahmedabad wins World City Prize
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
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Barren Ahmedabad yearns for green cover
A tree census being conducted by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has come up with this stark data. The city with its population of 55.71 lakh has a meager tree count of 4.40 lakh. That means 0.08 tree per head and just 9.45 trees per hectare. To provide a clearer picture, if Amdavadis were to hunt for natural shade, each tree - big or small - will have 12 to 13 persons vying for a small piece shade.
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Water woes not over for new west zone’s commercial bldgs
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.
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State sends its long list of demands to Guj railway ministers
AHMEDABAD: Gujaratis have high hopes from the Railway Budget to be announced on Wednesday given that perhaps for the first time both Union railway ministers are Gujaratis. Dinesh Trivedi is originally from Kutch and now lives in West Bengal, while Bharat Solanki is the Anand MP. But sources say there is no point in expecting a bonanza as only a few of the requests are likely to be considered in the end
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Proposed parking policy may add to chaos
AHMEDABAD: The parking policy for Amdavadis, recently submitted to the JNNURM committee for approval, according to urban planners is a milder version of the one proposed by Bangalore and implemented in
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Parking woes to reduce in city?
AHMEDABAD: Parking lots of most malls display a warning: Park at your own risk - the mall will take no responsibility for theft or damage caused to the car. But the proposed parking policy of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will ensure parking contractors can't skip this responsibility and much more. The 10-page policy, sent to JNNURM recently for approval, is set to change the way you park your car in the city. AMC has suggested increasing parking space and keeping moderate parking charges. This involves identifying scope for on-street parking along designated roads.
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Govt earmarks Rs 500 cr for Metro project
AHMEDABAD: The city has over 30 lakh vehicles, which include 20 lakh two-wheelers. This is 22 per cent of the total vehicles registered in Gujarat, the state assembly on Thursday was informed by urban development minister Nitin Patel in his reply to Naroda MLA Mayaben Kodnani's question. The minister said that to ease off congestion on the city roads, the government has taken measures like Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) and Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro project.
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JnNURM nod to Rs 15.9 crore e-governance project
AHMEDABAD: The ambitious Rs 15.9 crore e-governance project for Ahmedabad city has finally been given the nod by the JnNURM committee. The project once implemented will not only strengthen electronic interface between the public and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), but also bring in transparency in taxation issues.
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Urban air pollution and co-benefits analysis for Indian cities
Accelerating growth in the transport sector, a booming construction industry, and a growing industrial sector are responsible for worsening air pollution in Indian cities. While estimates of health impacts