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
Ahmedabad (T)
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Animal activist, AMC spat turns ugly
Warden Threatens To Sabotage Heritage City Status Bid Ahmedabad: The spat between animal rights activist and Canadian national Lisa Warden and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) turned ugly on Wednesday. Warden threatened to lobby against Ahmedabad getting the world heritage city status by Unesco, while AMC officials said they would file a legal suit against the activist.
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BRTS on green track
Paul John | TNN
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Cycle tracks are a joke
Kevin Antao | TNN Ahmedabad: The first bicycling club of city on Friday issued a warning to Amdavadis who plan to ride on BRTS cycle tracks on World Environment Day.
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Refuse stations to help rid city of garbage vans
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The ugly-looking garbage vans, spilling filth on city roads will be things of the past soon. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) plans to introduce refuse transfer stations in three locations in the city. If implemented successfully, not just the number of vehicles carrying garbage will be reduced, but it will also cut down carbon emissions.
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We need trees to wipe out soot city tag
Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: The biggest concern for Amdavadis today are the increasing greenhouse gases and the depleting tree cover. Ahmedabad was rated as the third highest greenhouse gas emitter after Kolkata and Vizag among 25 Indian cities in the country
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One more feather in the cap for city BRTS
Ahmedabad: The new mode of transport in the city,Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), popularly known as Janmarg in the city, won another international accolade after being declared joint runners up of
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Heat wave: over 50 dead in city
Ahmedabad: Four more people died of heat stroke in the city on Thursday. All of them were elderly people. With this the total death toll has risen to 51 in the city. At least three patients were brought to VS hospital while one death was recorded in LG hospital.
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Heat turns killer for new-borns
Ahmedabad: A seven-day-old boy, who is yet to be named, is hooked to the ventilator, fighting for life. He has suffered serious damage to his kidneys and is on dialysis. The infant has not suffered any infection or congenital damage, he is a victim of the recent heat wave that has already claimed nearly 50 lives in the city in less than a week.
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Mercury dips but death toll mounts to 47
Dust Storm Replaces Heat Wave
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Why does ahmedabad sizzle?
We are paying the price for creating a garish city in the name of development. The city