Ahmedabad: Palak Shah left his Sarkhej warehouse at 5pm, expecting to reach his Naranpura home soon. Five hours later, he was still stranded near Juhapura after covering barely 3km. “I have never felt so helpless,” said Shah.A 2km-long serpentine queue stretched between Sarkhej and Juhapura as the waterlogged road slowed vehicles and caused several to…
Flooding at Helmet Circle due to rain in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: For Amdavadis, Thursday’s rain brought an unwelcome flashback to the flooding of July 14, 2000, when the city recorded 325mm of rain. A 12-hour deluge dumped 204mm of rain on the city, triggering the same sinking feeling in residents as water swamped roads, underpasses, and…
File photo of seized liquor after a raid. While officers seized liquor consignments worth Rs 13.82 lakh in five major cases in Ahmedabad city and Gandhinagar over the past two months, not a single accused was arrested Ahmedabad: Darkness, dense bushes, speeding SUVs and dramatic chases have become recurring themes in prohibition cases registered by…
AMC removed the tyre killers within hours of installing them on Monday morning Ahmedabad: The civic body has faced yet another failure with tyre killers. This time, officials from Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) North-West Zone had to themselves remove the speed barriers they had laid on Monday morning, within a couple of hours. The reason:…
Ahmedabad: Freshly rebuilt roads across Ahmedabad will face their first real test this monsoon. More than 220 roads across Ahmedabad have been flagged by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation as vulnerable to settlement or cave-ins during the monsoon after extensive underground utility works were carried out over the past two years.The highest concentration of such roads is…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) on Tuesday began fire safety inspections across tuition classes, coaching institutes, and computer education centres in the city. Fire teams also checked units not legally mandated to acquire a fire safety certificate.During the checking in the North-West Zone, officials inspected fire extinguishers, emergency exits, escape routes, and…
Ahmedabad: A 48-year-old loan agent from Thaltej lost Rs 11.25 lakh from his and his wife’s bank accounts after fraudsters allegedly gained access to his mobile through a fake ‘traffic challan APK file’ sent on WhatsApp, according to a cybercrime complaint filed on Saturday.Police said the complainant, a resident of Thaltej, received a WhatsApp message…
When the principal failed to convince her family, he approached the Bodakdev police station’s She-Team for assistance Ahmedabad: When her Class 8 results were declared, a bright young student scored good marks and was looking forward to continuing her education. But her parents and grandfather had other plans. Despite her strong academic performance, the girl…
Ahmedabad: Six hotels were sealed in the city on Tuesday, after the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) found fire safety violations on Tuesday night. The crackdown targeted establishments that failed to rectify critical safety lapses despite being served formal notices a week prior.The properties sealed for non-compliance are primarily located in the city’s western…
The mobile laboratory will be stationed at each of the 10 chosen locations in Ahmedabad for 45 days a year Ahmedabad: A new, smart facility on wheels could help the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) clear the air on causes of pollution. The Mobile Real-Time Source Apportionment Laboratory, part of the Smart Sensing and Digital Intelligence…
