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 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 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 1 (IANS) Three men were arrested in Ahmedabad’s Sarkhej area with 1.823 kg of ambergris, commonly known as whale vomit, valued at more than Rs 1.82 crore, in a crackdown by the Local Crime Branch (LCB) Zone-7 ahead of the annual Rath Yatra.The operation was carried out after the city police intensified surveillance on the illegal trade, storage and transportation of derivatives of protected wildlife species under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.Acting on specific intelligence…
Ahmedabad, June 27 (IANS) A sanitation worker at a private school in Ahmedabad’s rural district has been arrested following allegations of sexual abuse of a minor student, police said on Saturday. The incident came to light after the parents of a child studying at L.D.R. International School in the Ghuma area noticed behavioural changes and conducted counselling, following which the child disclosed the alleged abuse.Police said the accused, employed as a sanitation worker at the school, allege…
Ahmedabad, June 3 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has detained 131 individuals identified as Bangladeshi nationals during a large-scale verification drive carried out across multiple parts of the city, while interrogation is continuing for another 160 persons, police officials said on Wednesday. Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sharad Singhal told IANS that the operation was not confined to any single locality but was conducted across several densely populated residential areas.”131 confir…
Gandhinagar/New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Calling Gujarat’s selection for India’s first semi-high-speed rail corridor a matter of pride for the entire state, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday welcomed the Union Cabinet’s approval for the Ahmedabad-Dholera semi-high-speed double-line rail project estimated at around Rs 20,667 crore. The project, approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will connect Sarkhej in Ahmedabad with Dholera…
Ahmedabad, May 8 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch in Gujarat has arrested a 27-year-old man allegedly linked to a larger narcotics network and seized mephedrone worth more than Rs 14 lakh during a raid in the Danilimda area, police said on Friday.The accused, identified as Noman Sheikh, was arrested from a rented flat at Al-Falah Apartment near Barrel Market in Danilimda following a tip-off received by the Crime Branch.During the raid conducted on May 6, officials recovered 468.640 grams of mep…