Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
To prove that it is serious about implementing its poll promise of affordable urban housing, Gujarat government plans to start construction of around 75,000 houses by its para institutions across the state before the forthcoming Lok Sabha (LS) polls. "We are actually eyeing beginning the construction of one lakh houses, …
Industrial Units Suspected To Be Pouring Poisonous Chemicals Into Drains, Rivers A Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) monitoring team caught three tankers carrying a hazardous chemical — Spent Acid — for illegal disposal near Gujcomasol on Vatva-Narol road. Even after strict directions from GPCB to not dispose more than 3,000MGL …
AHMEDABAD: It will be wildlife experts versus a management guru from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, when it comes to countering the claims of Madhya Pradesh over the translocation of lions to Kuno Palpur. The state forests department has asked the management guru to study the planned dispersal of …
Company looking to either buy its own land or enter into joint venture with land owners in state Even as it nears the launch of its first affordable housing project in Gujarat at Halol near Vadodara, Kolkata-based real estate player Ashiana Housing Limited is already planning to expand its presence …
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will soon be starting the survey covering 4 lakh non-slum families of the city to include in the E-mamta scheme. The survey will begin in November and will be over by December. The exercise will be conducted by 400 link workers of the AMC. This campaign …
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued notices to eight municipal corporations and 159 municipalities for not following guidelines on solid waste disposal. The corporations given notices are Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Jamnagar and Gandhinagar. It has threatened to take strict action under the Environment Protection Act 1986 …
On Bapu’s B’day, Youth Brigade Makes Clean Sweep Of Gandhi Road It was halla bol on the dirt monster as nearly 250 waste warriors descended on Gandhi Road on Wednesday to observe Gandhi Jayanti. They joined hands with Ahmedabad’s Youth Brigade to make the city’s 600-year-old core garbage-free. While students …
SC Upholds HC Order To Centre Gujarat’s cities will get cheaper gas. The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Gujarat high court order passed last year directing the Centre to supply gas to Ahmedabad at the price it supplies to Delhi and Mumbai. This will have a direct impact on …
100 HL Students Join TOI’s Youth Brigade To Make Paper Bags The I Lead India campaign against litter and use of plastics got another fillip on Monday when TOI's Youth Brigade was joined by more than 100 students of HL Institute of Commerce in making paper bags. These bags will …
Almost one-fifth of the centrally-funded sewage treatment plants in the country are “non-operational”, leading to millions of litres of untreated water either seeping into the ground as potential pollutant of ground water or being discharged into natural drainage systems and rivers every day. Besides, performance of another nearly one-fifth of …
Saffolalife is an initiative by Saffola which provides health and nutrition aspects of preventive healthcare and seeks to impart accurate, credible and expert-led information. From free cholesterol checks across 90 cities in India to helping individuals find their heart’s age, Saffolalife’s mission is to keep India’s heart healthy. Every year, …
The Saffolalife Study 2013, India’s largest study on risk factors precipitating heart disease, found that more than 70% of 1.86 lakh urban Indian respondents are at cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. When the study was conducted among 23,313 Delhi respondents over a period of three years, it was revealed that 71% …
Experts Say Improvement Likely Only In December Disease specialists in the city are a worried lot, with the fresh spell of rains and so is the municipal health department. They expect that the fresh rain spell will lead to more number of cases of dengue, malaria and chikungunya — if …
AHMEDABAD: The rise of mosquito-related illnesses has caused an alarm in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) health department. In the last fortnight, the department has detected 235 cases of dengue. The authorities claim that there has been a steep rise in the numbers because they have drawn in more than …
BHOPAL: The master plan for Upper Lake is likely to be out by October. The plan, prepared by Ahmedabad-based Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, would be integrated into Bhopal master plan 2031. It is another matter that nobody still knows the fate of city master plan. Sources …
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has registered 160 cases of dengue, including a casualty, in the last 109 days. With greater surveillance, the civic body is detecting several mosquito-related illnesses. Anti-malaria drive has also been intensified in all localities and fogging is being done in several areas at nominal rates. …
Urban local bodies across the state are now demanding faster turn-key systems and construction technologies to deliver affordable houses in bulk and in a time-bound manner over the next five years. A seminar on 'New Construction technology for affordable housing' was organized at the Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA). The seminar …
Experts trying to find reasons for the steep rise in illnesses spread by mosquitoes in the city over the last two years have squarely blamed patients who don't complete the prescribed course of medication and private clinics who refuse to follow the new drug policy. In the case of malaria, …
AHMEDABAD: After installing solar panels atop some of the main zonal offices of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Sardar Patel Stadium in Navrangpura, the AMC is now turning to wind energy. With the AMC incurring electricity bills worth close to Rs 150 crore per annum, huge savings can …
AHMEDABAD: After installing solar panels atop some of the main zonal offices of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Sardar Patel Stadium in Navrangpura, the AMC is now turning to wind energy. With the AMC incurring electricity bills worth close to Rs 150 crore per annum, huge savings can …
