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 …
McNally Bharat Engineering Company Ltd has received an order from Bhavnagar Energy Company Ltd for design, manufacture and commissioning of ash handling and disposal system package for 2X 250-MW lignite based thermal power project at Padva in Bhavnagar district at a cost of Rs 109.25 crore.
AHMEDABAD: At a time when Sanand is poised to become country's auto hub, farmers in the region are trying to make a mark in the agriculture sector. Through a project supported by the state horticulture department, farmers have got positive results in growing Kesar mango. Kesar mango trees have been …
THE Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) has asked detergent company Nirma to explain why the environmental clearance granted to its cement plant in Gujarat should not be revoked. The ministry issued a show cause notice to the company on May 11 after a report by a group of …
Bhavnagar: The officials who had ignored complaints by nature lovers about hundreds of flamingos being electrocuted daily as they flew into high tension wires swung into action after TOI reported the incident. Officials of Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO) visited the 300-hectare marsh on the outskirts of Bhavnagar on …
The Gujarat government has told the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests that no toxic-laden ship headed to the State's shores for dismantling. Union Minister of State Jairam Ramesh had sought a
GANDHINAGAR: In a major SOP to Gujarat farmers, the state government on Wednesday announced that it will give a much higher compensation to 86,000 cultivators whose land is being acquired for Narmada canal network. This is based on the new jantri rate plus 30 per cent solatium. Talking to media …
Even as Environmental Appraisal Committee (EAC) constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) placed a report before the Supreme Court on Tuesday recommending relocation of Nirma Ltd's cement plant at Mahuva, agitating farmers in the region have welcomed the report of the expert body. "The MoEF's report is …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that a cement plant of Nirma Industries in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat is located in an ecologically sensitive wetland area situated next to the natural habitat of Asiatic lions. The ministry said that the plant has to …
MoEF has accepted these recommendations of the Expert Committee on the controversial cement plant of Nirma Industries in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. Says that the plant is situated in an environmentally sensitive wetland area and the construction must stop. Final recommendations of the EAC on the project M/s Nirma Ltd. to establish …
GANDHINAGAR: The decision of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to come up with a nuclear plant along Saurashtra sea coast is likely to suffer a setback. Well-placed Sachivalaya sources have said that the Gujarat government is "already in two minds" whether to go ahead with the NPCIL's plan …
A seven-member team headed by C. R. Babu from the School of Environment of the University of Delhi on Monday visited Mahuva at the behest of the Union Environment and Forests Ministry to study the environmental impact of the cement plant proposed to be set up by the Nirma Industries …
The Supreme Court has ordered a new environmental study of the site where detergent company Nirma is setting up a cement plant. The site in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, is believed to be on wetlands. The March 18 decision came after Nirma moved an appeal in the Gujarat High Court against a …
AHMEDABAD: At least 29 lions, including 10 cubs, have died in the past eight months since the census April last year. The state government said this replying to Porbandar MLA Arjun Modhwadia's query in the assembly on Wednesday. The three-day lion census was held in the state from April 24, …
Gandhinagar: As the marchers from Bhavnagar hit the state capital shouting anti-industry slogans on Thursday, they got support from many activists, some of whom joined the delegation that met chief minister Narendra Modi. Danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, human rights lawyer Girish Patel, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
The farmers' agitation against Nirma Ltd cement plant in Gujarat will continue with Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi declining to accept the demand of locals who are seeking to scrap the unit from the area. "We met chief minister on the issue but his response is unsatisfactory, so we will …
Record of proceedings of the Supreme Court of India on the Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No. 14698/2010 on the proposed Nirma Cement Plant at Bhavnagar, Gujarat dated 18/03/2011.
They are unconvinced of Union Ministry's show-cause notice to Nirma AHMEDABAD: Unconvinced of the Union Environment and Forest Ministry's show-cause notice to the Nirma Limited, the agitating farmers of Bhavnagar have refused to stop their 250-kilometre long
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the show cause notification issued by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to a cement factory being built in Padhiarka village, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, for “permanent suspension of work and revocation of the environment clearance”.
MoEF has served this show-cause notice to Nirma Limited for the company's proposed cement plant, coke oven plant and captive power plant to be set up near Mahuva in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat. Show cause notice under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for permanent suspension of work …
