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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AMC to get Rs 25 cr for infrastructure
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat government on Saturday decided to allocate Rs 25 crore each to six municipal corporations, including Ahmedabad, for developing city infrastructure. According to an official release of the state urban development department, AMC has been asked to use the grant for building a four-lane railway over-bridge and a new multistorey building for the LG Hospital from the grant. "In all, we have allocated Rs 150 crore,"urban development minister Nitin Patel said.
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Groundwater reality: Alarming dip in quality
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Sadra (Gandhinagar): There
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Lions only reclaiming lost home: Experts
Say Animals Not Straying Out Of Gir, But Returning To Their Original Habitat Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: Nearly five generations later, the King of the Jungle is reclaiming ancestral land! The Asiatic lion
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Poachers strike in Mandvi, kill chinkaras
Ahmedabad: Eight chinkaras
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SSNNL needs Rs 9.5K crore more to complete canal work
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has told the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) that the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL)
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Modi seeks funds from Centre for lions
Gandhinagar: Gujarat Wild Life Advisory Board has in a unanimous resolution demanded funds from the Central government for lion conservation. The resolution, taken in a meeting on Monday, demanded that the Centre should take up lion conservation on the lines of Project Tiger. The board in the resolution also said the Centre has been neglecting the lion conservation programme. Chief Minister Narendra Modi also called on the board members to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and make a representation to allocate funds for lion conservation.
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GMB gives clean chit to Adanis MPSEZ
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has given a clean chit to Adani Group owned Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) as the Kutch collectorate and Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) have stated before Gujarat High Court that no filling work on three disputed creeks in the southern coast of Kutch is being undertaken by the company.
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Queens of the jungle!
GANDHINAGAR: If you are in the Gir forests to watch the Asiatic lion, don
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Gujarat Maritime Board seeks more time for MPSEZ report
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) on Thursday sought further time from Gujarat High Court to submit its inspection report regarding fishermen's allegations on the Adanis that the Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) has violated court's order by contunued to fill three creeks near Mundra. A division bench has granted GMB the time till Aug 29 to file its reply. Earlier, it was asked to file the report on Thursday and the hearing was kept on August 25.
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Trend-setter in groundwater recharge
10 Aug 2008, 0433 hrs IST, Vijaysinh Parmar ,TNN AHMEDABAD: When residential societies show consciousness towards the environment by taking initiatives on their own, it's indeed a heartening trend. Manali Apartments, near Indian Institute of Management in Vastrapur, has set an outstanding example of this by implementing an artificial groundwater recharge system. Every drop of rainwater is recharged here.