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 …
BIOGAS, an asset to rural India for fuel can also provide water and manure from the plant's slurry. The biogas plant utilises animal dung and water to produce high quality gas and slurry, which can serve as an excellent manure. But since this slurry is very dilute (94-95 per cent …
MANTHAN se Pravah (strength from struggle) is a film on a number of largely women-based initiatives for revitalising drinking water resources in different parts of Gujarat. Remarkable in concept, the film covers contemporary initiatives for promoting local and traditional water-harvesting systems in different parts of Gujarat. These movements have been …
Over the last three months, nearly 10,000 auto-rickshaws have been taken off the roads of Ahmedabad, ostensibly to check pollution within the city. As a result, many auto-rickshaw drivers were rendered jobless and have remained so till date. According to civic authorities, the impounded auto-rickshaws used to mix kerosene with …
a private jetty caught in environmental litigation may receive a fresh lease of life, if a proposed change in the contours of the coastal zonation map for Kutch, Gujarat, sees the light of the day. The jetty is meant for the controversial Rs 664-crore Sanghi Industries cement divison in Kutch. …
in what may turn out to be a case of substantial significance, the Supreme Court (sc) has dismissed a special leave petition filed by the chief conservator of forests (ccf), Gujarat. The petition had sought to review an order passed by the industrial tribunal in Ahmedabad, to provide permanent employment …
The Supreme Court of India recently directed the Gujarat government to stop felling trees in the Narayan Sarovar Chin kara Sanctuary in Kutch to clear the ground for a mega cement factory. The ruling was given on an appeal filed by the Consumer Education Research Centre of Ahmedabad three years …
The Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute's Naroda Centre in Gujarat has devised a new process to develop superior black pottery from common clay. Under a project sponsored by the Rural Technology Institute, Gujarat, common clay is toned with a thin, glossy layer called
the latest of these unwanted industries are three large concentrations of chemical factories coming up in Jhagadia, Dahej and Vilayat industrial estates in Bharuch district. It is estimated that industrial investment amounting to over Rs 25,000 crore will pour into Bharuch in the next few years and this money shall …
THE nonchalance of salt manufacturers as well as the government is causing destruction to the wild ass sanctuary in the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. The Kutch is also home to the near-extinct Great Indian Bustard, the caracal and the desert cat. The Kutch wild ass belongs to the …
MARDIA Chemicals Ltd (MCL) of Gujarat has been producing H-, J- and K-acids, tobaid acid, vinyl sulphone, dye intermediates and sulphuric acid since January 1991, with what are suspected to be 'second-hand imported plants. Reports of pollution by the plant poured in 1991 itself. Complaints of air, water and ground …
THE Supreme Court (SC) judgement has made our village famous, a primary school headmaster tells a small group gathered around him in a temple courtyard in Bichhri. He is referring to the February 13, 1996 judgement in the court of Justices B P Jeevan Reddy and B N Kirpal, ordering …
1987 0 P Agarwal buys and illegally acquires land adjoining Bichhri village and sets up a chain of chemical factories on it September 1988 The villagers launch an agitation and write letters to the President, the Prime Minister, the state chief minister and the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board (RPCB) September-October …
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute study, carried out at the behest of the Supreme Court, lists the 'dewatering' of the aquifer around Bichhri as a measure to repair the damage done by the H-acid plants. But environmental engineer and senior professor of Aligarh Muslim University, R L Siddiqui, explains …
Plot no 6104, Phase IV industrial estate of the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), Vapi, could be any other industrial unit among hundreds others in this township. There is no signboard proclaiming the name of the company. The unit, Golden Colourchern Ltd, is owned by 0 P Agarwal, and H-acid …
H-acid (or 1-napthol-8-amino-3,6 disulfonic acid) is an azo dye (an alcohol + an ether) *which exists as a white crystal or grey powder. Large quantities of sulphuric and nitric acids, common salt,-iron filings, caustic soda, lime and napthalene are needed for its manufacture, which can cause extensive damage to standing …
It is not just the land that has turned barren in Bichhri - the cattle have also been badly hit. Initially, when effluents flowed through the village, residents were alarmed to see the skin peel off their cattle after they had wallowed in contaminated water. Several families lost their cows …
• A recent report made by the Punjab Pollution Control Board has made gloomy predictions for India's two major wetlands located in Harike and Kanjli areas in the state. Indiscriminate deforestation and mismanagement are devastating these wetlands. • The world's biggest solar power chimney plant of 200 MW capacity is …
THE fact that laws which govern the cooperative sector have always left successful cooperatives tantalisingly within the reach of political leadership has once again come to the fore in Gujarat. The almost idyllic calm at Amul, the most successful of such ventures in the country, was shattered when it was …
At last the Gujarat government has announced a cash award for those educating the masses about the need for planting trees and taking care of them. The award carries a sum of Rs 70,000. To be eligible for the award, the person has to belong to the state, having contributed …
