Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
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 …
Joint Committee report with respect to compliance of the National Green Tribunal order in Original Application 399/2021 in the matter of Ashvinbhai Dayabhai Patel & Others Vs State of Gujarat. The matter related to water pollution in river Sabarmati. The complaint was regarding dumping of dead animals, human excretions and …
Compliance report submitted to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in response to the NGT order September 1, 2020 in the matter of Original Application No. 105/2019 (Ajitsinh Bharubha Vaghela Vs State of Gujarat). The matter related to untreated industrial effluents being discharged in Kharicut canal, which is meeting Khari river …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Aditya Singh Chauhan Vs State of Gujarat dated 06/02/2020 regarding discharge of untreated effluents into Sabarmati river from the CETP, Narol, Ahmedabad. The discharge was adversely affecting the environment and the inhabitants. The CETP is operated by M/s Narol Textile …
Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that 240 complaints of irregularities have been reported about chemical units in Ahmedabad city and district. The state government was replying to the question of Danilimda MLA Shailesh Parmar. The government stated that there are 1,566 chemical units in Ahmedabad city and 521 units …
Congratulations to all... we have achieved 50 degree temperature this year. Let’s cut more trees to achieve 60 degrees the next year,’ a sarcastic tweet the other day came as a jolt. It was, however, hard to tell whether the quiet sarcasm was lost on a majority of the readers …
A day after swine flu cases in the state crossed 4,000, more than 50 cases of the H1N1 virus were reported on Wednesday. The state health department said in a release that 52 swine flu cases were reported in the city on Wednesday, of which 12 came to light in …
According to a researcher, Nitesh Pandey of Indian Astrobiology Research Foundation (IARF), H1N1 influenza spreads rapidly because it of it's presymptomatic nature. The symptoms appear 2-3 days after the virus has already entered one's body, he said. Pandey is a researcher in Evolutionary Medicine and his research on swine flu …
Palghar will lose largest chunk of forests at 34.19 ha, followed by Dahanu at 29.05 hectares. Mumbai: More than 200 football fields equivalent forest land will be lost for Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train, since as many as 131.3 hectares of forest chunk is slated to be used for the ambitious project. …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued a notice to the state government and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) over a PIL complaining about water contamination in three villages near Dholka town in Ahmedabad district due to the release of drainage water and industrial discharge into an open …
The city reported 23 new fresh cases of swine flu on Sunday, taking total this year to 607 cases. Ahmedabad has also reported 28 swine flu deaths, of which 19 have occurred in the months of September and October. Figures released by the AMC and the state government have a …
Ahmedabad: Over the last one and a half year doctors across major cities in Gujarat have been advising patients suffering from chikungunya and dengue to be careful of the after effects of the disease that affect the skin. Recently, doctors from VS hospital in Ahmedabad and PDU Medical College, Rajkot …
AHMEDABAD: Swine flu and dengue seems to be rearing up again in the city. There have been there have been 76 cases of dengue and 51 of swine in the last week. There have also been six deaths from swine flu in the city in the same period. According figures …
AHMEDABAD: Trees have long served as the critical carbon sink, consuming carbon dioxide pollution produced by humans. They even clean up air by reducing particulate matter pollution (PM10, PM2.5). But our unending hunger for vehicles, depreciating green spaces owing to developmental activities, accentuates the release of carbon dioxide into the …
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government, while nearing the November 2018 deadline for land acquisition for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project, has decided to offer 25% more compensation, over the rates fixed by current norms, where farmers are protesting. Gujarat revenue minister Kaushik Patel said, “Land acquisition for the bullet train project …
AHMEDABAD: With summer at its peak and cases of nausea and dehydration on the rise, even animals, including bats, are falling prey to dehydration. Amid the scare of Nipah virus being spread through bats, animal hospitals have been taking extra precautions while treating them. Close to 10 cases of bats …
AHMEDABAD: If you think the heat is baking you right now, prepare to be roasted. The weather department has warned that heatwave conditions will prevail in north Gujarat and Kutch on Thursday and Friday. Wednesday’s heat left the Ahmedabad reeling, with the mercury touching 44.6°C, the highest temperature this season. …
Farmers’ outfit threatens stir, says won’t allow possession of land The Revenue Department of the Gujarat government has issued primary notifications for acquiring land in 165 cases in the state under section 11 of the latest amended land acquisition law for the ambitious Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project. With the issuance …
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 …
As many as 639 cases of waterborne diseases have been reported till March 17, according to the Health Department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. The information was revealed in a press note issued by the civic body on Monday. The data indicates that 37 people were victims of waterborne diseases …
