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 …
Imported solar modules are 8-10% cheaper than those made in India, making them vital for cheap renewable power The threat of safeguard and import duties on solar panels has had a dampening effect on bidders for new projects. This marks a reversal of the trend witnessed in the second half …
Oil India Ltd has commissioned a 52.5-MW commercial wind energy project developed partly in Gujarat and partly in Madhya Pradesh. A company statement said that another 500-KW captive solar project in Jorhat, Assam has also been commissioned. The 52.5-MW project is split between a 27.3-MW capacity project operational at Kotiya …
Transition to bid-based power purchase agreement regime is cited as the reason for low capacity addition in FY2018. The capacity addition in the wind power sector is expected to improve to about 3 gigawatts in FY 2019, after witnessing a weak performance in FY2018. The wind energy sector witnessed a …
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) has cancelled the 500MW solar power auction conducted on March 28, as the state power utility found the tariffs quoted by bidders to be excessively high. Among the successful bidders, Kalathia Engineering and Construction had quoted a tariff of Rs 2.98 per unit …
GUVNL had informed the potential bidders in advance that additional costs (assorted duties and cesses) were not liable to be passed through — a reason, experts claim, why bidders were extra-cautious and refrained from the aggression observed in previous solar auctions. The Gujarat government has cancelled the 500-MW solar auction …
AHMEDABAD: As the summer has set in, civic authorities have intensified their efforts towards curbing the spread of waterborne infections. According to the testing conducted by the health department officials of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), some 567 samples of water collected by officials were found to be unfit this year. …
AHMEDABAD: The city roads wear deserted look during afternoon hours as humans and animals alike seek shelter in a cool shade. As the summer has set in, EMRI 108 has reported rise in the heat-related emergencies. According to officials, they attended to 10,004 cases from April 1 to 15, averaging …
Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) produces nearly 40MW of green energy from wind, solar and biogas. Another 10MW of energy will be produced in the next 12 months. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, had said a couple of months ago that as far as …
The government has invited expression of interest for the country's first offshore wind energy project, in line with its aim of having 5 GW such capacities by 2022. The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), an autonomous body under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), has called for …
Gandhinagar: In line with the central government’s ambitious target of generating 175 gigawatt power from renewable energy sources by 2022, Gujarat has set the ball rolling for establishing India’s largest 5,000MW solar park in Dholera, around 80km from Ahmedabad. The state has also proposed a 200MW wind park in the …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Monday upheld the state government’s decision of not renewing permission of a processing unit that is within 500 metre of the Girnar Sanctuary near Junagadh. Balaji Processors had set up a dry clothes processing unit and obtained permission to operate. In 2015, the Gujarat Pollution …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court has said that the norms of setting up health centres on islands can be fixed separately like the norms the government has fixed for health centres in mountains or hilly areas. A bench of Justice M R Shah and Justice A Y Kogje suggested laying down …
The Gujarat government has asked all district collectors to supply drinking water through tankers anywhere in their territory. The government took the decision as April has arrived and the state is facing a water shortage following the less inflow from river Narmada. The state government, however, claims that no village …
T.N., Maharashtra among better performing States According to information provided by the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha recently, of the total 25,650 primary health centres (PHCs) in the country, 15,700 (61.2%) function with one doctor each. …
Patel spoke about the efforts initiated by the Gujarat government in having a gas-grid in the state and providing piped gas to all districts — except six — in the state. Energy Minister Saurabh Patel on Thursday ruled out the possibilities of gas-based power plants succeeding in Gujarat in the …
Ahmedabad: As heat wave conditions swept over north Gujarat on Thursday, Idar town in Sabarkantha district was the hottest place in the state with mercury soaring to 43.4°C. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), mercury crossed 40°C mark in 10 towns of the state due to the effect of hot …
Quoting the figures of Commissioner of Geology & Mining, the CAG states that the number of cases of illegal mining detected in Gujarat has increased every year, from 3,760 in 2011-12 to 7,622 in 2015-16. Pointing to the rise in the number of illegal mining cases in the state, the …
AHMEDABAD: The CAG noted that the government allowed Vestas Wind Technology India to set up seven windmills in wild ass sanctuary even after objections by a central empowered committee. The CAG noted that the panel had rejected the scheme in 2013 on the grounds that the proposal was from a …
State-owned Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSEC) quoted the second lowest tariff of Rs 3/unit, winning 150 MW. The reverse auctions for 500 MW of solar power held by the Gujarat government on Wednesday saw a tariff of Rs 2.98/unit, significantly up from the lowest solar tariff ever achieved — Rs …
GANDHINAGAR: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, in its report tabled in the state assembly on Wednesday, slammed the state government for failing to act to conserve groundwater in the state. The CAG report stated: “The high-level committee had recommended in 1978 the enforcement of groundwater legislation, to …
