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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Clean fuel regime: 25,000 vehicles may face registration problem
BS III, II fuel availability causes confusion in 13 cities. Murali Gopalan One month into the new clean fuel regime finds the auto sector struggling with vehicle supply schedules and facing the prospect of stocks not being registered in metros with tighter emission norms.
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Women and landed property in urban India
<p>This paper examines land tenure in informal urban settlements in India from a gender perspective through field research conducted in Ahmedabad in collaboration with the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). The author describes the formal and informal tenure arrangements that were in place in these settlements and analyses their implications for women.
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Now, wind-powered green apartments in city
Paul John | TNN
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Do we really care for mother earth?
Or Is Earth Day Just Another Date On The Calendar? Ankur Jain | TNN
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A BRTS ride to the zoo
Esther David My friend from Israel was recently in Ahmedabad and wanted to see the zoo. She had already stayed here for four days and we would go sightseeing in an autorickshaw.
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Ellisbridge to go & come back as BRTS route
Ahmedabad: After considerable deliberations, the engineering division of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has opined that the 120-year-old Ellisbridge be pulled down in order to bring it back to its old glory. When rebuilt, the plan is to run the BRTS bus on it as an exclusive corridor that would look just like the original when the steel arches are placed back.
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Dengue now an endemic disease, says AMC
Stored water ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes in summer Ahmedabad: Rising mercury level have provided conducive environment for breeding of aedes aegypti mosquito on account of accumulating stagnant water. According to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), more than 55 cases of dengue have been reported till now.
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Police station limits being redrawn, thanks to riverfront
Parth Shastri | TNN Ahmedabad: The Sabarmati riverfront project may work wonders for the city with the river
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Fuel prices to go up in 13 cities
Sandeep Joshi NEW DELHI: From Thursday, petrol and diesel prices will go up in 13 cities, including the four metros, where stricter Bharat Stage-IV emissions norms are being implemented, requiring the sale of upgraded and less polluting fuel.
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Diesel, petrol to cost more as 13 cities shift to Euro-IV fuel norms
The prices of petrol and diesel will increase by Rs 0.50 and Rs 0.26 a litre, respectively, from April 1 in 13 big cities that switch to cleaner Euro-IV grade fuel.