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…
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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, June 2 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Police have seized methamphetamine weighing 7.084 kg, valued at over Rs 14.16 crore, and arrested a 48-year-old man during a targeted operation in the Naroda area following specific intelligence inputs, officials said on Tuesday.According to officials, senior officers had directed all units to intensify action against illegal narcotics trafficking and distribution networks.Officials said in-charge Inspector S.A. Kotadiya received confidential information th…
Ahmedabad, April 16 (IANS) Narcotic substances and liquor worth Rs 16.51 lakh were seized from a residential flat in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad by the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Crime and Railways, leading to the arrest of one individual, officials said on Thursday. The operation was carried out at a flat of Aarohi Viviana apartments in Bopal locality, following specific intelligence inputs.Acting under the supervision of senior officers, a team from…