Thursday, July 9, 2026

History: 5500 Heritage Walks Completed in Ahmedabad

What the Old City is Like Ahmedabad, December 4, 2025 Ahmedabad was founded on February 26, 1411. It has preserved its rich heritage. More than 5500 heritage walks have been conducted so far, offering unique insights into the city's architecture, art, religious sites, and living traditions of its bridges. Heritage walks are conducted in the mo...

No Way Out of Corruption in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad, December 4, 2025 In June 2025, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel allocated ₹1700 crore to 8 municipal corporations and 5 municipalities to fill potholes and repair damaged roads before the monsoon season began. Due to the criminal negligence of the Ahmedabad Metropolitan Corporation's Engineering Department, an average of ₹300 to ₹400...

Benches to be installed in Ahmedabad for Rs 5.75 crore: Scam

As elections approach, 42,000 benches will be installed for 3 women Ahmedabad, December 2, 2025 As the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections approach, corporators have begun making arrangements for benches. 42,000 benches will be installed in three months. A contract worth approximately Rs 9.86 crore was signed for benches in some wards in ...

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

Ahmedabad Metro Carries 1.5 Lakh Passengers Daily 17/01/2026 In the three years from October 2022 to December 2025, more than 11.50 crore people traveled on the metro. The extension of the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Metro network to Mahatma Mandir will strengthen connectivity between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, making travel easier and more econom...

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...