Ahmedabad: Taking strict action against public littering and unhygienic practices, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Monday sealed 9 outlets. Four outlets were sealed in the West Zone, while five outlets in the Northwest Zone were sealed. Among the sealed outlets were renowned food chains like KFC and La Pino'z Pizza. Additionally, Lucky Restaurant in Lal Darwaza was fined ₹10,000 for having unhygienic kitchen conditions. AMC's Solid Waste Management Department inspected 300 unit...Read More

Ahmedabad: In preparation for a potential bid to host the 2036 Olympics, Ahmedabad is revamping its urban development plans to boost sporting infrastructure. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is updating its town planning (TP) schemes to allocate separate plots exclusively for sports and playgrounds, moving away from the previous practice of combining school and playground plots. The AMC recently approved draft amendments to TP schemes in areas such as Makarba, Bopal, Ghuma, Kathwada,...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) plans to establish a Knowledge Hub, or Smart Library, in Jodhpur area of the city to encourage reading among the younger generation. This state-of-the-art library, to be constructed near the Starbucks Junction on 100 Feet Anand Nagar Road, will include dedicated reading spaces for men and women, lecture rooms, and an array of facilities designed for competitive exam preparation. The hub, budgeted at Rs. 10 crores and covering approximately...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has through a notification declared the roster schedule for election of Mayors in 8 municipal corporations in the State for the next five years term. As per the notification, Ahmedabad will get the next Mayor from Backward Class for first two and half years and Woman in the second two and half years. Similarly Surat will get Woman and General category Mayors in the next five years term. Vadodara will get Mayors from Schedule Caste and Woman (Backward Class...Read More

Ahmedabad: The city civic body has announced a series of projects, including an upcoming large food park in the Thaltej area. As part of its urban development initiatives, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will build a food court on Final Plot Number 188 of TP Scheme 37 with an investment of Rs 4.13 crore. Additionally, AMC plans to build a dedicated gym for women in the Bodakdev area, which will be the first of its kind, costing around Rs 3.74 crore. Located on Final Plot Number 122 ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has approved three proposals amounting to ₹151.14 crore aimed at replacing drinking water and sewer lines in the Jamalpur, Shahpur, and Shahibaug areas. This decision comes after residents faced issues with sewage water backing up due to severe damage to drain lines, primarily caused by rats. To address this problem effectively, an action plan was devised that involves replacing all sewer lines with double-walled corrugated pipes at a total...Read More

Ahmedabad: A 15 mw/hour waste to power generation facility set up under the public private partnership (PPP) model by Amdavad Municipal Corporation(AMC) and Jindal Urban Waste Management Ltd was inaugurated today at Piplaj here by union Home minister Amit Shah. Daily 1,000 metric tonne waste will be processed here to generate 15 mw power/hour. The waste will be procesesed daily in this plant to generate 65 TPH steam through insineration of municipal waste in boiler with the help of RDF based ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The city civic body carried out a demolition operation on an illegal structure owned by Nazir Vora in the Vejalpur area of the city. Vora, an alleged associate of deceased gangster Abdul Lateef, had built this illegal structure for the third time, even though the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) had previously razed it twice. Vora’s unauthorized buildings were initially demolished in 2020 and 2021, yet he continued rebuilding on the same site in Sarkhej. Under police supervision,...Read More

Ahmedabad: A total of 31 cases filed by the Waqf Board against the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) are pending in the Gujarat State Waqf Tribunal. The civic body has ordered the appointment of a special prosecutor for these cases. During the AMC's legal committee meeting, an order was issued to establish a monitoring committee to oversee the cases filed by the Waqf Board against the AMC. Prakash Gurjar, chairman of the legal committee, stated, "In light of the 31 pending cases against t...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has nabbed Bahrat Katakiya (54), the main cleaning staffer (peon), a class-4 employee of Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) serving in Khadia ward, for taking a bribe of Rs. 1600 in AMC headquarters today. According to ACB, the accused would take a cut from the Diwali bonus for cleaing staffers. He demanded Rs. 1600 cut from the bonus of a staffer. As the staffer was unwilling to pay the cut, he approached ACB, following which a complaint was filed an...Read More