Ahmedabad, May 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced a new set of office-bearers for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), appointing Thaltej ward corporator Hitesh Barot as the city’s new Mayor following the civic body elections held this year.Sabarmati ward corporator Anjuben Shah has been appointed Deputy Mayor, while Khokhra ward corporator Kamlesh Patel will head the influential standing committee.Shahibaug ward corporator Jashubhai Thakor has been named lea…
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Ahmedabad/Rajkot, May 26 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has stepped up its pre-monsoon campaign against dengue, malaria and chikungunya across the city, with officials reporting a sharp decline in dengue cases this year amid intensified surveillance, fogging and anti-larval operations.According to figures released by the AMC, the city has recorded 110 dengue cases between January and May 2026, compared to 1,591 cases during 2025. Of the dengue cases reported this year, 104 were…
Ahmedabad, May 23 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has been providing shelter, food and healthcare support to homeless residents through 35 shelter homes operating across the city during the ongoing summer heat, officials said on Saturday. According to the Urban Community Development (UCD) Department of AMC, the shelter homes together have a capacity to accommodate 4,315 people and are currently operating at around 80 per cent occupancy.Out of the 35 shelter homes, 33 function as…
Ahmedabad, May 19 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has ordered a wide-ranging crackdown on alleged financial and procedural irregularities in storm water drainage projects across the city, suspending four engineering officials, initiating criminal proceedings and directing recoveries running into crores of rupees after a Vigilance audit uncovered discrepancies in measurement records and billing.The action follows a preliminary investigation by the corporation’s Vigilance Depart…
Ahmedabad, May 18 (IANS) The digital self-enumeration process under the Census-2027 exercise has commenced across Gujarat, marking the beginning of the first phase of India’s next population census through an online citizen participation model.The Central government has introduced the Self-Enumeration (SE) facility as part of the Census-2027 framework, allowing households to submit demographic and housing details through the official portal before the door-to-door enumeration begins.The facili…
Ahmedabad, May 16 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has stepped up its pre-monsoon efforts to strengthen the city’s storm water drainage network, with a large-scale infrastructure programme aimed at reducing waterlogging during the upcoming monsoon season, officials said on Saturday. Out of 49 planned works under the initiative, 17 have been completed, 31 are underway, and one remains in the planning stage.The total estimated cost of the works stands at around Rs 1,088 crore, co…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister, Amit Shah, will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat, starting Saturday, where he will participate in a series of official programmes in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. During the visit, the senior BJP leader is expected to review major development initiatives, interact with newly elected civic representatives, and inaugurate a new milk processing plant aimed at strengthening the dairy sector in the region.As part of his engagements, Amit Shah…
Ahmedabad, May 15 (IANS) Preparations for Census-2027 have been intensified in Gujarat, with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) deploying 12,000 enumerators and 2,000 supervisors for the upcoming house listing and housing enumeration exercise scheduled to begin on June 1. According to AMC’s City Census Department, the first phase of Census-2027, covering house listing and housing enumeration, will be conducted over a 30-day period from June 1 to 30, in line with the state government’s n…
Ahmedabad, May 14 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has issued a directive to its employees aimed at reducing the consumption of petrol and diesel through organised carpooling and shared mobility arrangements across departments and zonal offices.In a circular issued on Thursday, the Municipal Commissioner instructed all head officers and staff working in the same or nearby municipal office premises to coordinate carpooling for daily commuting where employees reside in close proxim…
Ahmedabad, May 14 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)-run schools are set to introduce structured international-level music education for Class 5 students after an MoU was signed between the Nagar Primary Education Committee and Japan’s Yamaha Music India Private Limited, marking a new step towards integrating co-curricular learning into the city’s public education system. The agreement, concluded under the guidance of Municipal Commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani, aligns with the N…