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 …
Ahmedabad: Two cities of Gujarat, both industrial hubs, top the list of cities with lowest sex ratio in India. Vapi, the industrial town in south Gujarat, has got the lowest sex ratio in the country with only 734 women per 1,000 men. Diamond city Surat is second with 754 women …
AHMEDABAD: Here is another instance of a suspected cover up by the state health department. If the figures given out by the directorate of national vectorborne disease control program (NVBDCP) are to be believed then there were just 14 malaria deaths in the state between January and October this year. …
Chennai The Tamil Nadu government announced on Friday a R127.40-crore interest-free loan to 15 common effluent treatment plants (CETPs) situated at Tirupur to enable 700-odd dyeing units to attain zero liquid discharge (ZLD). The dyeing units were forced to shut down by the Madras High Court in January owing to …
This paper presents primary data collected from two districts of Surat and Kutch in Gujarat and examines how and to what extent the decentralised system of governance has contributed to delivery of health services in rural areas of Gujarat. It finds several lacunae and shortcomings in the delivery by panchayati …
This paper presents primary data collected from two districts of Surat and Kutch in Gujarat and examines how and to what extent the decentralised system of governance has contributed to delivery of health services in rural areas of Gujarat. It finds several lacunae and shortcomings in the delivery by panchayati …
AHMEDABAD: Nearly 75% of diabetics have uncontrolled sugar levels which may be wreaking havoc with the functioning of their vital organs like kidney and heart and adversely affecting their nerve function, rendering them vulnerable to retinopathy and neuropathy, a research by the Study of India's Twin Epidemic (SITE) has found. …
In a bid to provide protection to vital installations along the Gujarat coastline, the State Government has undertaken a project to study how coastal vegetation could help in mitigating the impact of natural disasters like tsunami and cyclone. The bio-shield project, being implemented by the Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Authority …
AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) aims to ready the master plan to combat the outbreak of diseases three months in advance. Talking to reporters, AMC commissioner Guruprasad Mohapatra admitted that the corporation has learnt its lessons and has decided that master plan will be readied three months in advance. …
GANDHINAGAR: There have been rise in the number of malaria and falciparum cases in the state. In just two weeks, various district and taluka health centres in the state recorded as many as 8,228 confirmed malaria cases, while the number of falciparum cases stood at 2,625. Surat and Ahmedabad topped …
The Sikkim earthquake has not impacted the functioning of the country’s 20 nuclear power plants with a total generation capacity of 4,780 Mw. Their continued function proves that the nuclear power plant structures, systems and equipment have been designed in a way that enables them to take the effect of …
GANDHINAGAR: The Central government's latest move to enact a new law for mining companies to set aside 26 per cent of their profits for local communities will likely prove some consolation to 50,000 people in Kutch and Surat districts. This is the number of adversely affected people in two of …
Gujarat’s environment and forest department is aiming to bring an additional area of 120 sq km along the state’s coastline under mangrove cover by the end of the financial year 2011-12. “We aim to carry out plantation of mangroves in 120 sq km area by the end of this year. …
GANDHINAGAR: The state's population has reached 6.04 crore in 2011, experiencing an overall decadal growth of 19.17 per cent. Gujarat has also experienced a 35.83 per cent growth in urban population between 2001 and 2011, as compared to rural areas' 9.23 per cent, which could prove to be a major …
AHMEDABAD: A delegation from Japan was in Vadodara on Wednesday to explore the feasibility of semi high-speed rail development in the country. The delegation's visit to the Vadodara railway division comes on the background of the decision of Indian Railways to consider increasing the speed of trains from the existing …
AHMEDABAD: Several parts of the city experienced showers on Wednesday night with the weatherman forecasting monsoon to reach Ahmedabad a couple of days earlier than expected. More rains have been forecast for the weekend. "It was because of a well-marked low pressure over the Bay of Bengal that the city …
Japanese majors like Nippon Magnetic Dressing and Sony will develop Surat into an eco-town by recycling waste which is likely to be used in township construction in the city. The Japan government, a partner in the Vibrant Gujarat Summit had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government …
With an aim to capture the growing energy space in India, engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T;) is targeting its power division to add sales of about $3 billion by 2015 compared to $400 million currently, the company's CMD AM Naik said. With the current order book of …
In this paper the impact of Ganesh idol immersion on water quality of Tapi River is discussed, for this purpose Ashwanikumar immersion point (Ovara) was selected as sampling station because large number of Ganesh idols immersed on this Ghat of Tapi River. Water samples were collected at morning hours during …
Yagnesh Mehta | TNN Surat: With the killing of the leopard landing into controversy, forest department officials are in a spot over declaring the animal a man-eater. Environmentalists are raising doubts over forest officials
Yagnesh Mehta | TNN Surat: Photographs of royalty posing with a gun in hand and a dead leopard at his feet belonged to the black-and-white era of the Raj. Hunting has been banned for nearly half a century in India. But a similar scene was played out near a hamlet …
