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 …
"The cost of solar energy per unit has dropped to Rs 2.63 per unit and capital cost of wind energy too has dropped, which will help all ports cumulatively save Rs 600-700 crore annually,” Nitin Gadkari said. The ministry of shipping has constituted a panel to explore setting up of …
Falling tariff is not the only trend that renewable energy is witnessing. Suzlon, the domestic market leader in wind equipment manufacturing, expects global vendors to come to India to tap 60 gigawatts (Gw) of additional wind capacity that the government is aiming to achieve by 2020. In an interview to …
The Suzlon Group, a leading global renewable energy solutions provider, on Wednesday, said its S111 120m 2.1 MW wind turbine generator has achieved a nearly 42% Plant Load Factor (PLF) in its first 12 months of operation at the Jamanwada site in Kutch district of Gujarat. The prototype was commissioned …
Ahmedabad: The recent population count of the Great Indian Bustard taken up after six years has raised serious questions on conservation efforts. Alarmingly, the count taken late last week has revealed that there are only six Great Indian Bustards left in Naliya-Kutch, as against 48 recorded in 2010 - a …
AHMEDABAD: Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS;) group has received environmental clearance for its proposed 2000 MW gas-based power project in Mandvi taluka of Kutch district. The expert appraisal committee under the union ministry of environment, forest and climate change recently gave its approval to Nana Layja Power Company …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M/s Electrotherm (India) Ltd. Versus Patel Vipulkumar Ramjibhai & Others dated 02/08/2016 regarding environment clearance to M/s Electrotherm (India) Ltd proposed expansion of Pig Iron Plant (150 to 350 TPD) with Captive Lignite/Coal char based Power Plant (24 MW) …
Adani Power Ltd (APL) may have to rework its plans of adding new capacity at its existing power plant location in Mundra as the expert panel of the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has asked the power arm of Adani group to find other location for expansion. APL …
Ahmedabad: The number of days of moderate and severe heat waves engulfing Gujarat over more than a decade is steadily increasing. This has been revealed in a study on 'heat waves, temperature extremes and their impacts on monsoon and drought', spanning three decades (1981 to 2010), and representing nine agro-climatic …
Severe heat wave gripped most parts of Gujarat with temperatures in several parts of the state crossing 43 degrees Celsius prompting the city administration here to issue warning people to take precautionary measures while venturing out in the sun. Heat wave has gripped most of North Gujarat, Kutch and Rajkot, …
One hundred twenty-one villages in parched Saurashtra, north Gujarat and Kutch region were today declared as 'partially scarcity-hit' due to acute shortage of water owing to deficient rainfall in last monsoon, the state government said. With the latest addition, the total number of such affected villages across Gujarat stands at …
“The said capacity will be developed across three sites in Kutch and Bhavnagar districts of the state. The project is expected to be commissioned by March 2017,” stated an official release from the company Monday. The city-based Torrent Power Limited has entered into a contract with a leading group manufacturing …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Gujarat & Others Vs Shree Ratnakar Enterprise dated 19/01/2016 regarding demand for the allotment of 1500 acres out of Survey No.141 of Village Mundra, Taluka Mundra, District Kutch for the purposes of manufacturing salt by Shree Ratnakar …
AHMEDABAD: The State Board for Wildlife has approved a 23-km Narmada Canal branch from Suvai to Chobari in Kutch district, and also given its go ahead for a 289.32-km long 765 KV high tension line between Bhuj and Deesa. A 10-km stretch of the high-tension power line, to be installed …
AHMEDABAD: There has been no respite from the icy chills as cold wave prevailed across the state again on Sunday and minimum temperatures continued to plummet at various places. Ahmedabad, third coldest city in the state, shivered under piercing cold as night temperature plummeted to 8 degrees, four degrees below …
In view of the possibility of oil spill in the sea near Gujarat coast due to heavy traffic of ships, the State Forest and Environment department has decided to prepare a risk mitigation and response plan to save the fragile eco-system and underwater habitat of marine species. According to officials, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Conservation Action Trust & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 17/11/2015 regarding the development of 4000 MW (5X800 MW or 6X660 MW) coal based super critical thermal power plant at Village Godhra, Kutch District, by M/s. Nana Layja …
Letter from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to M/s Adani Port and SEZ Limited regarding waterfront development at Mundra in District Kachchh, Gujarat dated 07/10/2015.
The Great Indian Bustard (GIB) is even more endangered than tigers. There are just 200 individuals of this bird species left in different parts of the country. For the first time, an experiment funded by the Union environment ministry is being attempted to bring the species back from the brink …
So far, the state government has issued aid to the tune of Rs 1.24 crore towards 41 deaths of a total 72 reported cases. More than Rs 1,317 crore has been doled out in cash. With three villages in Banaskantha district almost washed out and over 80,000 animals dead, the …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Ashapura Mine-Chem Ltd. Vs Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation dated 16/04/2015 regarding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for for setting up an alumina plant in the Kutch District of Gujarat. The MoU also records that the Government of Gujarat agreed to …
