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 …
Local industry associations will sign Memorandum of Understand (MoU) for business expansion, environment protection, sharing of technical know-how, and facilitation of bilateral ties during the three-day Vibrant Gujarat Summit beginning January 18. Pharmaceuticals sector is likely to lead the table with business proposals worth Rs 8,000 crore. Environment preservation and …
Ahmedabad: With the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019 set to kick-off this week, several investment intentions have been received by the state government in the environment, conventional and pharmaceutical sectors. Investments worth some Rs 40,000 crore has been proposed in these three sectors. As many as 302 investment intentions, with …
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani will inaugurate a workshop on 'Emissions Monitoring and Market Based Pollution Regulation' on 16th January, 2019. The workshop will be organised by Gujarat Pollution Control Board, in collaboration with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL), the Energy Policy Institute at the University …
The Vadodara Enviro Channel limited (VECL) failed to get any relief from the Gujarat High court after it moved the judiciary in connection with the closure notice issued by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB). In what is a big blow to the over 300 industries operating in Vadodara the …
AHMEDABAD: The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) has proposed the creation of a Renewable Energy Export Promotion Council on the line of Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) to encourage exports of renewable energy equipment and related services from India. "In December, a proposal for Renewable Energy …
Through the last eight editions of Vibrant Gujarat summits the renewable energy sector has realised only 7.35 per cent of the investments valued at Rs 40,345 crore, as reported by The Indian Express earlier this week. The Gujarat government plans to set up a 1,000 MW solar power plant on …
Vadodara: Vadodara Envio Channel Ltd (VECL) has moved the Gujarat high court seeking a stay against the closure notice issued to it by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB). It was on December 13 GPCB had issued closure notice to VECL which is responsible for disposal of treated waste water of …
The Gujarat government is aiming at increasing power generation through non-conventional sources. The government on Friday announced that solar power generation will be increased by 3,000MW and wind power generation will also be raised by 1,000MW at an annual rate. The Gujarat government is going to hold a seminar on …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Village in Gujarat, 04/01/2019. As per information received from respective State Governments and Ministry of Tribal Affairs, the number of the forest villages and villages inside the core/critical tiger habitat in the country, State-wise including Gujarat, is given at Annexure-I. Developments work like …
Wind power developers in Gujarat have got two months time from the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to do financial closure of their proposed projects. This comes as a relief for projects worth 1,700 MW that were facing a penalty of ₹10,000 per MW per day for delays in …
AHMEDABAD: As stress and pollution are major concerns in Gujarat, the trend also got reflected in emergency calls received by EMRI 108 in 2018. According to the figures by the ambulance service, it reported 9% rise in respiratory problems with 7 calls per hour. Likewise, the service also responded to …
India plans to add 100 GW of solar electric power generation by 2022 to an existing system (with an installed capacity of close to 330 GW, as on January 2018, from all sources). Selection of sites for such a large infrastructure investment is definitely an important decision. Here, examine the …
Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) will begin the ambient air quality monitoring project to closely watch air pollution levels in the city. This project will be undertaken jointly with the World Bank, which will provide funds and expertise to control air pollution, especially particulate matter (PM) 10 level. The …
Residents of 11 villages say mining affecting irrigation, ask govt to make its stand clear in a week. Led by former MLA Kanu Kalsariya and Congress MLA from Talaja, Kanu Baraiya, around 1,000 farmers of 11 villages of Talaja and Mahuva talukas of Bhavnagar district forced UltraTech Cement Limited to …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued a notice to the state government and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) over a PIL complaining about water contamination in three villages near Dholka town in Ahmedabad district due to the release of drainage water and industrial discharge into an open …
Ahmedabad: As a young medical trainee at a US hospital over three decades ago, Dr Atul Mehta found a practical solution when a patient had a foreign body lodged in his pulmonary system. Instead of relying on the time-consuming rigid bronchoscope which was widely used at that time, the young …
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation aims to reduce daily waste dumped at Pirana by 200 MT The civic body is hopeful about reducing daily waste generation and subsequent disposal at Pirana after December 2, 2018. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is claiming that the waste segregation drive will be successful in reducing the …
AHMEDABAD: With Mount Pirana growing at an alarming rate, the AMC has finally put its foot down. Come December, the corporation will not collect domestic waste if it is not segregated into dry and wet waste. So far, several efforts were made by the corporation to segregate the waste at …
Rajkot: Overfishing and climate change has for the first time forced fishermen of Veraval coast to move to Maharashtra, Karnata and Tamil Nadu waters in search of a good catch. Within a month of the fishing season taking off in mid-August the Veraval coastal waters, once rich with life now …
AHMEDABAD: The minute you step outside your house, vehicular fumes hit you. As you go further, under-construction roads or building add to the particulate matter you breathe in. These suspended particles come from waste burning and industrial activities. As the world marks Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day on Wednesday, …
