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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of waste in a canal in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …

International protection for Great Indian Bustard, Bengal Florican and Asian Elephant

India’s proposal to include Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican in Appendix I of UN Convention on migratory species was unanimously accepted today at the ongoing thirteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) in Gandhinagar. The CMS Conference underway in Gujarat has kicked …

ISR hopeful of tapping geothermal energy, starts survey

To find out potential spots for setting up India's first geothermal power plant using heat stored below earth's surface, Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) has started surveys using latest 3D Magentotelluric (MT) imaging technology. With the initiative, the Gandhinagar-based ISR is hopeful of making a breakthrough by finding out the …

7 more affected by swine flu in state

AHMEDABAD: The combined onslaught of dengue and swine flu continued in the city on Monday. Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad cities each registered a swine flu case. No less than 85 cases of the flu were reported in the city during the last one and half weeks. Since January this year the …

Gujarat to be ‘open-defecation free’ in two years

The Gujarat government is planning to make the state “open defecation-free” in next two years. Gujarat chief minister Anandi Patel said on Wednesday that her government is on an over-drive to build toilets across Gujarat and could even punish those who defecate in open. “We are building toilets across Gujarat …

Electric bus pilot project to be launched in Gujarat

GANDHINAGAR: As part of efforts to ensure a cleaner and greener environment, the Gujarat government will soon introduce a pilot project to run 'electric-buses' for public transport between state capital Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad. Moving ahead, the state-run Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) has invited expression of interest from the potential …

Gujarat Pollution Control Board takes civic bodies to task

Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued notices to eight municipal corporations and 159 municipalities for not following guidelines on solid waste disposal. The corporations given notices are Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Jamnagar and Gandhinagar. It has threatened to take strict action under the Environment Protection Act 1986 …

Rooftop solar panels to help slash power bills

Policy To Be Announced For Residential, Commercial, Industrial Units After developing a solar park and canal-based solar power generation plant, the Gujarat government will soon announce a new rooftop power policy for residential, commercial and industrial units. It will shortly announce a new rooftop power policy. Sources in energy and …

Gandhinagar city lost 50K trees in 5 years

Gandhinagar city, which once boasted of nearly 8.6 lakh trees for a population of about 2.08 lakh, has lost some of its green sheen. At least 5% of its trees are lost forever. However, the situation is better in the rural areas of Gandhinagar district. Officials said that the 2013 …

Centre allots Rs 10 cr for Gujarat metro project

The assistance has been announced as a central tax reimbursement for Metrolink Express between Gandhinagar and Express In a big boost to the Metrolink Express between Gandhinagar and Express (MEGA), the Central Government has finally proposed a provision of Rs 6,450.75 crore assistance for all metro rail projects for the …

Scale up measures to turn waste into fuel: Experts

Gujarat Produces 25,000 Tonnes Of Solid Waste Daily Gandhinagar: Government and industry need to take pro-active measures to scale up solid waste treatment to derive alternate fuel, while looking for a substitute to landfill sites. This was decided by the members of union government’s Forum for Co-processing of Hazardous and …

Parallel routes can derail metro, BRTS efficacy

AHMEDABAD: If you were to superimpose the recently declared map of Rs 15,000-crore 76-km Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro rail route over the Rs 1,350-crore BRTS network map, you'll notice that the buses plying in reserved corridor will constantly be competing for passengers with the trains. Up to during 65% of BRTS network …

Cities must pursue Metro systems like Kochi, says Union Ministry

The Union Urban Development Ministry wants cities to do more than just express intent to have a metro railway system. The Ministry is annoyed that cities have been limiting their role to submitting a detailed project report and attaching an application for the Centre to approve and fund their metro …

Make tree space mandatory in development plans

AHMEDABAD: The forest department, in order to improve environmental status of the city, has decided to convert wasteland or common land in urban spaces into well-planted green areas. If there was shortage of such land, a city could utilize the vacant land in the areas situated on the periphery, under …

Wind, sun to power Guda's mutli-utility centers

AHMEDABAD: In order to make multi-utility spaces in urban areas viable and add to the revenue of civic agencies, Gandhinagar Urban Development Authority (Guda) plans to set up windmill-powered utility centers. This unique utility centre will act as a bus-stop, have space for advertisement display, a small cafeteria and sitting …

Get paid for solar power on your roof

Charankha (Patan): Gandhinagar residents will soon get a chance to become green entrepreneurs. For, they will be able to rent out their roof tops to solar power generation companies, who will pay them on the number of units generated. In the first phase, panels will be installed on atop 50 …

Solar power for ACs too in GPCB’s new building

First 100% Solar Building In Gujarat To Be Opened Today Gandhinagar: If you believe that solar energy is good enough only to cook rice in solar cooker or heat water as solar water heaters, you need to look further. Solar energy can also provide you the muchneeded respite from heat …

Gandhinagar water to be metered soon

GANDHINAGAR: The state government is now preparing a final draft plan to install water meters in the state capital. The move came after the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) asked the state government to install water meters in the government quarters. Sources said that a study by Asian Development Bank has …

Govt earmarks Rs 500 cr for Metro project

AHMEDABAD: The city has over 30 lakh vehicles, which include 20 lakh two-wheelers. This is 22 per cent of the total vehicles registered in Gujarat, the state assembly on Thursday was informed by urban development minister Nitin Patel in his reply to Naroda MLA Mayaben Kodnani's question. The minister said …

Double decker buses to make re-entry

Will Ply Between Gandhinagar, Chandkheda Ahmedabad: If you were a child in the early 1990s in a quieter Ahmedabad, you may remember going to school in double decker buses, with everyone racing to grab the best seat in the front of the upper deck. As a child this seat used …

No land acquisition needed for metro

Public Roads, Govt Land Will Suffice, Says Metrolink Ahmedabad: The fact that land acquisition has become a sensitive issue across India has apparently handed the state government a new tool to market its prized metro rail project linking Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. The Gujarat government is now touting it as ‘zero …

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