Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ramdevbhai Samatbhai Sanjva Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 09/05/2025. The matter related to remedial actions to be taken for abatement of pollution of river Bhadar near Ahmedabad. Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has filed the response affidavit, March …
A report of groundwater pollution in Luna village accessed by an environment NGO has once again pointed to the alarming rate of groundwater contamination in the industrial belt in Padra in Vadodara. The report accessed through RTI found that that the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) level in groundwater was an …
A day after swine flu cases in the state crossed 4,000, more than 50 cases of the H1N1 virus were reported on Wednesday. The state health department said in a release that 52 swine flu cases were reported in the city on Wednesday, of which 12 came to light in …
Ahmedabad: A shocking revelation that came from city-based nephrologists says that rougly 5 lakh people in Ahmedabad are estimated to suffer from a kidney disorder. Further to this, roughly 8.9% of the state’s population suffers from chronic kidney diseases. Nephrologists and medical experts have called for greater awareness and early …
Japan expressed concern over the slow pace of land acquisition for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, but could not tell if this would delay the scheduled completion of the project by 2022. THE CONSUL General of Japan in Mumbai Ryoji Noda on Monday expressed concern over the slow pace of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashok Shrimali Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/03/2019 regarding illegal mining in and around Balaram Ambaji sanctuary, District Banaskantha, Gujarat. According to the applicant, the mining is illegal as the area is protected and is declared as sanctuary …
AHMEDABAD: After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered closure of ceramic units that run on coal gasifiers, as many as 450 such units in Morbi, India’s largest ceramic cluster, have closed down to initiate the process to switch over to natural gas. ' A few more units will shut operations …
From 5,500 MW in 2016-17, capacity addition plummetted in the subsequent two years, leaving 4,000 SMEs that supply components to turbine makers, shaken From a euphoric 5,500 MW in 2016-17 — when wind energy companies rushed to commission their projects so as to get their foot in before certain incentives …
AHMEDABAD: Giving more credence to the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle, the special committee for monitoring pollution, formed on the direction of National Green Tribunal (NGT), has now proposed a formula to calculate environmental compensation for providing immediate relief to victims and funding long-term remedial measures. The formula was being proposed in …
AHMEDABAD: India’s largest ceramic cluster at Morbi and Wankaner has received a major blow as the National Green Tribunal, Delhi bench (NGT), on Wednesday ordered a shutdown of all ceramic units that run on coal gasifier. The NGT has ordered to dismantle the coal gasifiers and asked the ceramic units …
AHMEDABAD: The Union ministry of urban development on Wednesday released the latest round of `Swachhta Sarvekshan' where two Gujarat cities — Ahmedabad and Rajkot — were ranked in top 10 slots. Ahmedabad ranked as sixth cleanest city among 4,237 cities and towns in the country, moving six notches up from …
With no let up in new swine flu cases, Gujarat now has overtaken Delhi and is ranked second among all states in terms of swine flu cases this year. The state is also second in terms of deaths. Union health ministry data showed that as Gujarat reported 3,408 swine flu …
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday expressed its satisfaction on the measures taken by the state government in tackling the rising cases of swine flu in Gujarat. During the hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) questioning the poor state of infrastructure resulting in a spurt in the swine flu …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Babubhai Ramubhai Saini Vs Gujarat Pollution Control Board & Others dated 06/03/2019 regarding pollution in Morbi town of Gujarat on account of the operation of Ceramic, Silicate and Frit industries. Prayer in the application was to close the coal based …
The government of Gujarat has approved a policy that aims to develop the state’s small-scale distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) sector. According to a Gujarat government official, The policy aims to facilitate the development of small-scale solar PV projects with sizes ranging between 0.5 and 4 MW. It will lead to …
Swine flu cases in Ahmedabad city crossed 1,000 on Monday, while the death toll in the state rose to 107 with four more patients succumbing to the H1N1 virus. The state health department said in a release that 106 swine flu cases were confirmed in the state today, taking the …
In the second round of Jal Sanchay Abhiyan, the AMC is focusing on desilting 38 lakes. Interestingly, the same process was carried out in 2018, but nothing has been done so far to fill the lakes. Health and Solid Waste committee of the civic body has sanctioned an amount of …
Vadodara: Even as Vadodara received temporary relief on Sunday with no swine flu deaths reported from the city or the district on Sunday, 12 new samples tested positive of H1N1 virus on the same day. Of the 12 cases, 10 have been reported from Gotri, Manjalpur, VIP Road, Warasiya, Karelibaug …
According to a researcher, Nitesh Pandey of Indian Astrobiology Research Foundation (IARF), H1N1 influenza spreads rapidly because it of it's presymptomatic nature. The symptoms appear 2-3 days after the virus has already entered one's body, he said. Pandey is a researcher in Evolutionary Medicine and his research on swine flu …
The Gujarat government-owned Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam (SSNNL) will set up a 100 MW canal-top solar power generation project atop the branch canals of river Narmada at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore. The Gujarat government-owned Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam (SSNNL) will set up a 100 MW canal-top solar …
The number of swine flu cases in Gujarat continue to grow. More than 2,000 people have tested positive for the H1N1 virus since January 1 and 79 persons have succumbed to it. About 727 persons are undergoing treatment in various hospitals across the State. According to a Gujarat Health Department …
