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74 crore rupees spent, Atal Bridge’s revenue 27 crore rupees
Due to the high fees charged for the Atal Bridge, built by an Ahmedabad-based company, 27 crore rupees have been collected from 77.71 lakh visitors in three years. 37 percent of the expenditure incurred on this beautiful bridge has been recovered.
The Atal Bridge, built over the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad, which exudes its beauty, was visited ...
Three-nation food festival in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, November 7, 2025
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, in collaboration with the South Asian Association for Gastronomy, will organize the 'Food for Thought Fest' food festival at the Sabarmati Riverfront Event Centre from November 13 to 16, 2025.
Participants from Nepal, Spain, and the Netherlands will participate.
Live cooking wo...
50 hectares of land in Koteshwar, Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar released
Ahmedabad, October 28, 2025
The applicants had submitted a proposal to the state government for rezoning of the land in Koteshwar and Sughad.
Since a sports complex is located nearby, the decision to send the proposal for rezoning of 50 hectares of land for civic amenities for the state government's approval was taken in the AUDA board meetin...
Gujarat Disturbed Areas Act Widens Religious Divisions in Cities
Gujarat has been a peaceful state for 25 years without any communal riots, so why do you think it is a troubled state?
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, October 25, 2025
In Gujarat, in any area covered by the Disturbed Areas Act, one religious community will not be able to transfer property to a person from another religious community without the prior p...
Ahmedabad Metro fare is ₹1 per KM, 1.5 million passanger daily
1.5 million people travel daily.
Ahmedabad, August 15, 2025: The Ahmedabad Metro carries 150,000 passengers daily. Since its inception, a total of 103.8 million passengers have traveled by metro as of October 2025.
Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation trains operate on time 99.84 percent of the time.
Work on the first phase of the Ahmedabad Metro ...
Roti Becomes a Livelihood, Roti Market in Ahmedabad
October 2025
Many women in Gujarat, including Ahmedabad, work from home. But Ahmedabad has a thriving market for the roti trade. The lane between the Jagannath Temple and Hebat Khan Mosque in Jamalpur, Ahmedabad, has been a roti market for 20 years. Plain roti, phulka roti, and thick roti are available here.
Ten years ago, roti was sold for 2 r...
Ahmedabad’s 108 lakes have turned into drains
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, September 27, 2025
An inspection of eight lakes in Ahmedabad reveals that the water in these lakes is unsuitable for drinking, bathing, or other purposes. Eight lakes, including Naroda, Gota, Malekasaban, and R.C. Technical, are filled to the brim with sewage. They were supposed to be filled with water from the Narmada Ca...
Ahmedabad’s most expensive project, Asia’s largest garbage...
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, October 12, 2025
Instead of closing the Kharikut Canal, which brings water from the Khari River passing through the heart of Ahmedabad city, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and the state government spent Rs 5 thousand crores in 35 years on keeping it operational and repairing it, but no solution was found.
Due to t...
Safai Karamcharis protest across Gujarat, rally and sit-in in Ahmedaba...
Dilip Patel
The Ahmedabad Nagar Naukar Mandal is staging a protest at the Danapith headquarters over pending demands. A symbolic fast is being observed until the demands are met. The protest is peaceful.
15,000 Valmiki community sanitation workers are being exploited by RWAs that employ them on contract.
The Ahmedabad Nagar Naukar Mandal, ...
Ahmedabad govt is a scam-ridden state, with 5,000 scams annually
BJP leaders cover their eyes with the lotus flower
Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, September 19, 2025
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India's (CAG) March 2022 report on the Housing and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board was presented in the Gujarat Assembly in September 2025.
Municipal bodies were collecting crores of rupees in unaccoun...
Children are constantly dropping out of school in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad government to start schools for class 9th to 10th
Ahmedabad 2025
From the next session, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation School Board will start secondary schools for class 9 and 10 in 7 municipal schools of all 7 zones of the city. Now, there will be one school in the zone in which instead of class 1 to 8, education up to class 10...
Air pollution in Ahmedabad, pollution of corruption
Ahmedabad's Air Polluted by Dust
Ahmedabad, September 17, 2025
Projects worth ₹91 crore have been approved to address air pollution in Ahmedabad.
Road dust accounts for 36%, domestic use 34%, STP plants and industries, and construction activities 16% are the main causes of air pollution. Furthermore, vehicles emit nitrogen oxides into the ai...
A four-way corridor will be built in Ahmedabad
Dilip Patel, Ahmedabad 14 September 2025
Along with the route of the Ahmedabad Metro train, two new routes, east-west and south-north, have been planned in Ahmedabad. The total cost of the east-west project is estimated to be Rs 450 crore. A north-south corridor project worth Rs 250 crore is under consideration, which is being discussed.
Corrid...
Ahmedabad Metro turns profit in 2025 after two years of losses
Profit of about Rs 239 crore
Until it makes a profit of Rs 2 thousand crore per year, interest can be considered as a loss.
Dilip Patel
4 September 2025
After starting a project in 2023, it remained in loss for two consecutive years. Now it is making profit. On 30 September 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Vastral to Thalt...
Revolution in waste management and processing in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has launched the first waste-to-energy plant for Ahmedabad city having a capacity of 1000 metric tons per day.
Waste-to-Energy
This waste-to-energy plant having a capacity of 15 MW has processed around 2 lakh metric tons of solid waste till date. Out of this, 806.83 lakh kWh of electricity has been generated and ...