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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Sanand farmers file petition on Nano land compensation
Ahmedabad: The farmers of Khoda village in Sanand taluka on Wednesday moved Gujarat High Court seeking direction to the state government that it should give compensation towards market value of their land sold to Tata Motors for the upcoming Nano project.
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Public awareness needed to protect environment
Ahmedabad: In India, where the right to a healthy environment is not enshrined as a fundamental right in the Constitution, Supreme Court(SC) has interpreted Article 21 of the Constitution, the right to life, as encompassing the right to healthy environment.
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'No car zone' for a day
Ahmedabad : Are you prepared to leave your car home and choose public transport for a day? It could be a Sunday or any weekday of the month. This could happen if the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the traffic police with people's co-operation identify a stretch in the city as
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Equine flu spreads to Gujarat
AHMEDABAD : Horses all over the country are falling prey to equine influenza (EI). And, the virus has raised its head in the state too. As per a survey commissioned by the army across India recently, it's been found that 5,400 horses are infected so far.
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AMC yet to set speed limits for buses
AHMEDABAD : In the coming week, the Ahmedabad Municipal Tranport Service (AMTS) would install Global Positioning System (GPS) in 200 buses both owned by AMTS and private buses. But a key factor that has been ignored in the process is the safety of operation of buses on city roads.
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Riverfront project should integrate social values
Ahmedabad : The workshop on Sabarmati river basin in CEPT University kicked off on Monday with eminent architect and urban planner Bernard Kohn addressing a group of students. Kohn pointed out that the project was an opportunity for city to express its civic choices and that project in whichever way should integrate social values of the city'.
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Ride your bicycle beside the BRTS
Ahmedabad : The city could well get to see its first bicycle lanes by 2009. The entire network of BRTS corridor will have bicycle lanes alongside by then. These will be no ordinary lanes occupied by squatters or hawkers. It will be an exclusive zone for those who want to pedal hard.
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On BRTS road, pedestrian is king
Ahmedabad : It is not be long before you could stop a barrage of vehicles heading your way while you cross a busy road in Ahmedabad
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BRTS was an obstacle race against time
Ahmedabad: When JNNURM was launched by Government of India, Ahmedabad BRTS was first-of-its-kind in the country. For the first six months, we were hunting for an agency in this country that could appraise our project.
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AMCs tinkering delays BRTS project by 3 months
Paul John | TNN