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 …
gujarat has become the first Indian state to stop the use of diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used on livestock and considered crucial in the decline of the country's vulture population. Diclofenac is believed to cause poisoning in vultures that feed on dead livestock treated with it. During a workshop …
What do you produce in your fields? Mustard and pulses. Why mustard? We don't have enough water to produce rice. Mustard takes less water and gives handsome profit in five months. Is water very valuable in your area? Look, if a one-litre bottle of water costs Rs 10 while milk …
Looks like there is no stopping the downward slide of Gujarat. The health development index of Gujarat has slipped from the seventh position to the ninth in the last decade, says a recent report prepared as part of the United Nations Development Programme's global initiative. The report ascribes the problem …
A disaster management committee constituted recently to deal with pollution and other problems of villagers along the effluent channel project (ECP) in Vadodara is in the eye of a storm. The reason: its composition. The seven-member committee does not include any local representative but has a strong representation of the …
About 80 kilometres from Ahmedabad, Gujarat stands the ancient Harappan town, Lothal. The town has no great wealth, its landscape is miserably sun burnt and its soil dry and parched. It is little wonder that Lothal means the mound of the dead in Gujarati. But 4,000 years ago, the city …
a threat of severe chemical contamination hovers over Gujarat, which is suffering a major flood this year. Lack of industrial planning and infrastructure is blamed for the mix of dangerous chemicals with water in many parts of the state. The government has also been charged with inadequate preparedness. "The state …
With the government set to end GAIL's monopoly over gas pipelines, new players are finalising their own plans. In the bargain, gas as a fuel may become competitive. Sometime soon in the future, a 1,400-km gas pipeline will snake its way from Kakinada to Ahmedabad. But this won't be just …
Last fortnight, I wrote of an impending drought. 15 days on, I stand corrected. Now devastating floods are drowning parts of the recently parched country. So much so that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, who last fortnight sought Rs 2,500 crore as drought relief, has now asked the Centre for …
eight years ago the Gujarat High Court had fined 756 industrial units in Odhav, Naroda and Vatva industrial areas in Ahmedabad district for polluting 20 villages in Ahmedabad and Kheda districts. The factories were asked to pay one per cent of their gross turnover of one year as compensation. The …
bully power: A World Trade Organisation panel will examine the US claim that a tax imposed by Mexico on American soft drinks that use corn sweeteners violates international trade rules. Mexico's 20 per cent tax on soft drinks and syrups using high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) have almost halted the …
Another monsoon, and the level of fear and tension rises in Harsud and other towns affected by the Sardar Sarovar project. EVERY year prior to the monsoons, restlessness and fear grip the people in the Narmada valley. "Will our houses go under this time?", "Will our village become an island …
Environmental clearance for the proposed Single Point Mooring (SPM), Crude Oil Terminal (COT), and connecting pipes at Mundra Port, Kuch District, Gujarat by M/s Gujarat Adani Port Ltd (21 July 2004)
an ecological disaster is waiting to unfold in the coastal belt of Saurashtra in Gujarat. Rampant illegal mining of building stone is wreaking havoc on the region's biodiversity. It has also resulted in severe groundwater depletion, apart from impacting the quality of water. Agriculture, too, is a major casualty. What …
In a unique effort, three years after an earthquake devastated Kutch a group of women from villages across the affected region don the role of amateur film-makers in order to highlight the valiant efforts of the people to rise above the tragedy. Who better to tell a story than the …
Letter to secretary (forests) Govt of Gujarat to Asstt Inspector General of Forests on diversion of forest land for Salt Washery and Desalination Plant near Dhrub village in favour of M/s. Adani Chemicals Ltd., in District Kutch, Gujarat dated 13th May 2004.
Letter to secretary (forests) Govt of Gujarat to Asstt Inspector General of Forests on diversion of 1850 ha (approved area 1840 ha.) of forest land for high purity salt in favour of M/s. Adani Chemicals Ltd., in Kutch Distt., Gujarat dated 13th May 2004.
By the beginning of the next financial year, consumers in India would have over 10 companies to choose from while buying petrol and diesel. The new entrants in this segment include private players like Reliance, Essar and Shell, and three psus, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Ltd (mrpl), ongc and Numaligarh …
A uranium drought haunts India's nuclear programme. And in the rush to end this scarcity, UCIL has failed in gaining people's confidence. The country's current nuclear power generation is entirely dependent on natural uranium (see chart: All reactions delayed), which fuels 12 pressurised heavy water reactors and all research projects. …
