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: A video of a pride of 14 lions quenching their thirst from a mad-made water pond some 20 km away from Gir sanctuary in neighbouring Amreli district went viral on social media on Thursday. Once a rare sight, videos capturing huge lion families have become rather common place with …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Paryavaran Bachav Samity Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/04/2019 regarding approval for Ambardi Wildlife Interpretation Zone (Ambardi Safari Park) at Dhari in Amreli District, Gujarat under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. NGT directs the State of Gujarat to seek …
AHMEDABAD: Taking a serious note of the death of 184 lions in the state in the last two years, the Gujarat High Court today sought explanations of the Union and the state governments over the disturbing trend. The court issued notices to the governments, taking suo motu cognisance of the …
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government today admitted in the Legislative Assembly that 32 Asiatic lions died due to "unnatural causes" such as falling into wells in the last two years in and around Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in the state. While 12 lions, including cubs, died in 2016, 20 died of unnatural …
AHMEDABAD: In the forest near Liliya-Krakach, noisy little cubs are seen sauntering around a small pond. Some are playfully pouncing on their mother who sits relaxed but watchful. These scenes in Asiatic lion's abode are not limited to Amreli district. Several forest areas outside the Gir National Park are brimming …
The ministry had earlier given an in-principle nod to the project, which aims to reduce the tourist rush in western part of the Gir National Park in Gujarat. The Environment ministry has given its final approval to Ambardi lion safari at the Gir National Park in Dhari taluka of Gujarat’s …
Ahmedabad: Gujarat high court on Wednesday sought a reply from the state government in response to a PIL objecting to the establishment of a wind farm in the vicinity of a reserved forest at Brihad Gir in Amreli district. A wildlife activist, Biren Padhya, filed the PIL seeking HC intervention. …
Ahmedabad: Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been put on alert in Surat and Amreli districts, following heavy rain warnings. Since 8 am on Tuesday, the state received rainfall in around 122 of the 250 talukas. According to the revenue control room, heavy rains were recorded in …
As many as 310 Asiatic Lions, declared as endangered species, had died in its only abode, the Gir sanctuary in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, in the past five years, Forest Minister Mangubhai Patel informed the state Assembly in a written reply to a question by a Congress member. Along …
The state government intends to change the newly devised eco-tourism police for the Gir sanctuary, the last abode of the Asiatic lions. The government intimated Gujarat high court on Wednesday that it planned to make changes in the policy following the "uproar" from the local people, particularly from Dhari in …
Advocating for lifting of ban on sand mining from the rivers, especially those passing through forest areas, Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that one of the reasons for the unprecedented flood in Gir forest and other parts of Saurashtra region …
Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday the Centre plans to adopt a new policy to allow sand mining in forest areas to stop flood waters from flowing into forests. Javadekar made the announcement while referring to recent deaths of 10 Asiatic lions and other wild …
Gujarat high court (HC) on Thursday directed the state authorities to initiate action against commercial establishments and under-construction buildings around Gir sanctuary that exist in violation of the new eco-tourism policy. The state government submitted before the court that there are 156 commercial units in Gir-Somnath, 71 in Amreli and …
Lion census 2015 has pegged that the empire of the king of jungle is spread over 22,000 sq km — 2,000 sq km in Gir sanctuary and the rest outside. Out of 20,000 sq km area that is outside the sanctuary, almost 15,000 sq km is in three districts — …
The forest department and wildlife conservationists took as sigh of relief as over 27 lions, that had gone missing after flash floods in Shetrunji river, were located in villages around Liliya and Krakach village. There were about 50 lions living near the banks of Shetrunji River in Liliya-Krakach area before …
RAJKOT: It's a scene of complete devastation in Amreli, which has been ravaged by the worst floods in 90 years. Almost 600 out of the total 838 villages of the district are inundated and a massive rescue and relief operation has been launched by the state government, the Indian Air …
Indian Air Force helicopters rescued over 100 people from various parts of Amreli, with four helicopters pressed into service. Heavy rains caused by a deep depression over the Arabian Sea have left 70 people dead in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region and parts of South Gujarat since Wednesday. The depression has since …
In an effort to prevent lion deaths in rail accidents, the state forest department has decided to fence both sides of the 70km railway tracks connecting Pipavav to Bhamar in Amreli district. Since 2013, at least 12 lion deaths have been recorded. In most of these, the big cats were …
Niranjan Savani (39), a dentist in Pennsylvania, has taken urgent leave from work to come to India for two weeks. Not for any pressing personal engagement but to engage himself in the matters of heart — to take part in the four-day lion census beginning May 2. Like Savani, many …
The much awaited Asiatic Lion census, covering one of the biggest ever area in its census will cover over 1500 villages around the sanctuary. The nine month long exercise which began since June last year has revealed that the lions have found new homes in around 1500 villages in eight …
