240 chemical units flouting norms
Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that 240 complaints of irregularities have been reported about chemical units in Ahmedabad city and district. The state government was replying to the question
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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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.
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Project that made promises galore
AHMEDABAD: If the BRTS promised you a bus every 3 minutes during peak hours and every six minutes during off-peak hours, the metro rail frequency was designed for a metro every 5 minutes during the peak hours while it extended to 15 minutes during off-peak hours. Not only this, the proposed Ahmedabad metro was designed to handle 32 per cent more passengers than Delhi metro.
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AMC moves to buy 480 BRTS buses
AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL), the governing body for Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) operations, is wasting no time in purchasing 480 buses to run on feeder and main routes. The proposal for purchasing the buses has to be sent to the Union urban development ministry to avail the rolling stock fund by June 30 under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
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Snakes surface in posh parts of city
AHMEDABAD: Some posh addresses in the city are reporting new claimants. Or maybe old claimants are returning to haunt the new ones! Suddenly, with monsoons getting closer, snakes are surfacing in these areas taking residents by surprise.
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First swine flu case surfaces in Gujarat
PALANPUR/AHMEDABAD: The first case of suspected swine flu in Gujarat was reported from Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district on Tuesday evening. An 11-yearold girl who landed from Michigan on Sunday reported symptoms of swine flu and her blood and throat swab samples have been sent to National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) for confirmation.
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Anaconda beside you, frogs over your head
Kankaria Zoo Will Soon Have India's First Double-decker Enclosure To House Reptiles And Amphibians
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Amul Dairy reaches Historic turnover of Rs 1,378 crore
Vadodara: Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers Union Limited (KDCMPUL), popularly known as Amul Dairy, has registered annual turnover of Rs 1,378 crore this year, the highest in the history of the dairy. Beating the recessionary trend, the dairy has registered 28 per cent growth with additional turnover of Rs 301 crore. Last year, Amul diary's annual turnover stood at Rs 1,077 crore.
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Major dams have just 20 % of water
Himanshu Kaushik I TNN Gandhinagar: Of the 193 small, medium and major irrigation dams in the state, only two have 40 to 60 per cent water of their storage capacity. These dams, which are the major source of drinking water in rural areas and towns have just 20.7 per cent of water as against their storage capacity.
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Tackling Crisis, This Village Will Soon Have Water 24/7
Vijaysinh Parmar I TNN Mandva (Porbandar district): Women in Mandva village in Kutiyanataluka, Porbandar district, are a happy lot. Unlike their counterparts in many other villages, they don't have to walk miles to fetch water. Interestingly, in this very village water used to be distributed through cards because of severe shortage.
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Land acquisition major problem: GIDB
Rajiv Shah ITNN Gandhlnagar: Despite claims that land acquisition for development is a smooth affair in Gujarat, a top-level policy document has described it as a major problem for developing infrastructure projects across the state and that opposition to the process has increased considerably.