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The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) approved a request to reimburse the medical expenses incurred outside of Gujarat for a cancer patient owing to a lack of facilties in the state. An official in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s account department had brain tumour cancer. Since there was no provision for protein therapy in Gujarat, the official […]
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is gearing up to construct Ganesh Kunds along the banks of the Sabarmati River and various lakes within the city. However, there’s a significant change in the cost compared to the previous year. This year, the expenses to build the temporary Ganesh Visharan Kund (temporary water tanks) are expected to […]
When Arnazbanu arrived for a function organised by her school to honour Class 10 and Class 12 on Independence Day, she expected to be the first to be called on stage. After all, with a score of 87% in Class 10, she was the topper. That was not to be. In what appears to be a case […]
Despite significant financial investments over the years to stem air pollution, Ahmedabad has earned the dubious distinction of being ranked first among the most polluted cities in the country, according to the Central Forest Department. With the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) failing to replenish the city with an adequate green cover, people are facing severe […]
Amid welcome monsoon rains, a new concern has hit the residents of Ahmedabad – that is rising murkiness in the city’s water supply. Though turbidity is not a new problem for the city, the solution Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has adopted certainly is — at least so far financial prudence is concerned. Instead of cost-effective […]
Five years ago, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) awarded a significant drainage project valued at Rs 5.59 crore to NP Patel & Co. However, recent investigations by the AMC vigilance department have brought to light severe compromises in the project’s quality. According to the vigilance report, the contractor will have to refund Rs 1.76 crore, […]
In a recent incident on the bank of the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad, a young woman had a harrowing experience while kayaking. The incident occurred on a Saturday, where her kayak overturned, putting her at risk. Fortunately, she was rescued by vigilant bystanders who had also saved her from a similar situation two months back. […]
Around 10 months back, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) floated tenders for two significant projects aimed at constructing new Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) and upgrading existing ones in the city. The projects valued at Rs. 1057 crores were funded through a loan from the esteemed World Bank. However, due to unforeseen circumstances both tenders had to […]
Following the recent ruling by the Gujarat High Court on the matter of stray cattle in Ahmedabad city, the Standing Committee convened today and gave its approval to a policy aimed at preventing and controlling cruelty towards cattle in the city. As per the newly approved policy, it is now mandatory for individuals to possess […]
Riding on the demands by a section of leaders and officials of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to award the lease of Jaldhara Water Park, Kankaria to the previous contractor, the Standing Committee silently approved the same. Previously, a dispute had arisen over the denial of work to the contractor, accompanied by allegations of corruption. In […]
For the first time in India, let alone in Gujarat, affluent residents of Ahmedabad will soon have the opportunity to own boats or yachts and secure parking spaces on the Sabarmati River, emulating the offerings of foreign river side destinations. The Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Ltd., overseen by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, is taking strides […]
Instances of large-scale irregularities in the works of the Ahmedabad Metropolitan Municipality are often highlighted, Lambha Ward being a case in point. Five years ago, the Rs 5.59-crore project of laying a systematic drainage network in Lambha ward by the municipal corporation was assigned to contractor NP Patel & Company. Investigating the project, the Vigilance […]
Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner M Thennarasan had conducted a surprise inspection to a water pumping station, near Bodakdev ward, in November last year. During the inspection, it was discovered that there was not enough staff present in the pumping station to conduct surveillance checks, as per the specifications of the tender. This raised concerns about the […]
Call it the Kiran Patel effect or an increased vigilance on behalf of the security agencies, but nobody wants to take a chance with the VVIP security. Vibes Of India has learnt that the Ahmedabad Police asked the city Urban Development Authority (AUDA) to install view-cutters at Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s residence in Ahmedabad’s […]
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is getting its act ready to demolish the shoddily built Hatkeshwar flyover after its three-member expert panel ruled in favour of bringing down the structure, shared sources. Once that happens, the Hatkeshwar flyover, built in 2017, will become the first bridge in Gujarat to be demolished within such a short period. […]
The change of prasad at Gujarat’s Ambaji temple has become a contentious issue, with thousands of devotees gathering for protests. Upholding a 46-year tradition, the temple would offer Mohanthal as prasad, a sweet made of gram flour, ghee, sugar and milk. The temple announced that going forward it would distribute chikki, a sweet made of […]
Senior officials of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) have put top BJP leaders in the city, including Mayor Kirit Parmar and Standing Committee chairman Hitesh Barot in a fix. The Mayor and the BJP corporators were surprised to find the AMC officials having tabled a proposal to hand over the management of two sports complexes […]
After a small but vociferous group’s protest on social media over the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) erasing Mahatma Gandhi’s image from the pillar of the Arun Jaitley flyover over the Income-Tax crossroads and replacing it with Savarkar’s portrait, the civic body overnight erased Savarkar’s image as well. Savarkar’s image has come up on the pillar that is located right in […]
Veer Savarkar has been jostling with Mahatma Gandhi for space in the Indian textbooks for the past few years now, courtesy the leanings of the present dispensation in New Delhi. But the brazenness with which the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) erased Mahatma Gandhi’s image from the pillar of a flyover that has come up over […]
While the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad is being redeveloped at total outlay of Rs 1,290 crore, the museum at the site of Gandhi’s birthplace in Porbandar, has been left to neglect. Kirti Mandir, as the museum is called, is located adjacent to Gandhiji’s ancestral house. It is part of the complex. Currently, the first and […]
