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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From garbage dump to green haven
AHMEDABAD: What was a stinking garbage dump in Ramnagar, Sabarmati, till four years ago, is now a verdant garden with 800 different species of trees and fragrant flowers blossoming there. Sai Garden has become a green haven for children and elderly.
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City to get 6 lakh more trees
AHMEDABAD: Realizing the folly of a missing green cover in the city and with the threat of global warming looming, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is all geared to make the city greener with its
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Closed mills, disappearing trees
Increasing the green cover in Gujarat may be high on government's agenda but the court is already questioning its 'negligence' about protecting trees.
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Is city's development at cost of its green space?
Ahmedabad: Will the city be grey or green?
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Stricter rules to curb tree-felling
AHMEDBAD: The axe is ready to fall on builders, real-estate developers and mall owners who have till now flouted tree norms with impunity while constructing swanky malls, shopping arcades and multiple
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Growing city gasps for green cover
Not glitz but green is the need of Ahmedabad city now.
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AMC, ADB to ensure 24-hr water supply
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Alumnus to 'light' up campus with solar power
AHMEDABAD: Soon after a course on carbon credits was launched in the most premium management institute of the country, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A ) is exploring options of earning some carbon credits for itself. Akshat Khare - an alumnus of IIM-A from the 2007 batch and was among the six students who had ventured on their own - is helping the institute explore the option of using solar energy to illuminate the campus.
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GenNext aware of environmental hazard
Anisha Mehta & Ragini Bharadwaj | TNN Ahmedabad: Do you know it takes around 10,000 years to decompose a plastic bag? This, and similar questions from youngsters, are proof of rising awareness in a society that considers plastic bags an indispensable part of life. Several youths are determined to leave a green and clean planet for the generations to come. Sonali Chauhan, student of St Xavier
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PLASTIC BAG ban carries no weight
No One Knows Who Should Check The Inflow Of Banned Bags Kumar Manish | TNN After a brief hiatus, those ubiquitous, thin plastic bags are back in circulation in the city! Despite a ban, grocers and milk, vegetable and fruit vendors are using them with impunity, often at the behest of customers. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) had banned the sale and use of plastic bags whose thickness is less than 20 microns with effect from April 1, 2007. The civic body had also planned to