Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Conservation Action Trust & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/01/2021. The issue raised in the application related to compliance of Environmental Clearance (EC) conditions in running the 4000 MW Mundra Ultra Mega Thermal Power Project at village …
Adani Power plans to invest Rs 3,000 crore in two years to add 160 megawatt (Mw) solar power to its exisisting capacity. The company, set to commission its first 40-Mw solar power plant in Bitta village of Kutch district, Gujarat, has plans to expand it to 100 Mw. “The expansion …
Ahmedabad: The rapid infrastructure development taking place in Kutch is not the only threat to the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and the conservation efforts to protect them. The domestic and stray animals are also affecting the conservation efforts, say findings of the study — published as guidelines by the Union …
AHMEDABAD: The forest department, non-government organizations, and the Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation (GETCO) will meet in Gandhinagar on Saturday to discuss flamingo deaths. As highlighted in a series of TOI reports, 400 greater flamingos died after coming into contact with high tension wires in Khadir, Kutch, in November. The forest …
This paper presents primary data collected from two districts of Surat and Kutch in Gujarat and examines how and to what extent the decentralised system of governance has contributed to delivery of health services in rural areas of Gujarat. It finds several lacunae and shortcomings in the delivery by panchayati …
This paper presents primary data collected from two districts of Surat and Kutch in Gujarat and examines how and to what extent the decentralised system of governance has contributed to delivery of health services in rural areas of Gujarat. It finds several lacunae and shortcomings in the delivery by panchayati …
Ahmedabad: Winged visitors from Siberia, the Greater Flamingos, will get warning signals in form of reflectors while flying at night through hightension power transmission lines in the Khadir region of the Greater Rann of Kutch. The Gujarat Energy Transmission Company (Getco) on Friday began taking corrective measures after The Times …
As many as 139 greater flamingos were electrocuted in the Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary ten days ago, forest officials said on Thursday. Following the incident, reflectors and flags have been placed and guards deployed near the towers carrying high tension cables. “Some 139 greater flamingos were electrocuted 10 days ago …
Move Comes After TOI Report On 400 Flamingo Deaths Ahmedabad:Insulate high tension cables or put them underground when they run close to the breeding grounds of the migratory Greater Flamingos in the Khadir region of Kutch. The state forest and environment department issued this order to the Gujarat Energy Transmission …
Ahmedabad: Insulate high tension cables or put them underground when they run close to the breeding grounds of the migratory greater flamingos in the Khadir region of Kutch. The state forest & environment department issued this order to the Gujarat Energy Transmission Company (Getco) on Thursday after TOI reported that …
AHMEDABAD: For some winged visitors a journey of over 2,000 km from Siberia comes to a deadly end just when they swoop in to land in the shallow waters of Kutch. Electric wires char their feathers and even result in death. This phenomenon has been documented in a study 'Flamingo …
Ahmedabad: Greater Flamingos, which fly thousands of miles from Siberia to breed in the warm marshes of the Khadir region in Kutch, are landing into a death trap. In the past 10 days, at least 400 of these graceful birds have been electrocuted by high tension cables near their breeding …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Thursday issued notices to the state government, Centre and the Adani group owned Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) and Kutch district collector over two PILs by villagers alleging encroachment on village land. A PIL filed by residents of Bitta and Luni villages in …
New Delhi: The government\'s plan to promote natural gas as a cleaner transportation and industrial fuel may remain a pipe dream, with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) caught in internal strife, unable to allocate city gas distribution projects according to schedule. The PNGRB was set up in …
The 6.8-magnitude earthquake in India's Sikkim state Sunday evening was the fourth tremor reported in the country in September so far, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). There have been a total of 15 earthquakes of significance in India and its neighbourhood, as well as all over the world …
Gujarat's environment and forests department is aiming to bring an additional area of 120 sq km along the State's coastline under mangrove cover by the end of the financial year 2011-12. “We aim to carry out plantation of mangroves in 120 sq km area by the end of this year. …
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 …
AFTER two years, voices of more than a thousand fisher families along the Mundra coast in Gujarat have been heard. A grievance mechanism of the World Bank has accepted their complaint that a soon-to-be commissioned coal power plant funded by the bank will affect the environment and their livelihood. The …
Rainfall variability and associated remote sensing indices for vegetation are central to the development of early warning systems for epidemic malaria in arid regions. The considerable change in land-use practices resulting from increasing irrigation in recent decades raises important questions on concomitant change in malaria dynamics and its coupling to …
Ahmedabad:Around one lakh litres of diesel spilled off Mundra coast in Kutch district of Gujarat from the oil jetty of a private port on Tuesday, when a consignment of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) was being off-loaded from a ship.
GANDHINAGAR: In a remarkable change in industrial investment pattern over the last three decades, the trend in Gujarat has sharply shifted from projects in chemicals and petrochemicals sectors to the non-polluting infrastructure sector. Latest data with the state industries department, meant for official consumption only, has revealed that as on …
