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Over 1 lakh board BRTS buses everyday now More and more Amdavadis are giving thumbs up to the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS). With a daily passenger-load factor of over one lakh, the modern transport system is now generating revenue of Rs 6 lakh per day. According to a survey, even passengers from well-to-do families, [...]

Travelling by BRTS buses will soon become even more comfortable. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning to add luxury buses to the BRTS fleet. In fact, the civic body is already reported to be in talks with two leading luxury bus manufacturers – Mercedez Benz and Volvo – for the new vehicles. AMC bosses [...]

There are more than five lakh properties in Ahmedabad which are waiting to be demolished or sealed. A baffled Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is waiting for high court instructions on December 22 to wade through this dilemma. An AMC official admitted that a major portion of the eastern part of the city has to be [...]

Mughal emperor Jahangir, son of Akbar, during his visit to Ahmedabad in 1617 termed Ahmedabad as ‘Gardabad’, the city of dust. But the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is on a mission to change the image and improve sanitation conditions in the city. The civic body has educated almost 200 employees and sensitised them on various sanitation [...]

The way forward for a city in today’s globalised world is by making a brand out of it. And this is possible only when its citizens collaborate and participate in governance issues, said chief minister Narendra Modi at the inaugural session of the three-day brainstorming session for the newly-elected municipal councilors of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation [...]

The area designated as public space along the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)‘s 1200-crore Sabarmati riverfront project, just got bigger by 6500 square yards. In a major move, AMC bosses have decided to give away a massive plot of land, housing some 122 families of staff of the Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai Hospital, to the Sabarmati Riverfront [...]

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) bosses on Saturday suspended six officials of the parks and garden department, including the director of the department, Jignesh Patel. Municipal commissioner IP Gautam had placed an inquiry against parks and garden department officials after receiving frequent complaints of lapses in handling tree plantation in the city. The suspended officials include [...]

Big Street, the outdoor advertising arm of Reliance Big Entertainment, is in for some bad publicity to its own brand. In Ahmedabad city, the outdoor advertising company, which put up large hoardings to draw public attention for its clients, is itself headed for a loss of face. Reason? Because the company allegedly failed to fulfil [...]