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 …
AHMEDABAD: Swine flu and dengue seems to be rearing up again in the city. There have been there have been 76 cases of dengue and 51 of swine in the last week. There have also been six deaths from swine flu in the city in the same period. According figures …
AHMEDABAD: Six years ago, on September 13, 2012, even before Swachhta Survekshan rankings were born as buzzwords, Ahmedabad had committed itself to becoming a zero-waste city by 2031. A road map document was released, the only of its kind in the country with the help of United Nations Center for …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has also identified these three river stretches among the 15 most-polluted river stretches in the country. As per the CPCB, there are around 20 rivers in Gujarat where BOD levels are above the prescribed standards. Expressing the need for urgent action, National Green Tribunal …
Surat: Don’t immerse Ganesha idols in Tapi, thinking that the the ban on immersion in the river is just another diktat issued year after year. Anyone caught violating the ban can land in jail. City police commissioner Satish Sharma has issued a notification that anyone violating the immersion ban can …
A division bench of the Gujarat High Court has issued notices to the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and others over pollution caused by an industry engaged in making paper from waste. The PIL was filed after the company sought permission to expand its capacity. The petition filed by Rakesh …
Gujarat has been battling child and maternal malnutrition for several years. In 2013, the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) had pointed out that every third child in the state is underweight despite providing supplementary nutrition to targeted children between 2007-12. The CEO of India’s food regulator on Tuesday that Gujarat, …
AHMEDABAD: Since 2007, the number of avian scavengers in Gujarat has dropped by 43%. The 2018 census reveals the trend continues and between 2016 and 2018 the number has declined by 18%. The 2016 census had found 999 vultures in the state, while the 2018 census estimated that only 820 …
GANDHINAGAR: Finally after years of representation, the state government has been successful in getting loans and grants from the Centre to complete the Narmada canal network and maintain the Sardar Sarovar dam. Under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) grants, the Centre has approved Rs 730.90 crore for construction of …
There has been a sharp rise in malaria cases over the last week in the city. A weekly bulletin issued by the health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), stated that there have been 1,449 cases of malaria until the 25 in just this month. Just in the last …
The state government on Thursday set up an 11-member committee to find out what's causing air pollution in the city and suggest ways to control it. The committee would also conduct a study on the Pirana dumpsite. The committee will be headed by the Additional Chief Secretary of Forest & …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC), Gujarat Pollution Control Board and the forests and environment department of the government of Gujarat jointly organized a public hearing on the state’s draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) at Dholera on Tuesday. Stakeholders and environment activists protested against exercise and demanded that another …
AHMEDABAD: Trees have long served as the critical carbon sink, consuming carbon dioxide pollution produced by humans. They even clean up air by reducing particulate matter pollution (PM10, PM2.5). But our unending hunger for vehicles, depreciating green spaces owing to developmental activities, accentuates the release of carbon dioxide into the …
AHMEDABAD: Mahila Housing Trust (MHT), based in Ahmedabad, has been conferred the Climate Resilience Award by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the US, as part of the Climate CoLab Contest — Absorbing Climate Impacts 2018. The contest sought solutions for developing a ‘climate risk insurance’ that could be merged with …
Tar balls, allegedly caused due to suspected oil spill in the seas, have spread to more areas of Valsad district, officials said on Monday. DNA had reported on Sunday that tar balls had been found on the beaches of Umargam, Nargol and Tithal. The tar balls were seen in about …
AHEMEDABAD: Gujarat has emerged has as the top state in terms of approved power generation capacity in various solar parks. Out of the total 26,449MW capacity approved in 45 solar parks in 22 states, Gujarat has received the nod from the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) for …
AHMEDABAD: What can cities do to guard themselves from harmful gases and smoke billowing out of factory exhausts. Today, each of the four major Gujarat cities — Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot — are surrounded by harmful chemical industrial clusters and burning waste mounds that smoke our air with carcinogens. …
The US govt has urged the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court order on the Tata Mundra Power Plant in Gujarat funded by a financial wing of the World Bank The Trump administration has urged the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court order on the Tata Mundra Power …
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has found 21 construction sites, four schools and a BRTS workshops, which are the most prominent sites of mosquito breeding. The civic body has been conducting an inspection of mosquito breeding sites since a week. Administration charge worth Rs 2.65 lakh has been levied on these …
The Gujarat government is likely to bar citizens from owning more than one vehicle at the same time as it pushes for modes of mass transportation and cut down road congestion. The state will either issue a notification or come up with a bill to this effect, said sources. Banning …
Krishna Kant from PSS, who is also opposing the public hearing, said, "No material in local language is being provided to locals so that they can understand the issue and put forth their points at the public hearing." Local villagers and environmentalists have opposed the proposed public hearing to be …
