Work to be taken up on three stretches in the city Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation is upgrading pedestrian infrastructure across three major stretches in the city, with renewed focus on safety and accessibility. The project covers a 7-km stretch from Hindon IAF roundabout to UP Gate, the stretch from Hapur Chungi to Diamond Flyover, and…
Guwahati: In an effort to curb overcharging and improve transparency in parking and market fee collection in the city, Guwahati Municipal Corporation on Friday announced steps to streamline the process.GMC held a meeting with parking and market leaseholders after complaints from citizens and traders that attendants and fee collectors were charging above civic rates. Officials…
Guwahati: Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has decided to write to the forest department, urging it to set up a joint task force to identify and remove dead and ageing trees that are at risk of getting uprooted and posing a threat to lives.GMC mayor Mrigen Sarania told TOI, “After the incident at Kalipur in Guwahati,…
Guwahati: Areas along the rapidly expanding city are becoming increasingly vulnerable to extreme heat, owing to dense construction, widening road networks and declining green cover.Several parts of the city are also turning into continuous heat-stressed zones.A recent report prepared by the directorate of town and country planning, named ‘Urban Heat Effects in Assam’, highlighted that…
Panaji: A 23-year-old Kerala-native, Gawri Narayan, who was a medical intern in the orthopaedics department at Goa Medical College (GMC), allegedly died by suicide after overdosing on a powerful sedative. Panaji police recovered a vial and tablets from Hawaii beach at Dona Paula, where her body was found.PI Vijaykumar Chodankar said a postmortem examination was…
Guwahati: The annual four-day Ambubachi Mela will begin at the Kamakhya temple, one of the 51 Shakti Peeths, on June 22, with the Kamrup (Metro) district administration and the temple management committee finalising preparations.Kabindra Prasad Sarma, bor doloi (head priest) at Kamakhya Temple, said the sanctum sanctorum will remain closed from “9.08 pm on June…
A health official said having chemotherapy centres at district hospitals would reduce the patient load at the GMC and provide relief to patients in the furthest corners of the state Panaji: Health minister Vishwajit Rane on Wednesday said a daycare chemotherapy centre will be made available at both district hospitals from June. The minister, who…
Guwahati: The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has announced plans to transform Guwahati into a ‘purple city’ by introducing the vibrant purple hues of Assam’s state flower, the Kopou (Foxtail Orchid), across various neighborhoods. The rare initiative aims to enhance the city’s aesthetics and strengthen its cultural identity.As part of the initiative, shops, residential buildings, boundary…
Ghaziabad: Roads across 112 km of the city lie dug up, dust hangs in the air, but repairs are nowhere in sight as a global bitumen shortage, fuelled by the West Asia crisis, has stalled all work under the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation.Officials said around 20 contractors, awarded road repair work worth Rs 200 crore under…
Panaji: Health minister Vishwajit Rane on Friday said the new 30-bedded neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at GMC will be ready within the next 15 days.“We would get complaints from patients of unavailability of beds in the NICU. This was a long-pending demand. The ward was ready a long time back, but there were some…
