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: Urban stresses and citizens' apathy to green canopies are eating into Ahmedabad's tree cover. Ahmedabad's tree density is among the lowest in Gujarat — an Amdavadi has to share a tree with 10 other individuals. The past tree surveys have revealed that there are 6.18 lakh trees spread over …
AHMEDABAD - A plan to combat extreme heat in India's Ahmedabad city has been so effective in raising awareness and bringing down fatalities that city officials are rolling out a similar programme to fight another environmental risk: air pollution. Ahmedabad, in the western state of Gujarat, has among the worst …
Surat: A systematic plastic waste management in the city has begun with the commissioning of a plastic waste management plant at Bhatar. The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has provided two acres land for that plant that has been built by a private operator. The plant has started collecting 20 tons …
With nip in temperature and humidity, two cases of swine flu (H1N1 positive) were reported in the city on Tuesday. Both the patients are females. This year, 79 people were found to have been infected with the virus out of which 12 died. According to the health department of the …
Ahmedabad recorded an average rainfall of 50.61 mm in the past 12 hours. The traffic in the city was also hit by heavy rainfall on Monday. Due to water logging, Akhbarnagar underpass was closed for three hours and Kubernagar underpass for 30 minutes. Following incessant rain in the last three …
AHMEDABAD: A team of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's health department rushed to Ghodasar lake on Sunday after receiving reports of the death of a large quantity of fish because of depleted oxygen level in the water. This was creating a health hazard for those living nearby. The AMC team removed the …
Scientists from IIT-Gandhinagar say that particles generated from emissions linked to human activity are more disruptive than dust Particulate matter — dust, black carbon and organic carbon from biomass burning and fossil fuel — deposited on solar panels and present in the ambient air is responsible for about 17% reduction …
Ahmedabad: With the monsoon setting in, Amdavadis have another health worry - malaria. This appears to be serious, as 215 cases of malaria alone were reported in Ahmedabad at civic body-run hospitals last week. According to the weekly health report by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), 228 cases of vector-borne infections …
Greenhouse Farmer Association (GFA) Vice president Vijay Patel said that the scheme has failed to such an extent that today there are less than 100 greenhouse farming units in the state. Greenhouse Farmer Association (GFA), a registered body of more than 600 greenhouse farmers in Gujarat, Tuesday alleged that the …
Environmentalists say this move will lead to corruption, while spelling disaster for the city Environmentalists have raised the red flag over chief minister Vijay Rupani’s recent announcement to decentralise Environmental Clearance for construction projects. Till now, environment clearance was handled by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), which is an …
After steel and telecom, lenders brace for NPAs in power sector Losses at Gujarat based plants: Tata, Adani, Essar stare at huge writedowns With their Gujarat-based power plants incurring hefty losses, the Adani, Tata and Essar groups are staring at write-downs in the thousands of crores of rupees. Lenders fear …
To salvage its debt-laden Mundra power project, pushed to a corner after the Supreme Court in April ruled out compensatory tariff of 40 paise per unit, Tata Power has offered a 51% stake in the project for a nominal Rs1 to Gujarat’s state-run power utility GUVNL. This is subject to …
AHMEDABAD: On Tuesday, Gujarat saw its highest ever levels of power generation from wind energy, thanks to high wind velocities on its coast and steadily increasing generation capacity. Wind power generation in the state reached a record 3,460MW on June 20, 2017. The rise also come as a major relief …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government's hushing up the spread of the dreaded Zika virus has reached the Gujarat high court. A PIL has demanded a probe into who was responsible for purposely hiding information about the deadly disease in the city and why did they did so. The PIL has been …
As many as 100 private and AMC-run schools in the city have been chosen for the programme. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Monday launched the school flag programme to spread awareness about air quality in city and in specific areas. The launch coincided with the reopening of schools after …
AHMEDABAD: At a time when demand for farm loan waiver is growing in many states, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets milk and milk products under Amul brand, on Thursday claimed that the income of farmers associated with the co-operative federation has quadrupled in last seven years. The …
The panel has been directed by the tribunal to visit the impugned region and submit its report by July 26 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has appointed a three-member Court Commission to ascertain exact area being used by Essar Bulk Terminal (Salaya) Limited in Jamnagar district to construct two jetties …
Ahmedabad: With election to come this year, even the dustbins have taken a saffron hue even though municipal solid waste management rules advocate the use for blue and green colours for dustbins to enable waste segregation — blue for dry waste, green for wet. BJP councillors of the Ahmedabad Municipal …
Rajkot: How fresh is the air you breathe? Residents of Saurashtra's commercial capital will soon know the quality of air with the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) planning to install 50 environment sensors across the city. RMC in collaboration with the police commissioner will install the sensors that will not only …
Previous studies have not adequately captured the heterogeneous nature of the diabetes epidemic in India. The aim of the ongoing national Indian Council of Medical Research–INdia DIABetes study is to estimate the national prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in India by estimating the prevalence by state. Original Source
