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 …
First came the forest, followed by the people, and then the government. Does this chronology allow the newest entrant in the scheme to determine the relationship between the two older entities? In other words, does the new regime of Community Forest Resource (CFR) bequeath rights or is it merely a …
VADODARA: On 57th Foundation Day, Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel on Sunday said her government has decided to make 300 villages across the state self-reliant on the lines of smart cities. "Now that the concept of Smart Cities has reached Smart Villages, the government decided to make 300 villages self-reliant, …
AHMEDABAD: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has earmarked areas within a 7-km radius of the boundary of Shoolpaneshwar wildlife sanctuary in Narmada district as an "eco-sensitive zone" under the Environment Protection Act. A draft notification in this regard was issued by the ministry earlier this …
SSNNL stated that it had consulted state-level Environmental Clearance Assessment Authority in 2010 which stated that no environ mental clearance was required. Even as the Maharashtra government has applied to get environmental clearance (EC) for its Statue of Shivaji (SoS) project, the Gujarat government has defended its stand of not …
VADODARA: Three affidavits were filed by the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), union ministry of environment, forests (MoEF) and Larsen Toubro Ltd (L&T;) in response to the notice issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), western zone with regard to the Statue of Unity project at Narmada district's Kevadia …
Acting on its June 12 order raising the height of Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat, the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has issued an order giving permission to the Sardar Sarovar Nigam Limited (SSNL) to kick off construction work at the project site. SSNL will now be able to carry out …
Upbeat over the outcome of the public hearing on July 19, the state government is looking forward to getting coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance for its ambitious Bhadbhut barrage project soon. It expects to begin construction by the end of the year. The CRZ clearance is to be given by …
Around 27 villages of Gujarat’s Narmada and Bharuch districts have been put on alert after water from the overflowing Narmada dam resulted in the perennial river breaching the danger mark at Golden Bridge. Although the flow of water from upstream Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra has reduced, the dam is still …
Ahmedabad: Tribal districts, which were the torch-bearers for the girl child in Gujarat, boasting of a far healthier number of girls in 0-6 age group, too have shown a decline in the past decade. Sociologists see this trend as alarming as almost all non-tribal districts in Gujarat are already reeling …
GANDHINAGAR: In a major SOP to Gujarat farmers, the state government on Wednesday announced that it will give a much higher compensation to 86,000 cultivators whose land is being acquired for Narmada canal network. This is based on the new jantri rate plus 30 per cent solatium. Talking to media …
AHMEDABAD: When villagers of Fulsar saw an electric lamp lit in front of them in March this year, it was no less than a film scene straight out of the movie Swades when villagers get a taste of new lifestyle thanks to electricity, not less than 22 years after the …
Yoginder K Alagh : Controversies around the Sardar Sarovar Project have continued for decades. So, when I recently wrote a piece on the project for FE (April 19), I expected to start a debate. But being a lone ranger and a 71-year-young researcher working at home with a pencil, I …
Radha Sharma | TNN Ahmedabad: Man-made disaster sparked by blatant reuse of contaminated injections, syringes and needles was the prime reason for the high incidence of viral hepatitis-B recorded in 2009 which grew to 19 per 1 lakh population in the state from 17 per lakh population in 2008. The …
Rajpipala: In an exemplary move, a farmer handed over a rare species of star tortoise to the forest department of Narmada district. According to the forest department, farmer Harish Patel stumbled upon the rare variety of turtle in his farm and approached the department.
Bharuch: Four peacocks were found dead near Suki river at a Dhavdi village in Nan-dod taluka of Narmada district. Forest department confirmed that two had died on Wednesday and two on Thursday. The mysterious deaths were reported by locals on Wednesday to Kevadia range forest office when they saw five …
GANDHINAGAR: The state government has so far been able to supply drinking water from Narmada river to only 54 per cent of villages and 67 per cent of cities planned under the scheme. Initially, the government had planned to supply drinking water to 9,633 villages and 131 cities. This information …
Despite a number of breaches in the Narmada main canal over the years, command area ecological concerns are simply not being paid enough attention by the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam.
Injustice continues to haunt the Narmada River Valley! The Narmada Valley projects comprise 30 large dams, 135 medium size dams, 3000 small dams and a minimum of 75,000 kms of canal networks to direct the waters. Despite twenty years of struggles and supreme sacrifices and regardless of the Narmada Water …
