Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) launched a pilot project using IoT-based technology to curb noise pollution caused by excessive honking across the city. Under the initiative, YHonk devices developed by YHonk Technology Private Limited will be installed in select municipal vehicles to monitor and analyse honking patterns through noise sensors.The data collected by the…
Under the revised order, the Ahmedabad city DEO office has been split into east and west zones, with the Sabarmati as the dividing line Ahmedabad: The Gujarat education department has revised its order bifurcating district education officer offices in six districts after its earlier decision drew criticism for ignoring municipal corporation limits and creating jurisdictional…
The relative humidity (RH) was 73% at 8.30am, which reduced to 50% at 5.30pm Ahmedabad: Several pockets of the state may experience “above normal to appreciably above normal” maximum temperatures for the next three days, indicated India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast on Tuesday. It is primarily due to the absence of rainfall with no major…
Ahmedabad: The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) on Tuesday seized Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 18.6 lakh in two separate raids in Banaskantha and Kheda districts. They arrested one man and booked 13 others under the prohibition act.In the first case, an SMC team raided a place near Jagatpura Patiya on the Palanpur-Ambaji Highway…
Ahmedabad: Waterborne illnesses continue to mount in Ahmedabad as monsoon progresses, with 345 fresh cases of diarrhoea, typhoid and jaundice reported in the first 12 days of July. Civic health data released by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Tuesday also flagged contaminated water samples from parts of the city, underscoring concerns over water quality…
Ahmedabad: A passenger train coach at the Sabarmati Kaligam railway yard caught fire on Tuesday afternoon. There were no casualties as the coach was not in service at the time of the incident, Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) officers said.According to AFES officers, railway staff alerted the fire control room as flames spread through…
Ahmedabad: Barely a year after its inauguration, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) Rs 58 crore Vastral Sports Complex has come under scrutiny after water began leaking from the gym ceiling during the rain. Videos of the incident went viral on social media, prompting the civic body to order a site inspection and initiate a probe.On…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is set to prepare a 30-year master plan (up to 2057) for the city’s drainage and stormwater network. It proposed appointing IIT Gandhinagar for the exercise at a cost of Rs 8 crore. The proposal will be placed before the standing committee for approval at its meeting on Wednesday.According…
Ahmedabad: It was remorse at a later stage of the trial that prompted Ayaz Saiyed — an accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case — to turn approver and reveal to the court the conspiracy hatched by members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) to bomb the city.Saiyed’s testimony proved crucial…
Ahmedabad: AMC officials raided Jay Mataji Traders in Madhupura on Tuesday, placing around 2,000kg of spices worth an estimated Rs 12.50 lakh under stop-sale orders and sealing the unit that manufactures chilli, turmeric, coriander-cumin powders and garam masala.The action followed testing of a gravy sample collected from Jay Ambe Bhojanalay. The sample was found to…
