Ahmedabad: The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is advancing its renewable energy efforts with the approval of a Rs 154 crore, 30MW ground-mounted solar park in Kheradi village, Sabarkantha. This will be AMC's first solar park in the district. At a meeting on Thursday, the standing committee awarded the contract to Zodiac Energy Ltd, the lowest bidder in the tender issued in March. While AMC has solar projects in other regions like Kutch, this marks its first in Sabarkantha. The project wi...Read More

Ahmedabad: Vatva police on Friday arrested three women, including a former corporator of AMC (Amdavad Municipal Corporation) Afsana Sheikh. The police arrested these women after rescuing a 16- year-old minor girl from a prostitution ring who was forced into the sex trade by these accused. The girl's parents had approached the police after she went missing and alleged that she was often seen at Afsana Sheikh's house. After investigating, the police found that Afsana Sheikh, along with two other ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Around 62,000 children from the city's anganwadis and 88,000 from municipal schools will receive 200ml of milk daily. This decision was made during the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) standing committee meeting on Thursday. Standing committee chairman Devang Dani mentioned that AMC runs 2,135 anganwadi centers. Initially, the plan was to provide 200ml of milk daily to 62,263 children aged three to six years. However, the proposal was revised to also offer 200ml of milk three ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Letd(SRFDCL) has invted the Request for Proposal (RFP) for development of two land parcels on the Riverfront for mixed commercial use. The RFP is available starting September 13, 2024, with the submission deadline set for October 15, 2024, until 4:00 PM. The Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (SRFDCL) announced today that it is now inviting Developers & Institutions to seize a new development opportunity for two lan...Read More

Ahmedabad: A five-star hotel, ITC Narmada, located in the Vastrapur area of the city, was fined Rs. 50,000 by the city civic body after an insect was found in the food served at the hotel. The Health Department of Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) received a video complaint after a customer found an insect in the dal served in his room. Acting on the complaint, the AMC team conducted an immediate inspection of the hotel's kitchen. Although no violations were found during the inspection, the...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Amdavad Municipal Corporation's West Zone Property Tax Department held the auction for Hotel Highland, located on C.G. Road in the city, due to non-payment of property tax amounting to Rs. 1.84 crore despite repeated notices. The auction took place on September 10, 2024. However, since no bids were received during the auction of Hotel Highland, the property was transferred to the civic body for a token amount of Rs. 1, and Hotel Highland has now been taken over by it. Jeevan...Read More

Ahmedabad: Seven key roads in the city are set to become iconic roads, with the project by the city civic body estimated to cost around Rs 405 crore. The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) plans to revamp 20.6 km of key road sections, including the main Ashram Road, into "iconic roads." These upgrades will make the roads wider and, with an average cost of Rs 19.66 crore per kilometre, it will be the most expensive project to date. The road from Kanyug Cross Road via Shyamal Cross Road to SG ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The main opposition Congress party will conduct the process to elect the new leader of the opposition in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on September 10 at a meeting held at the State party headquarters. The Congress party is currently divided into two groups of municipal corporators, and there is disagreement over who should be appointed as the leader of the opposition for the remainder of the current five-year term in the AMC. A meeting of corporators, attended by Congr...Read More

Ahmedabad: The city civic body's health department inspected multiple medical clinics across the city on Friday. During the inspections, 10 individuals were found practicing medicine without valid degrees, and their clinics were sealed. On August 22, the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) had already sealed two clinics for similar violations, bringing the total number of clinics sealed to 12. The department found practitioners at these clinics administering IV fluids and allopathic injection...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Standing Committee of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation met on Thursday to discuss several issues, one of which was the demolition of the Hatkeshwar bridge. After the meeting, AMC Standing Committee Chairman Devang Dani informed the media that a contractor has finally placed a bid for the demolition and reconstruction of the Hatkeshwar flyover after three failed attempts. The bidding process is expected to be finalized within 15 days. DeshGujaratRead More