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 …
AHMEDABAD: For hundreds of years now, this lion-faced state has been a natural abode of the jungle king. Lions were hunted in large numbers in northern and western India in 19th century. Gir was their last refuge because the Gujaratis protected them. It is on sound scientific counts that Gujarat …
Virendra Pandit Hyderabad-based Junagarh Power Projects Pvt Ltd plans to invest Rs 50 crore to set up a 10 megawatt biomass-based, renewable energy power project in Junagarh district of Gujarat this year. The power plant, to be set up at Khokharda village under Vanthall taluka of Junagarh, will use locally …
One Can Now Go For A Lion Safari And Move To Diu Without Going To Junagadh & Kodinar Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: Diu, Gir and Tulshishayam have drawn closer. Not geographically, though. The Central government has recently approved another entry into the last abode of Asiatic lions, through Ambardi …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The first lion census after the poaching incidents of 2007, will be held in the peak of summer in April this year and for the first time will cover at least four districts, the area estimated as the lion spread since the last census of …
Talala (Junagadh): A mild tremor was felt in Talala taluka of Junagadh district on Wednesday morning. According to sources, the tremor was felt at 8.32 am and lasted for a few seconds. No damages to life or property were reported. Met department sources said the tremor measured at 2 on …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: An authoritative report put out by the Gujarat government has expressed serious concern over failure of the officialdom to fight increasing salinity ingress along the state
Cement factories utilise huge natural resources and that includes water. Niranjan Mudholkar met Pearl Tiwari, VP (CSR), Ambuja Cements Ltd & director, Ambuja Cement Foundation to find out what her company is doing different at its several plants.
Gaurav Sharma The situation is not as bad yet but Gujarat looks all set to get its own Nandigram and Singur. The Narendra Modi government is currently facing stiff resistance from villagers in at least five districts against its decision to hand over agricultural and grazing lands to industrial houses. …
Junagadh: A leopard that had fallen into a swimming pool at the farmhouse of Popat Vaghasiya in Visavadar taluka injured a farmer on Saturday morning before escaping into the forest. According to forest officials, the leopard had fallen into the swimming pool of Vaghasiya's farmhouse on Friday night. "We rushed …
JUNAGADH: Was it a case of a controlled fire going out of control? While the forest fire that broke out in the tall grasslands of Mitiala range Gir razed in fire 300 hectares of forest area of the Gir was razed in fire at Junagadh. A team of around 1,000 …
Ahmedabad : The gen-next eco activists could be right in your home. Forest department officials are now roping in school students for conservation of sanctuaries like Nalsarovar, Thol and even Gir. The move comes in the wake of success tasted by the forest department after setting up an eco-club for …
A lion-tolerating people, too, are changing Maldharis are former nomads who rear cattle for their livelihood. They are now settled inside and on the outskirts of Gir protected area in small colonies called nesses. At present there are 54 nesses inside the sanctuary. They are still very lion-tolerant.
