Ahmedabad: On Saturday and Sunday, Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) officials removed 20 trees from city roads and structures which were damaged by fallen trees. These trees were about 40 to 100 years old, said AFES officials. In almost every monsoon, the city witnesses over 100 such tree removals. While uprooting or falling of … Continue reading Green loss: 20 trees uprooted in 2 days
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Quota boosts hiring of women
AHMEDABAD: It is a significant change that women now take a job in the police out of choice and not out of compulsion. As the two studies of the Nambiar couple note, the responses of policewomen in 1995 and 2015 are a study in contrast when it comes to their ambitions and aspirations. Dr Nambiar … Continue reading Quota boosts hiring of women
Khaki no shield against harassment
AHMEDABAD: They represent women's empowerment. The 3800 or so women in the state's police force, wearing khaki, carrying firearms, patrolling roads and investigating cases are not less in ability and authority than their male counterparts. But their being cops does not shield them from problems faced by working women in general. A recently released book, … Continue reading Khaki no shield against harassment
Making Dethali tourist friendly, for winged visitors!
AHMEDABAD: About 15 years ago, Dethali was just another village of Mehsana district fighting water scarcity. In 2002, a project began to create an artificial lake, which could store up to 90 million litres of water, primarily as a reliable water resource. Eight years later, the lake evolved into an ecological miracle. "We started working … Continue reading Making Dethali tourist friendly, for winged visitors!
DFS does record number of narco analyses in two months
AHMEDABAD: Be it a decade-old murder case of Umbergaon in Gujarat or two-year-old murder mystery of Durg in Chhattisgarh, when the conventional investigation methods fail or cops cannot link the suspect with the crime, what's left is to take help of the semi-conscious mind to unravel the mystery. Directorate of Forensic Sciences (DFS) in Gandhinagar … Continue reading DFS does record number of narco analyses in two months
Bounty hunters of Ahmedabad
For Paresh Parmar, 24, it is a perennial di lemma when his visiting relatives ask him what he does for a living. "I stay home almost all day for work. As I work on a laptop, they think I am involved in data entry or share trading. When I talk about application security, they say, … Continue reading Bounty hunters of Ahmedabad
Teaching empathy and justice, Bapu style
AHMEDABAD: A group of 20 students from class VII is participating in a course at a city-based school. The instructor says she has toffees and gives 19 to the group. The group realizes the shortage only when all members try to pick one from the bowl. The group decides to share the contents so that … Continue reading Teaching empathy and justice, Bapu style
E-challans to supplant paper: Cops Traffic department
AHMEDABAD: The city police's traffic branch had launched an ambitious month-long project in June to stop physical issuance of challans for traffic offences at crossroads and had delegated the job to personnel deployed at City Surveillance and Intelligent Traffic Management System (CSITMS) control room. Traffic personnel deployed on road were instructed to focus on traffic … Continue reading E-challans to supplant paper: Cops Traffic department
Precarious heritage: Tottering structures leave 3 dead, 19 injured
AHMEDABAD: In this monsoon season, three deaths have been caused by structural collapse in the Walled City areas and 19 people have been injured. Most have sustained head injuries. While Sujal Panchal, 5, a resident of Mandvi ni Pol, died on Thursday afternoon, Raju Thakor, 40, a resident of Fatasha ni Pol, died early on … Continue reading Precarious heritage: Tottering structures leave 3 dead, 19 injured
Where have the little beauties gone?
Urbanization, Pesticides Are Destroying Breeding Grounds Of Fauna With Paul John As monsoon cast its mag ic on Ahmedabad, staff members at Sundarvan nature park in Satellite, this year, could hear just a solitary toad croak to its mate. The nature park is situated right in the middle of a dense concrete jungle. Park manager … Continue reading Where have the little beauties gone?
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