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 …
Mahuva (Bhavnagar): As their pleas have gone unheard even after nearly two-and-a-half years, around 5,000 farmers protesting against the proposed cement plant by Nirma will march to Gandhinagar on March 3. Mahuva BJP MLA Kanu Kalsaria, who has been spearheading the agitation, says that farmers from the villages to be …
Some hundred people, men and women, were gathered on the hill. Many more, I could see, were trudging up. Their faces were resolute. I asked why they were opposing the cement plant. Their answer was simple: “We cannot eat cement.” “But the plant will bring you employment and prosperity,” I …
VILLAGERS whose land will be acquired for the new nuclear power plants will be made partners in profit, said Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) CMD S K Jain. NPCIL is the only company allowed to operate nuclear power plants in India. The corporation, which is setting up about six …
Will we allow the desecration of water and the life it gives? Will we allow the right of a common water body to be abused? Sunita Narain Some hundred people
GANDHINAGAR: In a major step towards putting the Kalpasar project on fast track, the Gujarat government last week commissioned a bathymetric and geotechnical study of the entire oceanic space in order to ascertain its different layers, including fault-lines. The study, to be completed by January 2012, will closely study tidal …
FARMERS of 15 coastal villages in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district have intensified their stir against Nirma company’s cement plant proposed on a waterbody. Activists are mobilizing people against the plant by screening films showing the impact the project will have on farmers of Mahuva tehsil. The latest round of protests were …
Need of action plan is justified to control pollution in any area where pollution sources are identified, pollutants are measured, assessed and found exceeding permissible limits. To implement such action plans is a duty of any SPCB and all concerned agencies/stakeholders. After declaration of critically polluted areas by OMs dated …
THE preliminary work on the nuclear power plant in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district has started amid protests. Government officials who visited the site in Jasapara village on June 11 to collect soil samples were gheraoed for over six hours by angry people. The soil samples were to be collected for laboratory …
New Delhi: Four new nuclear power plants proposed by Nuclear Power Corporation of India have run into trouble with the environment and forests ministry rejecting their initial applications for statutory environmental clearances. NPCIL has proposed four power plants, one each at Fatehabad in Haryana (2,800mw), Mandla in Madhya Pradesh (1,400mw), …
A check-dam in coastal Gujarat sweetened water and changed farmers' lives. Now, another change is coming, a cement factory over the reservoir and the villagers are on the warpath.
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Bhavnagar: In a major ecofriendly step towards renewable energy generation in India, seaweed sourced ethanol (ethyl alcohol), a biofuel additive in transport fuel, has been used to run a car for the first time. Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI) in Bhavnagar scientists recently …
This study presents foliar application effect of Kappaphycus alvarezii (5-15%) extract on yield and seed quality of greengram at flowering stage. Application of K. alvarezii (conc. 10.0%) significantly increased seed yield (30.11%) compared to control,due to increase in yield of pods, weight of pods as well as seed yield per …
On march 26, the Gujarat High Court gave detergent manufacturer Nirma the go-ahead to set up its cement plant in Padhiyarka village in Bhavnagar district. The court said the plant would provide much-needed employment opportunities in the semi-arid region of Bhav-nagar, but it should not be done at the cost …
Palitana/ Rajkot: Shock and panic gripped pilgrim town of Palitana when four pilgrims reportedly died of a heat stroke on Sunday morning. The pilgrims were among thousands attending a five-day Jain religion function, Suripat Rajat Jayanti Mahotsav, at the foothills of Shetrunji hills at this Jain pilgrimage in Bhavnagar district. …
Mahuva: A leopard caused the death of over 30 sheep and injured 20 more in a village in Mahuva taluka of Bhavnagar district in the wee hours of Tuesday. While the big cat injured and killed 20 sheep, about 40 others reportedly jumped into a nearby well to save themselves. …
The global recession may have turned many millionaires into paupers, but for the ship-breakers at Alang, a coastal stretch near Bhavnagar in Gujarat, it's been like manna from heaven. This ship-breaking yard-the biggest and only full-fledged yard for dismantling worn-out ships in India-is a business hub that works on a …
