Ahmedabad, July 25 (IANS) The local administration has restored normal traffic across almost the entire city after three days of exceptionally heavy rainfall, with water cleared from most flood-hit locations and authorities continuing dewatering and restoration work in the remaining affected areas, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) said on Saturday. Municipal Commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani said the city had received exceptionally heavy rainfall over the past three days, with the South-We…
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Ahmedabad, July 25 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) continued round-the-clock drainage operations across the city on Saturday after heavy rainfall caused waterlogging in several areas, with officials reporting that 24 teams were deployed at 20 locations across 10 wards to accelerate the removal of accumulated rainwater. According to the AMC’s status report as of 6:00 a.m. on July 25, the civic body had opened 141 catchpits and 85 manholes across the city to improve stormwater dra…
Ahmedabad, July 24 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has intensified its public health response to the ongoing heavy rainfall, distributing more than 71,000 chlorine tablets across the city and deploying round-the-clock mobile medical teams as part of efforts to prevent water-borne and vector-borne diseases during the monsoon. According to the AMC’s Health Department, a series of preventive and relief measures have been undertaken across all seven city zones to ensure access to sa…
Ahmedabad, July 24 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) intensified relief and rescue operations across rain-affected parts of the city on Friday, distributing more than 8,900 food and snack packets while fire and emergency teams rescued dozens of residents stranded by flooding, including nearly 50 people from a residential society over two days. As heavy rainfall continued to affect Ahmedabad, civic authorities carried out food distribution in multiple localities where residents wer…
Ahmedabad, July 24 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) plans to invite tenders worth around Rs 900 crore for permanent stormwater drainage works in newly merged panchayat areas and the city’s western suburbs after record rainfall exposed the need for stronger drainage infrastructure, Gujarat’s Minister-in-Charge for Ahmedabad district, Rushikesh Patel, said on Friday. Patel announced this after he and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel visited rain-hit localities, including Ambli and Gh…
Ahmedabad/New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Union Home Minister and Gandhinagar MP Amit Shah on Friday conducted a fresh review of the heavy rain situation in Gujarat, with a particular focus on the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar region, after speaking with the Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and senior administrative officials. The review came as authorities continued efforts to deal with widespread waterlogging and disruption caused by exceptionally heavy rainfall.According to the party leaders, Union Minister …
Ahmedabad, July 24 (IANS) Three people, including an elderly woman, who were stranded in floodwaters for nearly 11 hours on the outskirts of Ahmedabad were rescued in the early hours of Friday after a joint overnight operation by the district administration and Ahmedabad Rural Police, as heavy rain continued to disrupt normal life across the city and surrounding areas.According to Ahmedabad Rural Police, the three individuals had been trapped in rising floodwaters from around 3 p.m. on Thursday …
Ahmedabad, July 24 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday reviewed the rain-hit areas of Ahmedabad after personally visiting flood-affected localities, including Bopal, Ambli and Ghuma, where heavy rainfall led to severe waterlogging.During his visit to Bopal, the Chief Minister entered the flooded area on foot to assess the situation firsthand, interacted with residents and directed officials to speed up relief and drainage operations.Patel first inspected the waterlogging situ…
Ahmedabad, July 23 (IANS) Ahmedabad recorded an average rainfall of 163.24 mm (6.43 inches) on Wednesday, with some localities receiving more than 12 inches within hours, prompting multiple rescue operations and widespread civic action to tackle waterlogging across the city. According to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), the heaviest rainfall between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. was recorded at Bakrol, which received 315.50 mm (12.42 inches), followed by Sarkhej with 306 mm (12.05 inches) and Bopa…
Ahmedabad, July 20 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has inspected 299 units across the city in a two-day fire safety enforcement drive launched after a fatal explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in the Ramol area last week. The blast killed 10 people, including children, and injured five others, prompting the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and a wider crackdown on unauthorised firecracker-related activities.According to the AMC, the Fire and Eme…