The toxic cocktail of tiny particulate matter (PM) in Ahmedabad's air this winter may be invisible to our eyes, but these very particles — in copious amounts — seep deep into our lungs, our veins,

A study conducted among 10 Indian metro cities investigates the impact of municipal solid waste and animal birth control programme on stray dog population and its menaces. Its results show statistically strong and positive linkages among the variables such as human population, municipal solid waste, per capita solid waste, food waste, dog population and dogs per capita. People's general awareness and the efforts of municipalities are inadequate to control the dog menace.

Ahmedabad: The state government will give its final touches to a comprehensive air action plan for Ahmedabad city in the coming few days. This will be the second such action plan since 2002.

9 Others Too Saw Similar Rise: Study

The stations are being set up as part of the nationwide System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) under the Union ministry of earth sciences.The stations are being set up a

AHEMDABAD: In the last 14 days, the civic body's complaint cell received an overwhelming number of requests from citizens desperately seeking fogging and anti-vector activities in their housing soc

AHMEDABAD: In the past two months, there has been a marked increase in the number of patients of malaria and dengue streaming into government and private hospitals.

AHMEDABAD: The monsoon may be on its last leg in the city, but that hasn't kept mosquitoes from keeping on spreading in Ahmedabad.

Ahmedabad: With monsoon rains receding, civic health authorities are worried over the mosquitoe menace.

CPCB monitored air quality at a total of 205 monitoring stations.

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