Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Bench, Pune) in the matter of Pathan Fuzailkhan Ashif Khan Vs Gujarat Pollution Control Board & Others dated 07/03/2025. The issue raised in the application pertains to Eco Waste Management (EWM) not operating its facility and conducting its operations without waste treatment, which …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Reva Valley Environment Protection Society Vs. Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation & Ors. dated 17/07/2015 regarding polluted water being discharged in natural drains which ultimately meet Amrawati River and the grievance is particularly made in respect of …
Large number of industrial units in Dahej special economic zone (SEZ) and Vilayat Industrial Estate are staring at production losses after the main 12.5 km pipeline discharging effluents into the high sea was damaged on Wednesday morning. Officials said that the suction system at one of the four pumps at …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Reva Valley Environment Protection Society Vs. Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation & Ors. dated 07/04/2015 regarding industrial pollution, Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, Jhagadia Industrial Estate, District Bharuch.
A phenomenal Rs 43,600 crore have already been spent on the Sardar Sarovar Narmada project, the state government informed the Gujarat Assembly on Monday. “Till July 2014, a total of Rs 43,633.75 crore have been spent on the Narmada project,” the government stated in a written reply to a question …
SURAT: Cases of the deadly swine flu continues to surge in south Gujarat with seven more people testing positive for the virus since Saturday. Since January 1, the H1N1 virus, has already claimed five lives in the region. In all, 23 people have tested positive of which 18 are from …
Swine flu claimed four more lives including three women on Thursday, while another woman reportedly died of the H1N1 virus in Jamnagar on Wednesday evening. A 53-year-old woman from Ankleshwar town in Bharuch district was admitted to Apple Hospital at Udhna Darwaja in Surat detected with Swine flu on Wednesday. …
Chief Minister Anandiben Patel carried forward the 7th edition of Garib Kalyan Mela to Valsad district and distributed records of land rights to 7,000 tribals of six districts of the south Gujarat, said an official release, on Sunday. Patel also distributed benefits of various other schemes to the tribals during …
BHARUCH: District administration has banned discharge of effluent water on land other than sites notified by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB). A notification was brought out by Collector Vinod Rao after recent incidents of tankers caught while discharging effluent waste into open lands in the district. The notification says that …
After protests by Surat district farmers, the ambitious Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway project is facing stiff opposition by agriculturists in villages of Bharuch taluka. At a public hearing conducted in Dahegam village on Monday evening, large number of farmers and villagers vehemently opposed giving land for the project. Situation turned tense after …
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) on Saturday issued closure orders to six industrial units of Ankleshwar and Jhagadia in Bharuch district for violating the provisions of environment laws. Those issued closure orders are RPG Life Science Ltd, Pigment India, Jarad Chemicals, Sitaram Paper Mill Jhagadia, Dolphin Pharma and Amal Products. …
New Delhi: The Union environment ministry has indicted ONGC for the oil spill that was reported off the Uran coast near Mumbai in October. It has asked the petroleum ministry to take action against those responsible for not adhering to crucial monitoring norms in the public sector oil major despite …
Company is expanding its 10 MT per annum Dahej terminal to 15 MT at an estimated cost of about Rs 2,950 cr by end of 2016 Asian Development Bank (ADB) today said it will provide USD 150 million loan to Petronet LNG Ltd to part finance expansion of its Dahej …
The ministry also ordered the closure of the faulty ONGC pipeline responsible for the spill Concerned over environmental damage caused due to an oil spill off Uran coast near Mumbai, the Environment Ministry today constituted a team to inspect the site and issued a show cause notice to Oil and …
Gjarat govt has assured Centre that these areas have compiled with environmental guidelines The ministry of chemical and fertiliser proposes to recommend lifting of environmental ban on chemical industrial areas of Ankleswar and Vatva in the state of Gujarat. This follows recommendation of the Gujarat government which has assured the …
Upbeat over the outcome of the public hearing on July 19, the state government is looking forward to getting coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance for its ambitious Bhadbhut barrage project soon. It expects to begin construction by the end of the year. The CRZ clearance is to be given by …
NANDIAD: Can you irrigate a farmland using a locally dug groundwater recharge well? Scientists at Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI) have developed a technology where groundwater can be used for harnessing irrigation water for farmlands. The specially designed recharge wells along with drip irrigation technique have now come handy …
Company intends to invest Rs 35 cr in the new facility Mumbai-based diversified chemicals player, Aarti Industries Ltd will set up a fertiliser manufacturing facility at Jhagadia in Bharuch district. The company intends to invest around Rs 35 crore towards the new facility. “This will be an expansion of our …
New Delhi: Union agriculture ministry has declared 17 districts of Gujarat consisting 132 talukas as drought-affected. In a reply to Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani, union minister of water resources Harish Ravat stated that the districts include Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Amreli, Anand, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Kutch, Mehsana, Patan, …
The Union Government has declared 17 districts in Gujarat as drought-affected, Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani has said. These districts are Vadodara, Bharuch, Anand, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Amreli, Banashkantha, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Junagadh, Kutchh, Mehsana, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot and Surendranagar, Nathwani said in a statement issued here quoting Harish Ravat, Union …
Gandhinagar: The incidences of swine flu continues unabated in the state as seven fresh cases of patients testing positive for the virus came to light on Thursday. Of these, five cases have been reported from Rajkot while one each was reported from Bharuch and Surat. The flu that is also …
