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 …
In a year-long deal, Guj & Adani Power to supply 600 MW of electricity The Mayawati-led BSP government in Uttar Pradesh has entered into a year-long power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Gujarat government and private utility Adani Power for 600 MW of electricity. “State governments plan well in advance. …
GANDHINAGAR: The Central government's latest move to enact a new law for mining companies to set aside 26 per cent of their profits for local communities will likely prove some consolation to 50,000 people in Kutch and Surat districts. This is the number of adversely affected people in two of …
GANDHINAGAR: The state's population has reached 6.04 crore in 2011, experiencing an overall decadal growth of 19.17 per cent. Gujarat has also experienced a 35.83 per cent growth in urban population between 2001 and 2011, as compared to rural areas' 9.23 per cent, which could prove to be a major …
Cautious scrutiny: Aggressive biddings by developers have resulted in lower returns on investments Lack of finance is expected to spoil the party for the solar power project developers involved in the government's plan to commission 20,000 MW of projects in the next decade. Financers are finding the tariff for solar …
GANDHINAGAR/NEW DELHI: The Union ministry for road transport and highways has allotted Rs 200.81 crore for the expansion and reinforcement of roads in the state with a view to providing more connectivity to interior and rural areas of the state with main cities. The project covers 10 state highways and …
GANDHINAGAR: A study, released last month by Columbia Water Center (CWC) of Earth Institute at Columbia Univeristy, has sharply disputed the Gujarat government's claim that groundwater tables have sharply risen. The government had claimed that as a result of water harvesting schemes taken up over the last decade or so …
Gandhinagar:The task force formed to stop illegal mining in the state has registered 14,107 cases in the last three years. It has thus far unearthed illegal mining to the tune of Rs 50.61 crore. The state government replying to Jodia MLA Raghavji Patel
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
Gandhinagar: The state has sold 2,220 million units of power to other states during the last two years, the government told the assembly on Monday. In two different replies, the government said that the state was enjoying a surplus as far as power production was concerned. Against demand of 40,793 …
Gandhinagar: The Nano-land Sanand and Gandhinagar have over exploited their ground water resources. The state government has classified 40 talukas as overexploited, including Daskroi and Sanand in Ahmedabad district. At least seven talukas in the state have total salinity issues, while another 10 have been declared as dark zones. This …
The Gujarat government has asserted that it has still not heard from the Centre about its demand for Rs 262.35 crore to fund Greater Gir Lion Conservation Project. In a written reply to senior Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia
This paper presents the results of the Columbia Water Center’s study of the severe groundwater crisis in the Mehsana region of Northern Gujarat, India. The study concludes that the current pattern of groundwater exploitation is both costly for the state and unsustainable for farmers, and could lead to the complete …
Survey Finds Ahmedabad Among Six Districts With Less Than 10 Trees Per Hectare; Gandhinagar, Anand Top List Rapid urbanisation has taken a toll on the tree cover in Ahmedabad. It now features among the six districts which have less than 10 trees per hectare. This was revealed in findings of …
State health authorities have called a team from National Institute of Virology (NIV) to investigate into the mystery fever that has claimed one life and left two people critical in different city hospitals. Doctors have not been able to pin-point the origin or the spread of the fever which is …
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 …
GANDHINAGAR: Work on the first phase of the Rs 1,100 crore Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro rail project will start by next year and the line is expected to be operational within two-three years, Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) chief executive officer AK Sharma said on Thursday. "A company has been set up …
Till September 6, Gujarat’s Secretariat campus in Gandhinagar boasted the largest installation of solar panels in India. Now it has another distinction— the campus has become home to the country’s first smart grid. A smart grid transmits and distributes electricity using information and communication technology. It helps control electricity use …
Bharat Yagnik | TNN Ahmedabad: The new campus of IITGandhinagar (IIT-G) is going to have a green footprint. Authorities of the institute have decided to make the building design different than the conventional style of the other, older IITs. IIT-Gandhinagar is among the new IITs set up in 2008-09. Recently, …
