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
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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Ahmedabad's breathtaking record! Pollution above limit all year
Over the past six years, the city has been turning into a veritable gas chamber with particulate matter, noxious gases, and other impurities breaching permissible limits. During peak hour traffic of
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‘Endosulfan, dioxin cause irreparable health hazards’
AHMEDABAD: The Centre for Environment Education (CEE) on Friday organized a seminar on hazardous industrial waste. During the seminar, experts pointed out that over the past two years, Ahmedabad has already
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New airport to harvest rain water
Nisha Agnihotri, resident architect for New Delhi-based architect firm Creative Group, said, "Right from the stage when the site was being prepared for construction to the completion stage, all GRIHA norms
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War against waste: She proposes, Ahmedabad disposes!
Ahmedabad: Several Ahmedabad apartments were casually tossing garbage in the open. Industrial units were dumping solid biodegradable waste, unmindful of the practice of converting it into vermicompost.
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Three Asiatic lions turn man-eaters, sent to captivity for life
AHMEDABAD: Three Asiatic lions, from near Gir National Sanctuary, found to have turned man-eaters, have been sentenced to life within a cage. A fully grown male lion would be kept in a zoo while the other
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Gujarat distributes 30 lakh LED bulbs in 19 days
Gujarat becomes the fastest state to distribute over 30 lakh LED bulbs under the Government of India's Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme. This scheme was launched in Gujarat on May
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PM 2.5 pollution shortening lives by three years: Study
Ahmedabad: A new study has started ringing alarm bells for Gujarat cities. The uncontrolled exploitation of the air we breathe and lost green cover is reducing life expectancy in the state by between 2.9
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PUC norms to be revised
Ahmedabad: A comprehensive air action plan is being formulated by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, district collectorate and Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) with the focus exclusively on reducing
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Over Rs 50,000 farmers from Gujarat buy crop insurance online
Having faced the worst of droughts, farmers in Gujarat have started taking crop insurance seriously with more than 50,000 of them registering for the new crop insurance cover given by Pradhan Mantri Fasal
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Gujarat govt declares 81 villages as 'scarcity-affected'
Gujarat Government on Wednesday declared 81 more villages as 'scarcity-affected' owing to acute water shortage there, an official press release said. With this latest addition, the total number of scarcity-affected