240 chemical units flouting norms
Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that 240 complaints of irregularities have been reported about chemical units in Ahmedabad city and district. The state government was replying to the question
Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that 240 complaints of irregularities have been reported about chemical units in Ahmedabad city and district. The state government was replying to the question
Yagnesh Mehta | TNN The diamond city has stumbled and fallen from second place and has been ranked the third cleanest city of the country for 2009-10 with 69 points. Union ministry of urban development, as part of national urban sanitation policy, has been selecting top 25 cleanest cities. Chandigarh has topped with 73.4 points and Mysore is second with 70.6 points.
Mahuva: A leopard caused the death of over 30 sheep and injured 20 more in a village in Mahuva taluka of Bhavnagar district in the wee hours of Tuesday. While the big cat injured and killed 20 sheep, about 40 others reportedly jumped into a nearby well to save themselves.
Ahmedabad: In a shocking development, no less than 11 blackbucks were found dead under mysterious circumstances in Nana Hadmatiya and Kana Vadla area in Junagadh district on Monday night.
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Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: It was a PIL that freed Gandhinagar from the clutches of the babus in September last year. The Gujarat government displayed a haste and declared Gandhinagar a municipal corporation on May 1
Gandhinagar Turned Out Differently From What Was Conceived, But Not For The Better Paul John | TNN
Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: For 15 long years, Gujarat Pollution Control Board sat over hundreds of environmental audit reports prepared by industries. It deliberately chose not to scrutinise them or take action against erring units which lied in these reports about their pollution control measures.
Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: This 60-year-old farmer used RTI to expose how Rakhial village administration clandestinely passed fake resolutions to allow illegal sand mining. The issue was an eye-opener for the state geology and mining department which is the regulatory body for sandmining activities in the state. The department immediately set up a fact-finding team to investigate the cases.
Ahmedabad: The move to shift 100 Maldharis families outside the Gir sanctuary has again raised a debate on if the move was in the interest of the lion population.
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