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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New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will launch a mass tree plantation campaign in Ahmedabad on Sunday, alongside the inauguration and foundation stone laying of public infrastructure projects worth an estimated Rs 405 crore.According to the programme schedule released ahead of the visit, Shah will begin the day at 8.30 a.m. at the Science Dome in Science City in the Sola area, where he will formally inaugurate the city-wide plantation campaign under the Ahmed…
Gandhinagar, July 11 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will launch a mass tree plantation campaign in Ahmedabad on Sunday, alongside the inauguration and foundation stone laying of public infrastructure projects worth an estimated Rs 405 crore. According to the programme schedule released ahead of the visit, Shah will begin the day at 8.30 a.m. at the Science Dome in Science City in the Sola area, where he will formally inaugurate the city-wide plantation campaign under the Ah…
Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, July 3 (IANS) Gujarat witnessed a fresh spell of monsoon activity, improving rainfall figures across regions and boosting reservoir levels, while Ahmedabad remained fully operational despite overnight showers, with no rain-related complaints reported by the city’s Monsoon Main Control Room.According to the State Emergency Operation Centre, had received 76.92 mm of rainfall as of 6 a.m. on Friday, equivalent to 8.46 per cent of the state’s average seasonal rainfall. Saurash…
Ahmedabad, May 23 (IANS) At Ahmedabad’s Science City, children who had recently regained hearing and speech through Gujarat’s cochlear implant support programme met Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in an interaction that brought together medical rehabilitation outcomes and personal milestones in child health care.The visit took place at the Aquatic Gallery of Science City in Ahmedabad, where 20 children who had benefited from the state’s Cochlear Implant External Speech Processor Replacement Pro…
Ujjain, April 3 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, on Friday, announced ambitious plans to develop Ujjain as the global “Time Capital” and a modern Science City, while promoting nearby Dongla village as a key centre for astronomical time calculation. Addressing the International Conference “Mahakal: The Master of Time”, Chief Minister Yadav said that Ujjain is not just a city of spirituality and religion but also a historic centre of science. He inaugurated a new science facility …
Ujjain, April 3 (IANS) In a major infrastructure push ahead of Simhastha Mahakumbh 2028, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, on Friday, announced that a new bypass road will be constructed in Ujjain at a cost of more than Rs 700 crore. Speaking at the International Conference “Mahakal: The Master of Time”, the Chief Minister said the “Bhoomi Pujan” (groundbreaking ceremony) for the ambitious bypass project has been performed. “This Rs 700 crore bypass road is being developed specially for…
Bhuj, March 12 (IANS) A fire broke out at a plastic scrap yard near Chopadva village in Bhachau taluka of Gujarat’s Kutch district on Thursday, initiating a large-scale firefighting operation and creating panic in the surrounding area, officials said.Thick plumes of smoke were seen rising from the site as the blaze rapidly intensified due to the large quantity of plastic stored in the yard.According to local officials, the fire started suddenly at the plastic yard located near the village.As the…
Guwahati, March 10 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that Assam has developed a major Science City near Guwahati, claiming that the facility is larger than the one in Science City Kolkata. In a post on X, the Chief Minister said the new science city has been constructed at Sonapur, on the outskirts of Guwahati, over more than 250 bighas of land at an estimated cost of around Rs 300 crore.According to Sarma, the facility has been designed as an interactive centre to …
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Two jawans sustained injuries after an Army truck overturned on the rain-soaked Maa flyover in Kolkata, said police on Tuesday, adding that the truck lost control and entered the opposite lane.The police said the truck, after entering the opposite lane, then hit the railing and overturned. There were three soldiers in the truck. Out of them, two were injured. The police soon reached the accident spot and rescued the jawans from the overturned truck. They have been taken to…