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 …
AHMEDABAD: In an attempt to cut down on "soaring" electricity bills, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has decided to use green and energy-efficient techniques to reduce power consumption by almost 35 per cent. The AMC has decided to construct all its new projects as green buildings, convert its main energy consuming …
Gandhinagar: Gujarat government may have to go in for major changes in the state’s land-related laws which are currently being applied for regularizing land titles – in case it wants to apply the new impact fee law, passed in the state assembly in September 2011 for legalizing illegal structures constructed …
Ahmedabad: A conservation activist found 33 severed heads and legs of lesser flamingos in Gujarat’s Little Rann of Kutch. Bodies of the birds were missing though leading to the suspicion that they had been killed for meat. Flamingo is on the list of near-threatened birds. TOI had reported the death …
State-run integrated energy company Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) has asked Adani Gas, an Adani Group subsidiary, to source natural gas from some other sources, a GSPC official said today. GSPC is the sole supplier of natural gas to Adani Gas, a city gas distributor (CGD), operating a network of …
In a major crackdown, the vigilance team of Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) unearthed illegal discharge of hazardous effluents into Sabarmati and a nearby lake by certain textile processing firms in Narol-Piplaj industrial area. Six units - Shraddha Processors, Geeta Processors, Vinod Denims, Harekrushna Fabrics, Blue Blend Denims and Mahak …
AHMEDABAD: Here is another instance of a suspected cover up by the state health department. If the figures given out by the directorate of national vectorborne disease control program (NVBDCP) are to be believed then there were just 14 malaria deaths in the state between January and October this year. …
Bald Tyres, Dirty Interiors, Broken Glasses A Common Sight Jaipur: The introduction of low-floor buses as an effort to get the public transport system streamlined, a couple of years ago, had been welcomed by all. However, now only 30% in the fleet of 280 low-floor buses plying on Jaipur roads …
Ahmedabad: Insulate high tension cables or put them underground when they run close to the breeding grounds of the migratory greater flamingos in the Khadir region of Kutch. The state forest & environment department issued this order to the Gujarat Energy Transmission Company (Getco) on Thursday after TOI reported that …
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat government has hired top international consultants, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), to come up with a complete project report on the supply of water to the state's industry. Well-placed Sachivalaya sources said that the study has been commissioned because there is "no clarity" on the amount of water that is being …
New Delhi: Commuters in cities with 20 lakh population can hope for more comfortable journey if state governments are willing to choose modern Metro for intra-city transportation. The union urban development ministry has decided to consider the proposal for Metro in cities with 20 lakh plus population. With this announcement, …
AHMEDABAD: Nearly 75% of diabetics have uncontrolled sugar levels which may be wreaking havoc with the functioning of their vital organs like kidney and heart and adversely affecting their nerve function, rendering them vulnerable to retinopathy and neuropathy, a research by the Study of India's Twin Epidemic (SITE) has found. …
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday gave a thumbs-up to the independent social audit mechanism adopted by the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government for the NREGS. He brushed aside reservations expressed by a member of the Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC), the apex monitoring agency for the rural job …
AHMEDABAD: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to widen the Ahmedabad-Rajkot and Bamanbore-Samakhiyali stretches of the national highway grid. NHAI has invited tenders for a technical report to make the highways six lanes wide. Officials in NHAI said that the stretch already has four lanes and NHAI …
Mumbai is India's most populated city with over 1.84 crore (18.4 million) people, followed closely by Delhi with 1.63 crore (16.3 million) and Kolkata with 1.41 crore (14.1 million), making these India's 'mega-cities', according to the preliminary Census 2011 results. In terms of urban agglomeration or spread as an extended …
An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted Gujarat tonight but there was no immediate report of any casualty or damage. The epicentre of the quake of moderate intensity, which shook the state at around 2248 hours, was 20km south east of Sasangir near Vansthli town in Junagadh district, …
A quake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit Gujarat at 10.49pm on Thursday. The epicenter of the quake was near Vanthli in Junagad. Tremors were also felt in Saurashtra, Kutch, Surendranagar, Bhavnagar and Amreli. Director of meteorological department, Gujarat, Kanwaljit Ray told TOI: “The tremor was felt at 10.49pm …
Alarm bells have started ringing in the government over recent trend of highway builders quoting huge premiums to bag contracts. Road transport and highways minister CP Joshi has directed his officials to do a risk analysis of such bids and devise a mechanism to secure the completion of projects. Essentially, …
The State Government's policy to resettle slum dwellers will permit private developers to take advantage of the increased floor-space index. With the Gujarat Government's recent move to offer flats free-of-cost to slum-dwellers at their existing site, the western State may become slum-free to some extent in the next few years. …
Foot Ulcers Found In 41% Upper-Middle-Class Patients Ahmedabad: A study has negated the common belief that only poor diabetics — who do not wear proper footwear — end up getting ulcers or infection in their feet. If not attended to in time, that complication necessitates amputation. It has been found …
NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: A network of mass transport systems is imperative to avert urban vehicular traffic as the number of cities with more than 10 lakh people will increase from 48 to 68 in the next two decades, according to a study released by the Associated Chambers of Commerce …
