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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TERI meet to promote green buildings
Vasundhara Vyas Mehta | TNN Ahmedabad: With an annual increase in the built-up area of residential and commercial buildings by 10 per cent, the projected annual increase in the energy demand is 5.4 billion kWh. The need of the hour is to design and construct
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Govt proposes 2 more bullet trains
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government wants two more bullet trains to run within the state, one of them between Ahmedabad and Dwarka via Rajkot and Jamnagar, while the second would between Rajkot and Veraval via Junagadh.
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City to be showcased in Europe
Ahmedabad: The city and new Raipur have been chosen by the European Commission promoted body called International Co-operation for New Town Exchange (ICNTE) to showcase some of the best municipal practices before member nations.
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Narol-Jashodanagar BRTS route to start soon
Ahmedabad: Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS) will now extensively cover eastern parts of the city with its three kilometre long stretch between Narol and Jashodanagar becoming operational on Wednesday. There would be at least five bus stops on this route and four new BRTS buses would be added to the existing fleet.
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BRTS route to get green look
Ahmedabad: In a bid to make the newly-constructed BRTS route from Narol to Naroda Patia green, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has budgeted Rs 24 lakh. Saplings will be planted on BRTS median and traffic island on the route. Recently, AMC floated tenders for 60,511 sq metre of area on BRTS route from Narol-Naroda expressway junction-Viratnagar-Naroda Patia. According
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A mammoth question for Kankaria zoo
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Expensive 24x7 water supply plan shelved
Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: For now, the idea of a 24x7 water supply system in the city has been shelved. Four years ago, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) had conducted a detailed survey to gauge whether a private contractor supplying water and charging a fee by metering a consumer
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Vulture population may have shrunk to less than 1,000
Count Is Expected To Register A Drop Of 35 Per Cent Over Last Census Figure Of 1,431 Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The vulture count in the state may for the first time plummet to three digits, registering a drop of over 35 per cent over the last count in 2007 that was 1,431. The good news, however, is that the city of Ahmedabad has more or less maintained its count of 270 vultures.
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No takers for BRTS pay & park contract
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is facing with a tough task finding bidders for parking contracts at three sites below flyovers on Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) routes, including AEC, Memnagar and Shivranjani.
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Vietnam officials visit Ahmedabad to study BRTS
With DaNang, the third largest city in Vietnam, being void of a public transport facility, a delegation comprising city officials were on a visit to Ahmedabad to study the Janmarg - Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS).