Ahmedabad: Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (SRFDCL) has issued the tender for starting a river cruise and a floating restaurant at Sabarmati riverfront in the city. The pre-bid meeting is scheduled on 20th October and the bid will open on 11th November. The cruise and floating restaurant are required to have a capacity of maximum 100 passengers with crew members. The ticket window will be beside the flower park. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for starting a floati...Read More

Ahmedabad:Doctors, policemen and workers of main opposition congress today participated in the Swachch Sabarmati Maha Abhiyan on its penultimate/4th day here today. Leader of Opposition Congress in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) Dinesh Sharma also took part in the drive that was conducted between Gandhi bridge and Vivekanand bridge of the river today. He said that it was a noble effort of the AMC to make the river clean and all the workers of his party were avail...Read More

Ahmedabad: On the occasion of the world environment day today, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani launched the five day river Sabarmati cleaning mega drive in which a large number of common people are also participating. During the five day drive by the AMC named Swachch Sabarmati Maha Abhiyan which is to continue till June 9, the river would be cleaned between Dufnala/Torrent power to Vasana barrage along riverfront on both sides of it in the city.   On ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) expects to involve upto 20,000 citizens in river Sabarmati cleaning drive during 5-9 May, city municipal commissioner Vijay Nehra said today in a press conference. 'The AMC is launching Swachch Sabarmati Maha Abhiyan (clean Sabarmati mega movement) tomorrow. We wanted to clean river Sabarmati with involvement of people. Initially we thought, 200-300 citizens would respond to our call for volunteering, but in last seven to ten days we have attrac...Read More

Ahmedabad:  Water is being released from Riverfront portion of river Sabarmati in Ahmedabad to downstream due to ongoing pre-monsoon repair and maintenance works at Vasna barrage. Read More

Ahmedabad: At around 10.00 am today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi boarded a seaplane from river Sabarmati at Ahmedabad to reach Dharoi dam in North Gujarat. The Prime Minister boarded a modified American built Quest Kodiak float plane after waving hand to people gathered on Sabarmati Riverfront and Sardar bridge. The plane as per its schedule reached Dharoi dam where PM was welcomed by locals. The Prime Minister is scheduled to visit Ambaji temple in pilgrim town Ambaji in North Gujarat by road....Read More

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today while speaking at Sabarmati Riverfront in the last public meeting of Gujarat campaign 2017 said Sabarmati Riverfront will see landing of sea plane tomorrow. Modi said: Tomorrow in this riverfront, a sea plane will land at 9.30 am. It will land in river water. I will board the sea plane and travel to Dharoi dam. The sea plane will land at Dharoi dam water from where I will travel to pilgrim town Ambaji for darshan of Goddess Amba. The sea plane wil...Read More

Ahmedabad: The water level of river Sabarmati in Ahmedabad has further come down today. however many villages in central Gujarat have been flooded owing to release of excess water from it. The water level at Subhash bridge in the city at 10 am this morning has come down to 141.08 meter. This has also resulted in receding of water from the flooded walkway of the adjoining riverfront. However it was still closed from visitors. It is believed that cleaning task will take a week befo...Read More

Ahmedabad: Due to continuous rainfall in catchment area, Dharoi dam in North Gujarat is witnessing continuous inflow. At 3.00 pm today the level of water in Dharoi dam was 611.15 ft. The dam was witnessing 1,41,000 cu sec inflow during the afternoon.According to the Superintendent Engineer of Dharoi dam the inflow was constant and there was all possibility of level reaching 617 ft at around 11.00 pm. In such circumstances initially 50,000 cu sec water is expected to be released. Later the di...Read More