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 …
GANDHINAGAR: Delayed monsoon has forced the Gujarat government to divert a huge 6,300 cusecs of Narmada water to large number of areas that are outside the Narmada command, mainly in central and north Gujarat in order to help farmers to go ahead with sowing operations, currently on a standstill. Government …
AHMEDABAD: Union minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh declared on Wednesday that a comprehensive mapping of all coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) violations would be undertaken soon. The project would be undertaken by Isro's SAC in Ahmedabad. "The coastal mapping of industrial projects would be undertaken to zero in on …
AHMEDABAD: Airport Environment Management Committee (AEMC) of the Sardar Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad has given a ultimatum to the Army cantonment for effective garbage disposal system. The cantonment has been asked to have its house in order by June 15. Principal Secretary Forest and Environment and also the chairperson of …
GANDHINAGAR: In a major SOP to Gujarat farmers, the state government on Wednesday announced that it will give a much higher compensation to 86,000 cultivators whose land is being acquired for Narmada canal network. This is based on the new jantri rate plus 30 per cent solatium. Talking to media …
GANDHINAGAR: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has proposed that cities across the country should set up an automatic rainfall gauge every four sq km area. Vice-chairman of NDMA M Shashidhar Reddy released the guidelines for management of urban flooding on Thursday at the opening of the 3-day international conference …
AHMEDABAD: The green quotient of your surroundings might grow. The forest department, which is conducting a tree census in various cities of Gujarat, is all set to form a policy to decide the minimum number of trees in the cities corresponding to the levels of pollution. Social forestry department officials …
GANDHINAGAR: In a remarkable change in industrial investment pattern over the last three decades, the trend in Gujarat has sharply shifted from projects in chemicals and petrochemicals sectors to the non-polluting infrastructure sector. Latest data with the state industries department, meant for official consumption only, has revealed that as on …
GANDHINAGAR/NEW DELHI: The Union ministry for road transport and highways has allotted Rs 200.81 crore for the expansion and reinforcement of roads in the state with a view to providing more connectivity to interior and rural areas of the state with main cities. The project covers 10 state highways and …
AHMEDABAD: The news of farmers' suicides from various parts of the country upsets this trio. Chintan Chauhan, Dharmesh Kakadia and Deepak Dhore have designed pro-type of a solar pump which they feel will help farmers reduce their power bills and also help them save time. "This pump will help them …
Gandhinagar: The Nano-land Sanand and Gandhinagar have over exploited their ground water resources. The state government has classified 40 talukas as overexploited, including Daskroi and Sanand in Ahmedabad district. At least seven talukas in the state have total salinity issues, while another 10 have been declared as dark zones. This …
The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) run by the Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) won the first Union Internationale des Transports Public (UITP) award, launched for doubling the public transport market share worldwide. AJL won the
Only 31 per cent of pregnant women in tribal taluka of Kaprada in Valsad district made use of institutional delivery system, which was lowest in Gujarat, a recent districtlevel health survey has revealed. Eighty-five per cent of the population in the 100 per cent tribal dominated taluka live below the …
Survey Finds Ahmedabad Among Six Districts With Less Than 10 Trees Per Hectare; Gandhinagar, Anand Top List Rapid urbanisation has taken a toll on the tree cover in Ahmedabad. It now features among the six districts which have less than 10 trees per hectare. This was revealed in findings of …
AHMEDABAD: Chief minister Narendra Modi's recently released book on climate change 'Convenient Action - Gujarat's Response to Challenges of Climate Change' will be a reference book for Gujarat University students. The book will be used by students of first-year arts, commerce and science faculty as part of the environmental science …
AHMEDABAD: By April this year travelling to Dilli Darwaza from RTO will get quicker. Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited hopes to launch its first bus in the walled city on this 6 km stretch linking Vadaj in west Ahmedabad to Dilli Darwaza, which will connect to the city police headquarters. The congested …
IIM-A students will be practising what they preach in Chaos-2011. In an initiative to become more eco-friendly by cutting down carbon emission, the event this year will induce participants to travel in buses instead of autos and taxis. An IIM-A carbon footprint exercise revealed that last year 30 tonne CO2 …
Ahmedabad: Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, a wing of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is up in arms against the Narendra Modi government and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) at the Centre after unseasonal rains wreaked havoc on rabi crops. On Monday, BKS took out a rally along Ashram Road, demanding the state …
