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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Efficient solution for urban mobility
The Ahmedabad BRTS- or Janmarg- is aimed at enhancing efficiency in public transport system in order to provide a solution to increasing congestion and air pollution in the city.
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US study dips into walled city tanks for green wisdom
AHMEDABAD: Methodical ways of traditional rainwater harvesting fascinated her from childhood. And now, Keya Majmundar - who grew up in a pol and is currently based in the US - has had her research paper
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Six years on, city still wrestles with JNNURM
As the Coimbatore Corporation Mayor and Commissioner take off to New Delhi to attend a conference on the eve of the sixth year of the implementation of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission,
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Almost 50% HIV affected are under 30, study reveals
AHMEDABAD: An all-India survey conducted ahead of 'World AIDS Day' on Thursday indicates that maximum incidence of HIV in both men and women was reported in age group of under 30 years. A total 9,18,277
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Groundwater levels in Ahmedabad take another deep plunge
AHMEDABAD: If water was available at 63 meters underground in 1997 in the city, it is now available at around 100 meters. A recent study has revealed that ground water levels in Ahmedabad have dropped
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Enough land for housing urban poor: Cept
AHMEDABAD: Contradicting general perception that there is not enough land for accommodating the poor in the AMC city limits, a study by Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (Cept) University
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AMC readying master plan to fight dengue
AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) aims to ready the master plan to combat the outbreak of diseases three months in advance. Talking to reporters, AMC commissioner Guruprasad Mohapatra
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Parking to become 'public' soon
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is all set to carry its biggest demolition drive in the central business districts to clear encroachments from parking space. It has already prepared a list of over 250 commercial buildings and hyper-marts in west and new west zones where ground floor parking space have been illegally converted into service areas, restaurants or being used for private parking. The buildings where the margin area has been illegally extended onto the roads too are on the list.
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ICECD charts new biz path for tribals
About 2,065 tribals from across Gujarat have been taken under the wing of International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (ICECD), Ahmedabad in order to build their economical independence.
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Deadly dengue: Private hospitals too record alarming rise in cases
AHMEDABAD: The attack of dengue and malaria in the city may be more severe than what is reflected by the figures given out by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). The situation is grave as the civic