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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Garbage collection trucks to go hi-tech with GPS
AHMEDABAD: Garbage collection is all set to go hi-tech. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) plans to install Global Positioning System (GPS) in at least 35 hydraulic dumper trucks to be bought at a price of Rs 4.67 crore from Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) funds.
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Now, SMS your monsoon woes to AMC
AHMEDABAD: If you had a drainage block, water logging problems, cave-ins or a storm water drain burst in your area this monsoon, just lodge your complaint to the SMS' complaint redressal Jansuvidha' system and expect a speedy response. The system was first introduced in the new west zone followed by the south zone in recent months and would now be extended to the entire city from Monday next.
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BRTS trial runs till June 9
AHMEDABAD: For the last two days, the Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) is conducting trial runs for BRTS buses in three shifts. The trials will continue till July 9. The basic aim of these special trial runs is to give the bus drivers and the operators a feel of the system. The training is vigorous. It starts at 6.30 am and ends at 9.30 pm.
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Savvy Infra to invest Rs 400 crore in green buildings in two years
Divya Trivedi Ahmedabad, June 29 Betting big on the profitability of
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AMC issues quarantine notice for swine flu
AHMEDABAD: If you shared proximity with a suspected swine flu patient, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has a quarantine notice for you. The notice was brought out after a German national who had complained of tonsillitis was isolated in a ward in VS Hospital.
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Expect rain in city by Friday: IMD
AHMEDABAD: Torrential rains lashed Saurasthra and adjoining areas on the second consecutive day on Wednesday even as the Met department predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall over Saurashtra, Kutch and Diu by Thursday evening. However, rains continued to play hide and seek in Ahmedabad, showing up only in the form of a light drizzle in the evening for a brief while.
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Weather dept to get Doppler Radar for accurate forecasts
Ahmedabad : India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ahmedabad is set to procure a state-of-the-art Doppler Radar to track weather conditions more accurately in and around city. According to IMD officials, this sophisticated weather prediction system that can detect weather conditions within a radius of 500 km, will be in place by next year.
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Link workers' issues may prove fatal for anti-malaria drive
Ahmedabad : Delayed monsoon might have come as a blessing in disguise for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) authorities as they have managed to buy time from the 1,000-odd striking link workers who are responsible for carrying out door-to-door disease detection activities, primarily for anti-malaria drive.
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No smoking area boards now in govt
Vadodara: No smoking area' if you see this board at government offices in Vadodara, Surat and Ahmedabad, thank the RTI applicant from a city-based NGO. His RTI seeking information from all government offices in 12 cities in the state on whether these offices have put up No smoking' in their office premises forced them to act.
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Chug along Sabarmati riverfront aboard metro rail
AHMEDABAD: Imagine travelling by the Sabarmati riverfront in metro rail. This was to be a reality when the ambitious metro project was drawn up. It is not just the Vishala-Akshardham route and the Thaltej-Kalupur corridor that the project was all about.