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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Corporate honchos at IIM-A programme have green aspirations
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Nightingale hailed Abads hygienic life
AHMEDABAD: Florence Nightingale, whose caring hand during World War-I made her the famous nurse ever, was also an authority on sanitation. Florence never shared the British officials
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AMC urban housing for poor plan to be replicated in country
AHMEDABAD: An Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) plan to build upto 20,000 houses for urban poor in the city is turning out to be a pilot project which will be replicated in other parts of the country as well.
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He spoke for farmers
AHMEDABAD: His RTI application was responsible for Gujarat government finally succumbing to the fact that there were farmers suicides in Gujarat and that they were happening in large numbers. For the first time, the state government admitted that they were because of crop failure, debt and family nourishment issues.
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Govt directs private doctors to report H1N1 cases
AHMEDABAD: Private doctors in the state have been directed to report any person showing symptoms of H1N1 who may have missed the surveillance system at the international airport terminal. This is possible because the virus has an incubation of seven to 10 days.
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AMC to crack whip on societies for misusing tree space
AHMEDABAD: Housing societies who have deviated from their commitment of maintaining trees on their premises after obtaining Building Use' (BU) permission are in for a flak.
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Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro project: Is there light at the end of Metro tunnel?
AHMEDABAD: Four years after Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) submitted its feasibility report on Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro in June 2005, there seems to be a renewed buzz in the state urban development ministry. But, if one goes by the DMRC report, a cost of Rs 40 lakh for each day delayed was calculated for the project.
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PETA sounds caution against anthrax
AHMEDABAD: That meat you are about to gobble may be buzzing with anthrax virus, ready to eat you up instead! Conveying this message were four PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) volunteers at Law Garden on Wednesday afternoon.
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Delhi Metro to discuss Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar link
AHMEDABAD: The ambitious Rs 7,000-crore Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro rail project has been put on the fast track. A team of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will meet Chief Minister Narendra Modi soon to chalk out a roadmap for the project, including discussions on land availability.
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Forest dept failed to sniff plot against Lion conservation for 27 yrs
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat forest department apparently does not seem to have any problem with constructions taking place inside the Gir jungle to make way for fresh human habitation right in the Asiatic lion's den.