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: With a view to protecting the interests of farmers going in for greenhouse and polyhouse farming, the government has undertaken a stringent exercise for empanelment of companies that would build and maintain these units. Once the system is put in place, the companies will have to ensure that the …
MUMBAI: The frequency of leopard attacks around Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in the last one year has again raised fears among locals of the bigger human conflict with the wild. In the last 15 years, 128 people have been attacked in or around the national park. As many as …
Coming down heavily on Modi for his "toilets first, temples later" remark, Congress chief whip in the Assembly Balvantsinh Rajput on Monday said the CM should first follow that in his own state. To justify his comments, he based his argument on the 2011 census figures, according to which 42.70 …
Following extension to JnNURM, continuous water supply & tertiary sewage treatment projects of AMC have got the go-ahead. If things go as per the plan of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), Amdavadis will soon get round-the-clock water supply. Not just this, a huge quantity of drinking water can be saved in …
The state government got a rap on the knuckles from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) for its urban local bodies flouting JNNURM norms. They have also been slammed for lack of planning and delay in projects. In its report for year ended March 2012, CAG has come …
Incessant rain for the last few days wreaked havoc in parts of Gujarat causing flood in many cities. The death toll in the state has reached 13 and over 90,000 people have been evacuated to safer areas, according to the state government. The stormwater drains of the biggest cities of …
Deskbound lifestyle, smoking, obesity, fast food consumption and high stress levels have led to a rise in incidence of heart disease in the younger generation. According to a recent survey conducted by Assocham in 10 major cities, 32% Amdavadis in the age group of 25-45 years have alarmingly high cholesterol-levels, …
Even after cropping the size of the proposed special investment region (SIR) at Mandal-Becharaji region, it seems that the government so far has not been able to contain the farmers' agitation against the SIR fully, as a few of the eight villages that have been notified under the SIR do …
Tree cover in the district has grown by 13% in the last decade. The number of trees in the district-58.52 lakh in 2003-has increased to 66.41 lakh according to the tree count taken up earlier this year. The district however, like Ahmedabad city, has a relatively low density of 8.3 …
IAS officer Durga Sakthi Nagpal's recent campaign against the sand mafia in Uttar Pradesh seems to have found an echo in the city. On Sunday, Ahmedabad (rural) police busted a sand-mafia gang, arrested nine people and seized eight earth movers and trucks. This is one of the first such operations …
The Ahmedabad rural police arrested seven people and seized five trucks, besides three JCB machines, allegedly used for illegal mining near a tributary of the Sabarmati river. A history-sheeter along with five truck drivers were arrested under Aslali police station area, though three others managed to escape. A police team …
On World Population Day, Numbers Paint Grim Picture It sounds like an old wives’ tale. Number of births had peaked during the two winter months of October and November in the year 2012, according to an annual statistical analysis of live births across Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara by the …
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning to harness energy from waste biomass - mainly leaves collected from various streets and plants. Though the AMC at the moment prepares compost out of vegetative waste it collects from the city, senior officials suggested developing a special anaerobic plant to generate methane …
The Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government's much-hyped 'development model' could be in for another reality check tomorrow, as the the Gujarat High Court hears the claims of farmers from a taluka of Ahmedabad district, who say their land has been forcefully taken away by the government. Farmers of Hansalpur village in …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat's child sex ratio (CSR) in the 0-6 age group has improved by seven points from 883 in 2001 to 890 in 2011. In last decade, Mehsana, the district with the lowest sex ratio of 801 girls per 1,000 boys in 2001- improved by 41 points and took its …
Farmers of 44 villages along with members various communities have converged at Naviyani village of Surendranagar district to oppose the proposed plant of India's largest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Limited in Bechraji-Mandal special investment region (SIR). The state government has allocated around 1,000 hectares of land to Maruti …
For the first time, steps taken against realtors by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) in central Gujarat have resulted into a realtor paying fine after a suit was filed against him over environmental clearances. Suits against six others are pending even as seven others are in the pipeline. Construction and …
Gujarat tops the list of being the most polluted state in India, accounting for 29 per cent of the nation’s hazardous waste. It is followed by Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, according to the Central Pollution Control Board. Gujarat is presently generating 6.2 million tones in hazardous waste largely because they …
Ahmedabad has become the first city in South Asia to come up with a Heat Action Plan (HAP), informing citizens about extreme climates in the near future and the necessary steps to tackle it. Temperatures in the city during summers in Gujarat have risen up to as high as 47 …
In a setback for the Ahmedabad-based Adani Group’s Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Limited, an environment ministry committee, citing incontrovertible evidence, recommended levying a fine of at least . 200 crore for damaging mangroves, creeks and the local environment at the project site. Charging the company with violating environmental …
