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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Water woes to end soon, claims AMC
AHMEDABAD : If you have had problems of water pressure at your home or office and resultant water shortage, you have the weak water system of the city to blame. However, there is a silver lining. All of this is set to be rectified. At least that is what Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) authorities claim.
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Mangoes turn deadly
AHMEDABAD: Ayurveda calls it amrit phal, and yet it has become a cause of aliments for many mango lovers in the city.
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City tops UNs green list
AHMEDABAD: In 2003, Central Pollution Control Board gave Ahmedabad the ignominious tag of being the most polluted city in the country, with dangerous levels of lead and sulphur found in the air.
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Godrej's A'bad township makes it to Clinton's CCI programme
AHMEDABAD: Godrej group's proposed 270-acre Ahmedabad township Godrej Garden City has made it to the 16 founding projects being taken up globally by Clinton Climate Initiative's Climate Positive Development Programme (CPDP) for clean and green urban development.
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Afghan team in city to study civic issues
AHMEDABAD: For war-ravaged Afghanistan, resettlement issues and need for planned civic infrastructure have become immediate concerns. In fact, a 14-member delegation from that country is in the city on a three-day visit to study sustainable informal urban settlements, or slums, and issues regarding affordable housing for the poor.
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Locals breaching BRTS
AHMEDABAD: Just a month and a half before its launch, the much-awaited BRTS is facing a damning problem. Rather than a cause for cheer, the closed corridor system of BRTS has resulted into displeasure for residents and commuters.
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Fine, if you breach BRTS corridor
AHMEDABAD: For the time being, Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) has stalled all repairs on the fractured BRTS corridors. But in a month's time, when BRTS buses get ready to roll on the corridor, AJL warns of heavy fines and stringent measures if residents do not respect the corridor.
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City fountains thirsty for water
Ahmedabad : They are no springs of joy anymore. But, mere eyesores. The fountains installed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in various areas of the city do not function. Instead, they have become garbage bins and breeding ground for mosquitoes. And, this after the civic body having spent, on an average, Rs 4 to 5 lakh on their construction.
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BRTS grabs attention on trial run
Ahmedabad : On its trial run, the long-awaited BRTS bus attracted immense attention, arresting the traffic in a jam on Friday evening. Curious commuters stopped to look at BRTS, which started from RTO Circle negotiating heaps of rubble, incomplete roads and vehicles, clocking exactly 37 minutes to cover 12.5 km till Pirana. Unfortunately, BRTS route was not ready for the bus to move smoothly.
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Tanzania team to check out BRTS
Ahmedabad : A five-member team from Tanzania will get a firsthand look at the ongoing Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) project in the city. The team is on a study tour in preparation for launching Dar Rapid Transit (DART), a similar system in East Africa. The DART team has already taken a look at successfully running BRTS projects in Bogota and Curitiba.