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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Riverfront effect: G'nagar to rock soon
Gandhinagar will be rocking, soon. Huge multiplexes, sprawling homes, synergized town planning schemes that will contain all the modern amenities you can dream of and other entertainment and shopping extravaganzas will invade the silence that envelops Gandhinagar after every sundown now.
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Amdavad's green old man & his trees
Till about four years ago, this lane of Maninagar's Mukti Maidan area was used more as a public urinal and a garbage dump. Today, it's the greenest street in this part of town. All thanks to the efforts of one man who has not just transformed this smelly street but also created several oases in Maninagar and Khokhra. Meet 80-year-old Philip Macwan, who is green at heart and has single-handedly planted over 1,000 trees over the past decade.
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Ambani village to go dry till it pays up
This is Dhirubhai Ambani's birthplace. Located right on the coast, it is one of the hundreds of villages along Gujarat's 1600-km coastline which have been inflicted by salinity of soil. Kukasvada, which has a population of 10,000, does not have sweet water wells. Villagers have stopped getting drinking water in the taps. The few rich families here purchase water from private tankers at Rs 350 per 1,000-litre. Others travel several kilometres to fetch water.
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Amdavadi women on top in BRTS poll
Guess who's set to drive the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) once it rolls into the city? It's the Amdavadi women, who are ready to hop onto this clean-green mode of transport. An elaborate household survey conducted in March this year to determine the willingness of commuters to shift to BRTS revealed that a whopping 43.19 per cent of women surveyed, cutting across all economic strata, said they would love to take the BRTS. In contrast, 31.9 per cent men said they would prefer the BRTS.
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GU to offer six-month eco course
The arts faculty of the Gujarat University in a meeting on Thursday decided to start a six-month course on environment. The curriculum for this course will be the one prepared by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The colleges will be asked to commence this course, conduct exams and give certificates on
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A'bad skyline may rise along BRTS
If all goes well, an ambitious proposal to increase Floor Space Index (FSI) within the 250-metre radius of the BRTS corridor to encourage development along the route, is being planned by the state urban development department. It is proposed that all developers along the 120.5 km of the corridor can get an extra FSI over the existing 1.8 FSI. This increases the FSI to 2.8. The proposal has been forwarded to the Central ministry of urban development for approval and is being simultaneously discussed in the state urban development department over its feasibility.
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Small fry to build big canals under Vibrant Gujarat
GANDHINAGAR: Vibrant Gujarat wants to dot some of state's major canal networks, including the Narmada main canal, with mini-micro-hydro power projects. And imagine whom does it propose to choose for this - a company called Krishna Kanhaiya Hydro Power Pvt Ltd, owned by a UK-based NRI Riyen Ramani. Already, it has earned a contract worth Rs 18 crore to start building mini-microhydro power projects on the canal coming out of Karjan dam, lying dormant for nearly three decades.
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18 micro power plants to come up in Gujarat
NHPC To Kick-Start Rs 600 Crore Project Soon Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has roped in National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) to kick-start 18 micro power plants on the Narmada canal all over Gujarat at the cost of Rs 600 crore.
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City filmmakers docu wins global award
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: A city-based documentary filmmaker, Sandeep Damre, 37, has won an international award for his documentary
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CEPT student proposes setting clock forward
Vasundhara Vyas Mehta | TNN Ahmedabad: Start your day half an hour early and you will be able to save a big dent in your monthly power bill. Padmini R, a postgraduate student at Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, wants to reset the Indian clock half an hour forward.