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 …
877 hectares of land will be acquired for 6,000-MW project. In the run-up to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to the U.S., where a ‘pre-early works agreement’ is likely to be signed with American atomic major Westinghouse for a nuclear park at Mithivirdi, farmers of five villages in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar …
A two-member expert committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has visited the proposed cement plant site of Nirma in Mahuva taluka of Bhavnagar district and reportedly sought data regarding a so-called water body there. The NGT expert team of Gopal Pandey and Devendra Agrawal visited Samadhiyala Bandhara on Saturday, …
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 …
Despite serious reservations in the US about India’s nuclear liability law, New Delhi and Washington have agreed to push ahead with a “pre-early works agreement” that is expected to pave the way for the 6,000 MW nuclear power project in Mithivirdi in Gujarat. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) …
The proposed 6,000 MW nuclear power plant by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) at Mithivirdi in Bhavnagar district, has been recommended to the Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) for CRZ clearance by the Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA). GCZMA deliberated the proposal of NPCIL and after …
The Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has recommended Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited's (NCPIL) proposed 6,900-MW nuclear power plant to the Central Ministry of Environment & Forest (MoEF) for Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) clearance. However, the recommendation has been made without a site visit by its member and …
NPP at Mithivirdi will be set up 40 km from Bhavnagar and is located on sea coast on west side The Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCRZMA) has given nod for Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited's (NPCIL) proposed 6,000 Mw nuclear power plant in Mithivirdi, Bhavnagar. It has recommended …
Grassland Is An Ideal Habitat For Breeding The forest department has counted 48 lesser floricans, the critically endangered smallest bustards of the world, in Velavadar Blackbuck National Park (BNP) in Bhavnagar district. The counting was done on Saturday and Sunday. According to assistant conservator of forests, BNP, D P Vaghela, …
Nearly 53 lions were spotted in the area A separate lion conservation reserve has been proposed by forest authorities in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat after over 50 big cats were spotted in the area. Dr Sandeep Kumar, Deputy Conservator of Forest, Sasan-Gir, said the proposal was submitted to the state …
Have Asiatic lions found their own homes within the home around the Gir forest? State forest department officials said over the last two decades, lions have dispersed from the Gir forest, which was a core area of Asiatic lions, and have settled down in respective areas and made their permanent …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today termed as "disastrous" the Centre's view that the panel's expert members who are to visit Nirma's cement plant site in Gujarat won't be able to ascertain if the area is a waterbody or not due to prevailing drought conditions there. A vacation bench headed …
Vadodara:The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) has demanded that Gujarat be declared drought affected and has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to visit the drought-affected areas of Gujarat. In its memorandum to the PM, SUCI has said that while the Central government has identified 10,000 villages out of 18,000 …
Monsanto study says crop in four Gujarat districts showed susceptibility to pest The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) is learnt to have received a report confirming pink bollworm developing resistance to Bt cotton in four districts in Gujarat. The apex regulator of genetically modified (GM) crops is likely to consider …
It could not have been more poignant than this when a sea of humanity in the heart of the rain-starved Saurashtra region in Gujarat took a pledge here on Sunday to conserve water by adopting drip irrigation on a massive scale and check the mining of groundwater. A staggering 1.25 …
Rajkot: The people’s movement to express resentment against the Supreme Court verdict on transfer of Gir’s lions to Madhya Pradesh (MP) continues to gather steam. A postcard campaign against the move has been launched in Amreli by members of Gir Nature Youth Club that was founded by slain RTI activist …
Citizens Must Not Lower Guard Yet, Maintain Caution: Experts Ahmedabad: The death toll due to swine flu in the state reached a staggering 180 on Tuesday, with the maximum casualties recorded in Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Kutch, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar. Officials claimed the deaths and number of swineflucaseshave gradually gone down in …
Rajkot: A number of eligible bachelors in the drought-struck Dedan village near Amreli are ruing their luck. The acute water crisis here has cast a dark cloud over their chances of getting married. Parents of many brides-to-be have broken off their daughters’ engagement with at least four young men in …
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, …
Swine flu cases have reached epidemic proportions in Gujarat with 121 deaths, most of them females between 15 and 45 years of age, during the past two-and-a-half months. Besides, at least 652 people have been detected positive for H1N1 virus. In comparison, only 30 deaths were reported last year out …
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 …
