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 …
CM Vijay Rupani has announced a Rs 1,500 crore relief and rehabilitation package for flood-hit Banaskantha and Patan districts. After concluding his five-day visit to the districts on Thursday, the CM said special allocation of funds would be made for Dhanera, which was the worst affected. "A district-level Independence Day …
Ahmedabad, The Gujarat High Court today issued notice to the state government in response to a PIL alleging corruption in contracts for the development work at the country's largest solar power project in Santhalpur tehsil of Patan district. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V …
Agroforestry is a traditional and ancient land use practice, having deliberate integration of trees with crop and livestock components. In India, agroforestry practices are prevalent in different agro-ecological zones and occupy sizeable areas. These practices have great potential for climate change mitigation through sequestration of atmospheric CO2. Carbon sequestration potential …
AHMEDABAD: The Socio-Economic Review of Gujarat has revealed that 1.47 lakh of the 43 lakh children at anganwadis in the state were found to be suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The revelation underscores how malnutrition continues to remain a challenge in Gujarat, an economically progressive state whose development model …
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 …
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging irregularities in the acquisition of land for the solar park project at Charanka village in Santalpur block of Patan district in north Gujarat. The division bench of acting chief justice VM Sahai and justice RP Dholaria rejected …
Gujarat's solar dreams are getting bigger After setting up Asia's largest 500 MW solar park at Charnka village in Patan, the state government plans to set up an even bigger solar park with an estimated capacity of 750 MW in Vav taluka of Banaskantha district. Government sources said that a …
Following an order of the Supreme Court on a petition on Monday, the green nod given to nine government and private projects in Gujarat by the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has been kept in abeyance. These projects include a 40-km stretch of road passing through the Wild Ass Sanctuary …
Rajkot: Forest department has issued eviction notices to traditional saltpan workers in Little Rann of Kutch, asking them to vacate the wild ass sanctuary in the next seven days. Alleging that this will affect the voting by saltpan workers spread over the four districts of Rajkot, Surendranagar, Patan and Kutch, …
Govt Fails To Come Out With New Policy Despite SC Guidelines Gandhinagar: Despite Supreme Court’s order to clear encroachments and restrict sale of pastoral (gauchar) land, Gujarat still has more than 12,000 cases related to illegal possession of pastoral lands. The apex court, had in January 2011, stated that “pastoral …
Ahmedabad: A recent study done by a women’s organization, along with international agency, in 34 villages of Gujarat has found that 22.2% of the women who inherited land in the last three years had to give up their title deeds, either by force or due to lack of knowledge about …
National Solar Mission instrumental in bringing down cost of power The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission Phase-1 (JNNSM) is poised to make India a global leader in the development of solar power as its green growth agenda increased the installed capacity from around 30 MW to more than 2,000 MW, …
About 28% of the 30.14 crore trees in the state are neem and gando baval (Prosopis chilensis, formerly called Prosopis juliflora), according to the forest department's tree count. The number of neem trees in the state is 4.55 crore and this accounts for about 22% of neem trees in the …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat's child sex ratio (CSR) in the 0-6 age group has improved by seven points from 883 in 2001 to 890 in 2011. In last decade, Mehsana, the district with the lowest sex ratio of 801 girls per 1,000 boys in 2001- improved by 41 points and took its …
Rajkot: A number of eligible bachelors in the drought-struck Dedan village near Amreli are ruing their luck. The acute water crisis here has cast a dark cloud over their chances of getting married. Parents of many brides-to-be have broken off their daughters’ engagement with at least four young men in …
The Union Government has declared 17 districts in Gujarat as drought-affected, Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani has said. These districts are Vadodara, Bharuch, Anand, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Amreli, Banashkantha, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Junagadh, Kutchh, Mehsana, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot and Surendranagar, Nathwani said in a statement issued here quoting Harish Ravat, Union …
But Has It Worked Out The Future Economics? Ahmedabad: There is a dazzling field of mirrors that you can find near the vast saltpans of the Little Rann. It is like a sparkling oasis in the desert — much like a gleaming silver screen covering the vast desolate white sand …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Solar Park project inaugurated with much fanfare in Charanka village of Patan district recently has courted controversy. The Gujarat high court on Thursday sought explanation from the state authorities over allegations of huge irregularities in land acquisition process for the project. Petitioner Farsubhai Goklani filed a PIL …
Central Team Apprised Of Drought-Like Situation Despite Recent Rains Gandhinagar:The Gujarat government has asked the Government of India (GoI) to provide Rs 450 crore as “help” to fight vulnerable nutrition levels in 132 talukas, mainly belonging to Saurashtra, Kutch and North Gujarat, where the government believes a drought-like situation prevails, …
152 Of 225 Talukas Affected, State To Seek . 18k Crore From Centre Gandhinagar: A high-level cabinet sub-committee on Tuesday declared more than half of Gujarat – 152 talukas out of 225 – scarcity-hit. The committee, headed by finance minister Vajubhai Vala, concluded that scarcity condition prevailed in all these …
