Ahmedabad: For almost six years commercial buildings in the newly acquired areas in the new west zone of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) have been denied water connections. These areas include Bodakdev, Thaltej, Vejalpur, Jodhpur gam, Ghatlodiya, Chandlodiya, Ranip and Kali. The issue had been in the backburner for long and has often led to brawls between the political and executive wings of the AMC. This time, some members of the standing committee are planning to take this issue up with the municipal commissioner.

AHMEDABAD: Gujaratis have high hopes from the Railway Budget to be announced on Wednesday given that perhaps for the first time both Union railway ministers are Gujaratis.

Dinesh Trivedi is originally from Kutch and now lives in West Bengal, while Bharat Solanki is the Anand MP. But sources say there is no point in expecting a bonanza as only a few of the requests are likely to be considered in the end

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government on Tuesday admitted in the state assembly that a sharp rise in the price of coal and gas, made available to the state’s power companies, is a major reason for increase in the price of electricity to the various categories of consumers – residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural.

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government on Tuesday admitted in the state assembly that power companies in the state are unable to produce 1,000 MW of electricity on account of lack of availability of gas at a reasonable price.

Answering to a written question by BJP legislator Govindbhai Prajapati, state energy minister Saurabh Patel told the House that as a result of this "the state has to suffer a loss of Rs 1,500 crore",

Essar Oil, on Tuesday, said it has commissioned a unit that would produce Euro-V grade diesel at its Vadinar refinery in Gujarat.

The 4-million tonnes a year diesel hydrotreater unit-I (DHDT-I) “will upgrade diesel quality by treating the sour diesel streams and achieving reduction in sulphur as well as an improvement in the cetane index,” the company said in a statement.

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government wants the price of Bt cotton seed to be regulated and put under its control despite opposition to it from the country's top seed producing companies.

Intervening in a debate in the state assembly, state agriculture minister Dilip Sanghani blamed the Centre for "supporting the seed companies", who are part of the National Seed Association of India (NSAI), the apex organization representing the Indian seed industry with more than 250 companies as its members.

AHMEDABAD: The parking policy for Amdavadis, recently submitted to the JNNURM committee for approval, according to urban planners is a milder version of the one proposed by Bangalore and implemente

AHMEDABAD: Parking lots of most malls display a warning: Park at your own risk - the mall will take no responsibility for theft or damage caused to the car. But the proposed parking policy of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will ensure parking contractors can't skip this responsibility and much more.

The 10-page policy, sent to JNNURM recently for approval, is set to change the way you park your car in the city. AMC has suggested increasing parking space and keeping moderate parking charges. This involves identifying scope for on-street parking along designated roads.

GANDHINAGAR: The state government is now preparing a final draft plan to install water meters in the state capital. The move came after the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) asked the state government to install water meters in the government quarters.

Sources said that a study by Asian Development Bank has revealed that the state capital's water per capita water consumption is the highest among 20 major cities in the country.

AHMEDABAD: The city has over 30 lakh vehicles, which include 20 lakh two-wheelers. This is 22 per cent of the total vehicles registered in Gujarat, the state assembly on Thursday was informed by urban development minister Nitin Patel in his reply to Naroda MLA Mayaben Kodnani's question.

The minister said that to ease off congestion on the city roads, the government has taken measures like Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) and Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro project.