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 …
A high-level team probing the recent deaths of infants in Gujarat says the children may have died because of wrong handling of measles vaccines. In their preliminary report, experts from the Union Health Ministry and the National Centre for Disease Control have pointed to an
A special medical team from Delhi is scheduled to arrive in Gujarat in a day or two to study the cause of death of four children after they were given oral vaccines for measles in Adipur-Kutch on Wednesday. An official spokesman of the State government said Foods and Drugs Division …
Efforts to conserve the camels of Kutch have led to the revelation that they possibly come in two breeds, one of them said to be a swimming variety that feeds on mangrove leaves. Villagers say they have always been aware of the distinctions between the Mithiwala unt of Kutch
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Friday issued notices to the state revenue department, the Mundra Port SEZ (MPSEZ), the Centre and Kutch district collector on basis of a PIL filed by people of Navinal village demanding a huge chunk of the grazing land (gaucher), which has been allotted to …
Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is prepared to go on the warpath yet again. His latest battleground: the endangered wetlands. Over the next few months he intends to proactively and aggressively work with States to implement the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010.
In 10 years, quake-ravaged Bhuj rises from the dust thanks to government initiatives, corporate enthusiasm and resilience of enterprising individuals. The town is growing horizontally to avoid disasters that tall buildings pose. Shramana Ganguly Mehta & Parag Dave report BHUJ. It is a word that almost became a synonym for …
In a bid to accelerate the conservation process of the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) in Gujarat, the State Government is planning to convert about 3,000 hectares of revenue land, near the Bustard Sanctuary in Kutch district, into forest land but the issue is hanging fire pending approval.
The Union environment ministry on December 15 issued a show cause notice to the Adani group promoted Mundra SEZ and Port in Gujarat. The ministry has asked the company to reply within 15 days as to why the clearances given to it for developing the port and a township should …
Pushing ever closer to protected areas and wild lands are farms and settlements, the porous margins becoming the frontlines of human-ungulate conflict. Arati Rao explores the dynamics at these edges, the main players and how their perceptions affect reality.
CONSTRUCTION activities at Mundra special economic zone (SEZ) in Gujarat’s Kachchh district had begun even before the project’s public hearing, the procedural step towards environmental clearance for a project where affected people give their verdict. More than 1,000 hectares (ha) of mangrove have been destroyed by the Mundra SEZ, which …
Gujarat has taken the lead among states in solar power. And it has a plan: to integrate solar into its power ecosystem by working on both the demand and supply sides, report Himanshu Darji, Mitul Thakkar and Shelley Singh WHEN HIS DESIGN DIDN
Moving over from conventional methods, the brick manufacturers of Saurashtra and Kutch are preparing to tune into new technology. With the support of The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) and the Central government, brick producers of the region are planning technological upgradation at their units. So far, the industry has been …
JODHPUR: The Bishnoi community, for whom conservation is religion, joined the scientists researching on the flora and fauna of the desert in a first time ever joint biodiversity brainstorming on the arid lands of the Thar in Rajasthan and Kutch in Gujarat here. A two-day workshop in the Sun City …
This is a technical analysis by CSE of the rapid EIA report for the 3300 MW coal based super-critical thermal power plant proposed by KPGL at village Bhadreshwar in Kutch district of Gujarat. The Kutch Power Generation Limited. is planning to set up a thermal power plant at village Bhadreswar …
This Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared based on the study of impacts due to all the possible pollution loads from the infrastructure facilities to be provided by Mundra SEZ Ltd. in the SEZ. The report has been prepared based on the guidelines recommended by the Ministry of …
Gujarat High Court has ordered re-scheduling of the public hearing of Adani's proposed 3300 MW KPGL thermal power project in Bhadreshwar, Kutch. Here is the draft EIA report of this project opposed by fisherfolk and the salt pan workers. This document contains the draft EIA Report of 5x660MW Super Critical …
This is a High Court order of Gujarat of special civil application No. 12896 of 2010 regarding the time and venue of the public hearing scheduled for the two projects of M/s Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Ltd and M/s Kutch Power Generation Ltd. on 5.10.2010 at village Luni.
This document contains the letter to the Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar on cancellation of Public hearing for Kutch Power Generation Limited, Bhadreshwar. The Adani Group promoted company Kutch Power Generation Limited (KPGL) is proposing a 3300 MW coal based power plant in Bhadreshwar village of Mundra Taluk, Kutch district, …
After the devastating earthquake in 2001, Central and State Government have provided various incentives for rapid economic development of Kutch district. Mundra, one of the taluka of Kutch District, located on the bank of Northern Gulf of Kutch, having Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone, also witnessed the rapid industrial …
A formal assessment of power plant effluents dispersion and sediment transport processes taking place with respect to the prevailing environmental conditions such as, flow regime, wave climate, wind effects etc. in the open waters of Bhadreswar region, Gulf of Kutch plays important role in the finalizing the designs of CW …
