Gandhinagar, July 14 (IANS) Gandhinagar’s newly introduced air-conditioned electric bus service has carried more than 1.53 lakh passengers in its first 14 days of operation, with daily ridership rising steadily to an average of nearly 11,000 commuters, according to figures released by the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC). The data shows that 1,53,509 passengers travelled on the e-buses between June 29 and July 12, averaging 10,965 passengers a day.After a modest start, ridership increased…
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Gandhinagar, July 8 (IANS) A target of planting more than 1.1 crore trees across the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency during 2026-27 has been set as part of a large-scale afforestation campaign led by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, with a mass tree-plantation drive scheduled for July 12. The campaign, to be held under the theme “Gandhinagar Lok Sabha – Green Lok Sabha”, will cover all seven Assembly segments of the constituency.Citizens have been urged to plant one sapling for each family me…
Gandhinagar, July 5 (IANS) Gujarat High Court’s Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal on Saturday called for greater use of mediation as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism to strengthen the judicial process and ensure faster disposal of pending cases, while laying the foundation stone for a new judicial and advocates’ complex at Kalol in Gandhinagar district. The Chief Justice made the remarks during the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of an advanced Taluka Court and Advocates’ Com…
Gandhinagar, May 15 (IANS) A day after three migrant workers died and one was critically injured following a suffocation incident inside an underground effluent treatment plant (ETP) tank at an industrial unit in the Saij Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) area of Kalol in Gandhinagar district, police said on Friday. The incident occurred at the Mafatlal Gujarat Industries Limited, Unit C/15 to C/18, where tarpaulin fabric processing work is carried out and wastewater generated fr…
Ahmedabad, Feb 21 (IANS) A plan to deploy more than 3,000 electric buses alongside expanded metro connectivity and a Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) to transform Ahmedabad’s urban transport network was unveiled at the inauguration of the ‘Ahmedabad Next’ and ‘Mobility Exhibition’ on Saturday. The exhibition was inaugurated by Minister of State for Urban Development Darshana Vaghela at an event jointly organised by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Shift Transport.The p…
Gandhinagar, Jan 28 (IANS) The Gujarat Cabinet has approved a Rs 2,630 crore project to widen the 51-km Ahmedabad–Mehsana highway into an eight-lane corridor, a move aimed at easing congestion on one of the busiest arterial roads connecting Ahmedabad with north Gujarat. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, state government spokesperson and Minister Jitu Vaghani said on Wednesday.Minister Vaghani said the project covers the 51.60-km stretch from…
Gandhinagar, Jan 2 (IANS) In a step towards achieving the vision of Developed India by 2047 and Developed Gujarat@2047, the Bhupendra Patel government has accelerated plans for the strategic development of Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. Aligning with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of strengthening smaller urban centres, the state, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, has initiated the process to develop five satellite towns by 2030 and has invited urban planners to prepare…
Gandhinagar, Dec 24 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, on Wednesday, called upon all state government departments to work in coordination to ensure prompt and effective resolution of grievances raised by citizens under the state-level ‘SWAGAT’ (State Wide Attention on Grievances by Application of Technology) online public grievance redressal programme, government officials said. Chairing the December 2025 edition of the state ‘SWAGAT’ programme, the Chief Minister personally heard re…