Yogesh Avasthi

As many as 19 members of Gun Riders Motorcyle Club will be exploring world’s highest motorable mountain pass on their By Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Tuesday, June 15, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=3&contentid=2010061520100615040221624ddcd3854 ) A group of enthusiastic bikers from the city will be leaving for Khardung La, the world’s highest motorable mountain pass with a height of 18,380 ft. The bikers, 19 of them, are members of Gun Riders Motorcycle Club. The 4,921-km journey, spread over 20 days, will test their endurance and ability to ride in tough weather conditions. The bikers will start from RTO Circle on Wednesday morning on their Royal Enfields. They will be riding 500 km every day. On the hilly terrain, they plan to cover 250 km per day. Last year, the motorcyclists had covered the entire distance in 13 days. But that meant compromising on sightseeing. That is the reason, this year, they have extended their trip ...

Ahmedabad Division has sent a proposal to this effect to the Railway Board for approval By Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Saturday, June 12, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=3&contentid=2010061220100612024431658636dbe1d ) Sabarmati railway station needs an investment of Rs 86 crore to emerge as the city’s alternative terminus. Ahmedabad Division has sent a proposal to this effect to the Railway Board for approval. While the expansion plan of Sabarmati station is on track, officials want to create basic facilities for washing and maintenance of coaches at the station before starting new trains from there. “We have prepared a Rs 86-crore project, that includes Rs 21 crore for sickline and Rs 65 crore for coaching depot. We are awaiting the Railway Board’s approval,” said Divisional Railway Manager Ashok Garud. Sickline and coaching depot will enable officials to wash and maintain coaches of the trains originating and terminating ...

Only 17 candidates appeared in Ahmedabad and Sanand for apprentice jobs at the Nano plant. There are over 3,000 vacancies By Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Wednesday, June 09, 2010 Students in the city have said no-no to the Nano experience. Only nine students from Ahmedabad appeared for a test held to fill up 3,000 trainee posts at Tata Motors’ Sanand plant. HSC passouts in other cities, too, did not show much interest. Ten students in Gandhinagar and eight in Sanand took the test conducted on Tuesday. The 60-mark written tests were scheduled to be held from June 6 to 24. Expecting more than 500 students every day, the District Education Office (DEO) ordered several city schools to keep their classrooms free to conduct the tests. But Tuesday’s attendance proved a shocker. Only two students took the test at Muktjeevan High School in Maninagar. Vidyanagar High School in Usmanpura saw seven students. Eight students appeared for the test at New Era School in Sanand. The poor turnout forced ...

Skilled Muslim artisans from Makrana in Rajasthan are working day and night to construct marble facades and colonnades. The renovation work will be completed by December By Mehul Jani & Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Saturday, June 05, 2010  (Pic Dilip Thaker) No religion has a right on God. It’s God who decides what’s right. That should explain the presence of Muslim craftsmen at Bhadrakali temple, one of the most popular places of worship in the city. Bhadrakali or Amba is also addressed as Allah in Sanskrit. The skilled artisans from Makrana are constructing marble facades and colonnades at the temple, all set for a Rs 2.5-crore facelift in December. While at work, they adhere to the Hindu doctrine promulgated at the temple. That, they say, is out of respect for the Hindu sentiments. So, till the work gets over, they will not even touch meat. The craftsmen are employees of A S Marble Emporium in Makrana. Nearly 90 per cent of the artisans in this small town in Rajasthan are ...

Situated in a narrow, congested lane and the area being unfriendly for girls forces management to shift college to C U Shah Arts College campus By Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Saturday, June 05, 2010 The only post graduate home science college in the city, which was lost in the narrow lanes of Sankdi Sheri, will finally have a new address. Also the first women’s college, B D Arts College, which has been running since 1956, will now be housed at the C U Shah Arts College campus in Lal Darwaja. The authorities cite two reasons for this shift after almost 54 years. One of the reasons being the area where the college is in a narrow, congested lane. Buses don’t ply here, hence college students, all girls, find it difficult to walk down all the way from Lal Darwaja. The other reason is the fact that the location of the college is not so woman- friendly, which raises concern for the girls. Both these factors have contributed to the decline in the number of girls coming to the college. For...

Railway Board to supply drinking water on Duronto from second week of June By Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Thursday, June 03, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article§name=News%20-%20City§id=3&contentid=20100603201006030248335165be9d73a ) Water woes on superfast Duronto Express is to end soon as the Indian Railway Board has decided to supply drinking water to the passengers on board the train. While the superfast train’s eight-hour non-stop jaunt has made it popular among the passengers, unavailability of water and absence of pantry car are something passengers have been complaining about since its launch in December last year. However, the board is set to provide drinking water on the train from the second week of June. No drinking water facility There is no potable water facility on Duronto. Also, because the train has no stoppage, there is no chance that a passenger can buy it from any station. “There is no pantry car in the train. That’s okay. But ther...