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Soon, city to get GPRS-guided parking system

Friday 23 January '09

Problems relating to vehicular traffic and lack of parking space may soon become a thing of the past, with Asia Everest, an Israel-based company...
Modi likens safai karamcharis to priests, gets back a load of demands from angry workers

Thursday 22 January '09

Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s attempt to woo the safai karamcharis (sanitary workers) at a felicitation prgramme by comparing them to temple priests backfired after the workers’...
Deal inked for corridor project worth Rs 1,100 cr

Tuesday 20 January '09

The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority has signed a pact with the Galaxy Group of Companies for the Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad-Vododara Corridor Project.
AUDA ties up with private players for infrastructure development

Monday 19 January '09

The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA) has signed MoUs with private construction companies and realtors to bring in huge infrastructure projects to the city and its peripheries.
Lack of donors, set-up make cadaver transplant a failure

Friday 16 January '09

In the absence of willing donors, the doctors wanting to make cadaver transplant a success in Gujarat have been facing difficult times.
Modi’s ‘Taj Mahal’ to displace 35,000 families, says IIM-A study

Wednesday 14 January '09

They say its Modi’s ‘Taj Mahal’, but the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project, which is expected to attract maximum attention during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit 2009...
Truckers’ strike paralyses export-import business

Sunday 11 January '09

The nationwide strike of truck drivers at the time of economic meltdown has paralysed many businesses in the state. The inland container depots (ICD) and port godowns are teeming with tonnes of goods...
Private buses to remain off roads today

Friday 9 January '09

Nine private bus operators in the city were arrested on Thursday in connection to the strike called by them to protest against the ‘increasing taxes’, diesel prices and restriction on their entry in the city.
Alternate site enrages slum dwellers, activists

Wednesday 7 January '09

More than 200 families staying in Macchipir Indira Society of Maninagar have been issued notices to shift to Piplag for an alternative rehabilitation to make way for yet another infrastructure development project of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).
Housing Board to construct LIG, MIG houses in seven cities

Tuesday 6 January '09

The Gujarat Housing Board has come up with a project to provide low-cost housing to lower and middle income groups in the state.
Visually-impaired show the way in 12th Annual Round Table Car Rally

Monday 5 January '09

Altogether 117 cars participated, each with a differently-abled instructor guiding the driver with the help of Braille maps They say the mind can see things that the eye cannot.
Too many cooks spoil the broth: Sarkhej Roza ‘stinks’ of govt apathy

Friday 26 December '08

Out of the many monuments in the city, Sarkhej Roza seems to have got maximum 'attention' from government and non-government organisations for its maintenance and protection.
Manhole death: child’s family finally breaks silence

Friday 26 December '08

A misty-eyed father, sitting among visitors offering condolences, breaks down as he shows the favourite toy of his son.
World to see Kankaria Lake post image makeover on Christmas Day

Tuesday 23 December '08

The state government and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation have organised a weeklong gala carnival to celebrate the opening of the renovated Kankaria Lake on December 25.
Nikaahnama promises to defend bridal rights

Monday 22 December '08

Shaheen Bano was one of the girls who got married at a mass nikaah in the Vejalpur area of the city on Sunday.
Gujarat cops ill-equipped to handle traffic

Tuesday 16 December '08

Traffic is a perennial problem in Gujarat. This is despite the fact that traffic management is the most vital aspect of training of the traffic policemen.
In absence of full-timers, AMTS bus drivers take to multi-tasking

Friday 12 December '08

The drivers employed by the Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) seem to be skilled in multi-tasking.
Post-merger with housing board, Gujarat Slum Clearance Board suffers from identity crisis

Wednesday 10 December '08

“Has Gujarat become totally slum free? Then why has the state government discontinued a board specifically working for slums? With the formation of new infrastructure bodies every other day in Gujarat...
New govt move to include economically weaker sections in posh townships

Sunday 7 December '08

The state government has decided to promote ‘sustainable’ urban infrastructure of Gujarat through the integrated township policy during the Global Investors’ Summit 2009 to be held next month.
Cleaners of the city don’t have a place to call home

Thursday 4 December '08

The state may be rich when it comes to housing policies and schemes for the under-privileged. But in reality, most of it is on paper. The poor, especially the Dalits, still await a roof over their heads.
Long distance woes: Private bus operators seek public help to take on top cop

Tuesday 2 December '08

The police commissioner’s decision to disallow long distance private luxury buses inside the city has not gone down well with the private bus operators here.
Here, addiction to drugs catches the young

Monday 1 December '08

Intoxication is a way of life with the children living in the slums of Ahmedabad. Most of them are addicted to white ink, kerosene, petrol, tobacco and coal to name a few.
Seven months on, report on Bodeli mishap not yet out

Monday 1 December '08

It has been more than seven months since 32 girls died after a state transport bus plunged into the Narmada canal near Bodeli.
Video-Tracking System in buses may not end commuters’ woes

Friday 28 November '08

Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Services (AMTS) has announced the launch of its Video-Tracking System in city buses to keep a tab on the movement of the buses in the city.
Hoopla over heritage: AMC and ASI sing different tunes

Monday 24 November '08

Of late, there have been quite a few instances wherein differences between the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have come to the fore.
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