AMC engineers pocket funds for storm lines they never laid, face probe | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: Money that city’s taxpayers pay to keep their streets from flooding every monsoon never reached the ground. Instead, it was quietly pocketed by the very engineers entrusted to fix the problem, investigation has revealed.The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has ordered an inquiry into the disproportionate assets of four officials after the municipal commissioner in…

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Mercury drops as sudden thundershowers drench Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: After enduring nearly two long months of an unforgiving, unrelenting summer, Amdavadis finally caught a break on Thursday night. From 10 pm onwards, a dramatic change in the weather swept across the city, bringing sudden thundershowers and rolling lightning.Within minutes, light but steady showers began washing over several urban pockets, including Navrangpura, Naranpura, Satellite,…

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Soon, direct flights from Ahmedabad to Colombo, Baku and Phuket | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI) is set to launch direct flights to Colombo and Baku, offering travellers from Gujarat easier access to popular tourism and business destinations across South Asia, the Caucasus and Southeast Asia. Industry stakeholders said the new routes come amid rising demand for outbound travel from Gujarat and are expected…

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Prime Minister internship scheme opens doors for chartered accountancy firms | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: A significant change has been introduced in the chartered accountancy profession under the Pradhan Mantri Internship Scheme (PMIS) after the govt relaxed a key stipend-related condition that earlier limited participation largely to corporates. Previously, companies hiring interns through PMIS were required to bear a share of the stipend from their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)…

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AMC revives 26-year-old pre-audit system | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is set to revive a 26-year-old mandate to dismantle internal cartels. The mandate requires the vigilance department to scrutinise all project files before payments are disbursed. This “pre-audit” system, which was standard practice over two decades ago, is being reintroduced to prevent engineers from certifying their own fraudulent work.The…

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2 tonnes of food destroyed, 27 samples fail quality checks | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: Intensifying its crackdown on food adulteration and hygiene violations, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) health department collected fines worth more than Rs 5.1 lakh and destroyed 2,089 kg of unhygienic food during a fortnight-long drive ending June 15.According to AMC officials, 409 food samples collected from across the city were tested at the civic…

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Police must give MACT case details to insurance agents, victims: Gujarat Information Commission | Ahmedabad News

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Information Commission (GIC) has directed that documents such as the FIR, panchnama, FSL report, inquest panchnama, postmortem report, and related records be supplied free of cost to insurance agents and accident victims.The order was given in a case where an agent of an insurance company had requested the Kamrej police station for…

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