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 …
“Transforming Agriculture for Wealth Creation in Africa” is the theme for the 52nd annual meeting of the African Development Bank meeting in Ahmedabad, India. The event kicks off today and will bring together about 3,000 delegates from 81 member countries.
AHMEDABAD: Records of the city's major hospitals do not match figures given out by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) when it comes to the number of dengue cases and deaths reported in the city. While the AMC maintains that just three people have died because of dengue since the beginning of …
AHMEDABAD: Last year, the Gujarat government reported to the Union health ministry that just one person had died of malaria and nine of dengue in the entire state of 6.04 crore.This year, TOI's random check in a few major Ahmedabad-based hospitals revealed that since July , 22 people have died …
AHMEDABAD: The sting of the dengue carrier mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is getting sharper and deadlier, and more of its victims are dwellers of posh neighbourhoods than those living in slums. General physicians and intensive care specialists have now warned that if dengue "fever with chill" is not reported in the …
It is not just all work and play that the young indulge in on a day to day basis. There are many in the city who have joined hands to make sure we all have a better green tomorrow. From college clubs to student groups, there are a number of …
AHMEDABAD: Loss of Ahmedabad had turned to be beneficial for Surendranagar district. Surendranagar which had recorded only four vultures in 2012 recorded 88 vultures in 2016, while Ahmedabad district and city which the number of vultures has come down to 45 in 2016 from the 126 that was there in …
Ahmedabad: The number of vultures recorded in Ahmedabad district ( city and rural) has come down to 45 in 2016 from the 126 that was there in 2012. Experts say initial count indicates the presence of only 10 Gyps vultures and an equal number of Egyptian vultures left in Ahmedabad …
181 Newly appointed IAS officers will undergo training in an unique water harvesting technique developed in Gujarat. The 'Bhungroo' method is a brainchild of Ahmedabad based couple Biplab Paul and Tripti Jain. The technique has been successfully tested and implemented for the last 10 years. This technology is the result …
Palodhi in Rajasthan simmers at 51 degrees; Ahmedabad breaks 100-year-old record Blistering heat roasted north India with Palodhi in Rajasthan simmering at 51 degrees and the maximum in Ahmedabad shattering a century-old record. Delhi reeled under sweltering conditions, recording the maximum at 43 degrees. The minimum the city was 28.6 …
Blistering heat torrefied north India with Palodhi in Rajasthan simmering at 51 degrees and the maximum in Ahmedabad shattering a century-old record at 480C even as the weatherman said cyclonic storm “Roanu” may bring heavy rains in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Orissa. In the east, officials said about 4,000 people …
Ahmedabad: Industrial activities, coupled with unchecked pollution, would seriously affect the groundwater quality in Ahmedabad district, states a study by Mona Khakhar, an associate professor with CEPT University. Khakhar shared the findings in a conference on Wednesday. In her study titled 'Assessing Groundwater Vulnerability to Contamination: A Case Study of …
Swine flu clai med two more lives on Tues day, taking the death toll from the deadly virus in 2016 to 29. This year, 131 H1N1 positi ve cases were reported out of which 29 died -this means that every fifth person hospi talized with the disease has died. Municipal …
AHMEDABAD: Last year, Gujarat experienced its worst swine flu crisis in four months spanning January to April recording an alarming 6,561 positive cases and 439 deaths. Buried in the statistics was another distressing fact -a large section of these patients were children aged 0-9 years. In Civil Hospital which houses …
The three deaths were reported on February 11, 12 and 15 at different hospitals in the city. Swine flu has claimed three lives in Ahmedabad in the last five days. Since January 1, the total number of deaths due to swine flu in the city has touched 16, while 77 …
Ahmedabad: As the winter chills revisited the state, a sudden outbreak of swine flu erupted in the city . It claimed three lives in the last three days. Experts attributed the swine flu casualties to the dip in temperature for the past few days. With these deaths, the city has …
AHMEDABAD: Economic slowdown coupled with increased dumping from China has taken its toll on the chemical industry in Gujarat. Over 350 chemicals units in major industrial clusters of Ahmedabad, Ankleshwar and Vapi have downed their shutters. The moratorium imposed by the Union environment ministry and escalation in production cost has …
AHMEDABAD: On an average, 68 people die every day due to cancer in the state. A total of 24,667 people died of cancer in 2014. The figure was 23,966 in 2013. In response to a question from Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh, Darshan Singh Yadav and Kiranmay Nanda, Union …
An SPV, Dholera International Airport Company, has been set up to develop the project The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) and climate change department (CCD) has awarded an environment clearance to the proposed Dholera airport in Ahmedabad district. In its bid to set up a world-class greenfield airport …
The Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (MWRRA) upheld the decision of the Godavari Marathwada Irrigation Development Corporation (GMIDC) to release 12.84 TMC water from upstream dams in Ahmednagar and districts for the Jayakwadi irrigation project. The body has also ordered implementation of the GGMIDC order dated October 17, asking upstream …
Special Operation Group (SOG) of Ahmedabad district police on Sunday evening arrested eight persons for dumping suspected industrial waste into open manholes near Moraiya village of Ahmedabad district and Narmada canal near Vishalpur village. A woman worker Neelam Parmar had died on Saturday while three others had to be rushed …
