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 …
Solar power panel helps a farmer to run submersible pumps at his five farms in different places in Palsana taluka of Surat district at affordable cost. Solar energy has emerged as an alternative to conventional power connection in farm sector. Instead of fitting panels at five places, Jitendra Patel, a …
Sand mining mafias are not deterred by the raids and continue to carry on nonchalantly with illegal mining in Tapi riverbed in Surat district. Revenue and mining department officials in November 2013 had seized their 61 trucks from Tapi riverbed in four raids, but this has hardly affected the illegal …
Flood fury has claimed the lives of five people since Monday in different parts of the city. The bodies were found at different places after waters receded in the city. Ravi Baldania (16), a resident of Khodiyar Residency in Godadra, had gone to see the gushing waters at Vraj Chowk …
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has slapped closure notices on eight textile dyeing and printing units in Sachin, Pandesara, Kim and Palsana near here for violating air and water pollution norms on Friday. Official sources said around 37 textile dyeing and printing units have been issued closure notices for violating …
Incessant rain for the last few days wreaked havoc in parts of Gujarat causing flood in many cities. The death toll in the state has reached 13 and over 90,000 people have been evacuated to safer areas, according to the state government. The stormwater drains of the biggest cities of …
Conference discusses impediments that prevent solar energy from taking off in a big way in the country. Gujarat has taken the lead in solar energy. Now, it is planning to generate 5MW energy each from rooftop solar panels in five other cities — Mehsana, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Vadodara, said …
In the second phase of development of solar power projects in Gujarat, the state government plans to generate 60 MW power from rooftops by bringing in 30,000 houses under the project within the next three years. Apart from houses, solar panels of about 20 MW capacity will be laid on …
Stake holders, experts and state level policy makers are seeking reforms must to facilitate growth of solar energy sector up to its potential. At a time when India's total installed capacity in solar power generation is just about 1800 mw against the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission's (JNNSM) target of …
A day after Ganesha visarjan, there was a pleasant surprise for environment activists as well as civic authorities. Unlike previous years, when the sight of hundreds of idols were scattered in Tapi pained the devotees and caused pollution, the riverbed this year was much cleaner. Authorities said a vast majority …
A day after Ganesha visarjan, there was a pleasant surprise for environment activists as well as civic authorities. Unlike previous years, when the sight of hundreds of idols were scattered in Tapi pained the devotees and caused pollution, the riverbed this year was much cleaner. Authorities said a vast majority …
Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) will undertake a mega tree plantation exercise to create a new record in the state. The city in its August 31 campaign will try to plant more than 15, 30,000 trees in a single day. Banaskantha created the record when the people planted 15,30,000 trees on …
Plans On To Build 10m High Embankment Wall Along Tapi Surat: The irrigation department will be building a nine-km long embankment on the right side of Tapi river. It will be based on a study conducted by Gujarat Engineering Research Institute (GERI). The Central Design Organization (CDO), Gandhinagar is giving …
With two more people dying of leptospirosis at the New Civil Hospital in Surat, the death toll in the past 12 days rose to five, sources said on Monday. One of the deceased has been identified as Kishan Harpati (40), a resident of Neol village in Palsana taluka of Surat …
On World Population Day, Numbers Paint Grim Picture It sounds like an old wives’ tale. Number of births had peaked during the two winter months of October and November in the year 2012, according to an annual statistical analysis of live births across Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara by the …
Gandhinagar: Scientists at government agriculture research station at Talod in Sabarkantha have developed a new BT hybrid variety of cotton. The seeds of this new variety have been sent to genetic engineering approval committee (GEAC) of union ministry of environment for approval. Sources said the new variety of long staple …
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) is set to introduce strict measures to bring air pollution in Surat city under control. Top officials of GPCB are reviewing a plan to amend the existing measures in order to make them more stringent for implementation in the next few weeks. The Diamond City …
Company issues LoI to Lanco for 600 Mw lignite-based power project at Mangrol State-run Gujarat Industries Power Company Ltd (GIPCL) has issued letter of intent to Lanco Infratech Ltd for implementing a 600 Mw lignite-based power project at Mangrol near Surat on engineering, procurement construction (EPC) basis. The company has …
Industrial units of textile city Surat will become the first in India to run an emission trading scheme (ECS) locally. As a part of pilot project by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and union ministry of environment and forests, nearly 500 units located in and around Surat will trade for …
Gujarat High Court on Friday directed the Central Government to decide within four weeks the issue of granting approval to the allocation of forest land to Essar Steel Ltd (ESL) near Hazira in Surat district. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala, while disposing …
AHMEDABAD: Seemingly unimpressed with the state government's measures to curb swine flu menace, justice A S Dave of Gujarat high court on Tuesday commented, "Everything is perfect on paper, the difficulty comes at the time of implementation." In response to various queries posed by the high court to meet the …
