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: No oil spill has been reported from the diesel-laden merchant navy tanker that caught fire on Wednesday off the Gujarat coast, an official said today. Efforts were under way to douse the flames on the MT Genessa tanker which was carrying 30,000 tonnes of high-speed diesel, he said. The …
Ahmedabad: The output of Gujarat's chemical industry has stagnated for the last five years mainly because of the host of rules laid out by pollution control boards of the state and Centre. Industry experts in basic chemicals, cosmetics and dyes export promotion council (Chemexil) hold pollution control norms responsible for …
NEW DELHI: All inter-linking of river (ILR) projects in the country may be declared as 'national projects' in a bid to expedite their implementation through quick flow of funds and better monitoring on the ground. The issue was discussed at the meeting of special committee for river linking projects on …
Multi-business entity SRF Ltd has received green nod for expansion of its specialty chemicals, pesticide and fluoro chemicals manufacturing plant at Dahej in Gujarat, which will entail an investment of Rs 4,800 crore, as per the official document. The company wants to increase the production capacity of specialty chemicals, pesticide …
AHMEDABAD: If a big signboard is put up outside a hospital, school, or old age home that reads 'Silence Zone', Amdavadis will welcome it with a honk! Who says 'Horn is a safety device'? It's the language Amdavadis speak once they hit the road. It's almost colloquial to the mother …
Surat: The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) western bench has set aside environmental clearance (EC) issued to Hindustan Chemical Company (HCC) based at Hasanabad in Olpaad taluka of Surat for expansion of its manufacturing unit for production of sodium cyanide and mandalo nitride. The Khedut Samaj Gujarat (KSG), Priyavaran Suraksha Samiti …
Vadodara: Those using public toilets in the city will soon be able to rate their quality through devices installed there. The civic body will be putting up public feedback devices at public as well as community toilets in the city, a decision that was taken under the Swachh Bharat Mission. …
ReNew Power has raised Rs 2,235 crore through a non-convertible debenture (NCD) issue which will be utilised for repaying its existing loans and business expansion. The issue had two parts with the first, a credit enhanced NCD worth Rs 760 crore and the second, a multi-issuer cross-collateralised rupee bond involving …
Taking a small step towards creating a Smart City, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is all set to gain and give information on real-time noise pollution, the ozone layer, oxygen concentration and sunlight. In the coming months, the civic body will introduce ultra-modern environment sensors and provide environmental data. Termed as …
AHMEDABAD: This should be an eye-opener for health authorities in Gujarat. Four months ago, an international research team including Indian scientists showed how climate change — principally varying rainfall and temperature - was responsible for frequent dengue outbreaks in the country. Gujarat was among the five zones studied by scientists …
A health report of the city revealed by the health department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) states that in the first week of January, 205 water-borne cases were reported by AMC-run hospitals. The water-borne cases are likely to appear during the summer season, the number of cases which have been …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. Virender Singh (State of Gujarat) dated 05/01/2018 regarding illegal mining in Gujarat. Counsel appearing on behalf of the State of Gujarat has informed the Court that 7 noticees have filed their replies and others …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mustak M Kadri Vs. State of Gujarat & Others regarding switch over to cleaner fuel CNG, Gujarat, 05/01/2018. As there is no one on behalf of the State of Gujarat to place before the Court the manner in which there …
There has been a drop in the number of vector-borne cases in 2017, as per the data released by the health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Monday. While dengue saw a drop of 62.83% cases as compared to 2016, chikungunya saw a drop of 43.40% cases, and …
AHMEDABAD: While civic authorities claim having intensified efforts to curb vector-borne diseases, data of AMC's health department shows that in 2017 alone, 9,277 people in the city suffered from malaria. These are only conservative estimates and the actual numbers may be higher because AMC only seeks data from civic body-run …
The introduction of LED streetlights by AMC has helped it save 26 million units of electricity helping it reduce its power bill by Rs15.50 crore a year. With this measure, the civic body says the carbon dioxide emmission would be reduced by 2,900 tonne anually. Not only this, the wind …
FOWIND, the consortium led by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), published a study providing an informed outlook for offshore wind development in the Indian states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. The report, called “From Zero To Five GW: Offshore Wind Outlook for Gujarat and Tamil Nadu (2018-2032)“, gives a …
An understanding of the trends in tuberculosis incidence, prevalence, and mortality is crucial to tracking of the success of tuberculosis control programmes and identification of remaining challenges. We assessed trends in the fatal and non-fatal burden of tuberculosis over the past 25 years for 195 countries and territories. Original Source
This Report had done a detailed analysis of estimating this financial implication using test cases of Tamil Nadu and Gujarat during the renewable-rich season in 2017. The Report recommends methods for sharing of balancing responsibility. The Report also recommends starting of ancillary services on permanent basis, in view of the …
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed the governments of 11 States — including Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh — to submit their respective Coastal Zone Management Plans (CZMP) to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC;), without “default and delay”. A Bench headed by …
