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 …
Vadodara: The future of 23 industrial units based across Gujarat looks uncertain after the Western Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) struck down a 2002 notification of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) that allowed units to seek environmental clearance after they become operational. In its January …
A new technology for plantation was recently used as part of the 'Vaho Vishwamitri Abhiyan'. During a programme, drone was used for spraying seed balls by a young team to carry out tree plantation on the banks of river Vishwamitri. 'Vaho Vishwamitri Abhiyan' - the call to revive Vishwamitri river …
In a bid to create awareness among the people to preserve nature, the students in Vadodara tied friendship bands to trees and plants on the occasion of World Friendship Day. While most people celebrate their friendship by exchanging gifts or tying colourful bands on each other's wrists, the commerce faculty …
A study of Vadodara and Chhotaudepur districts conducted by MS University's (MSU) Department of Geography of Faculty of Science identifies tribal areas of the region as high risk areas of vector-borne diseases, especially malaria. According to the study, Jetpur Pavi, Naswadi, Kawant and Chhota Udepur talukas in Chhota Udepur district …
A phenomenal Rs 43,600 crore have already been spent on the Sardar Sarovar Narmada project, the state government informed the Gujarat Assembly on Monday. “Till July 2014, a total of Rs 43,633.75 crore have been spent on the Narmada project,” the government stated in a written reply to a question …
VADODARA: In an attempt to get an insight into how Vishwamitri river behaves when water is discharged from Ajwa reservoir, Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is working towards developing a model that will help in mitigating floods. The mathematical model will help the VMC predict what will be situation of the …
Seven new Swine flu deaths were reported in Gujarat on Monday. With this, the total death toll from January 1 has reached 88. A total of 87 new cases were recorded from across the state with highest number of 21 cases reported from Ahmedabad followed by 20 from Kutch. Vadodara …
At a time when holes are being punched in the state's development story over its human development indicators, a study on the maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Gujarat may come as a major respite. Data furnished by state research consultants - Society for Community Health Awareness Research and Action (SOCHARA) …
The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) has taken out cleaning and sanitation drive to avoid outbreak of any diseases. "Water level in almost every residential colony receded following which we began sanitation exercise. Our priority is to clean up all the main and arterial roads. We have deployed thousands of sanitation …
Over 20k Evacuated As Vishwamitri Continues To Overflow The menacing Vishwamitri brimmed over in Vadodara, leaving several areas of the city in waist-deep water. Over 20,000 persons were evacuated to safer locations across the district due to the flash floods. While the city and district hardly received any rainfall since …
The BJP may boast of the economic progress in Gujarat under its rule, but the party-led state government admits that it lags behind in fighting malnutrition, with urban areas surpassing those in rural hinterlands. By the Gujarat government’s admission during the ongoing Assembly session, Ahmedabad tops the list with 43,820 …
Concerned over spurt in crocodile attacks in the Vishwamitri river, the forest department has now decided to construct public toilets for those staying on the banks. Many of the victims are usually slum dwellers, who have no place to relieve themselves. "We have decided to build toilets at certain spots …
AHMEDABAD: With the maximum temperature at 44.4 degree celsius in the city, Ahmedabad witnessed three more heat-related deaths on Sunday. This took the death toll from the heatwave to 12. On Sunday, the city recorded the second highest temperature in the state after Surendranagar town which recorded a maximum temperature …
A severe thunderstorm steamrolled the city for 25 minutes, claiming at least five lives. Krishnakanth Kushwar, 14, and Ramdas Kushwar, 24, died when a tree fell over the autorickshaw they were travelling in Amraiwadi. A 50-year-old man was crushed to death under a falling wall in Isanpur. In Sola, one …
VADODARA: Residents of Suryadarshan township in Manjalpur area of the city on Sunday staged a protest and threatened to boycott the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections if their demands are not met. Around 100 residents of the township gathered on Sunday afternoon, raising slogans and banners, including 'Pani, light, road nahin, …
Vadodara: Farmers in Vadodara district will highlight land acquisition issues ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. An organization working for the interests of land-losers will conduct an agitation in the run up to the polls and also ensure that the issue of land acquisition for town planning (TP) schemes is …
Vadodara’s Sindhi community that has for the past several years been trying to get VMC to clean and renovate the Sindhu Sagar in Warasiya in the city, has now shot out a legal notice to the Municipal Commissioner demanding that the civic body carried out an immediate clean-up work in …
The 400-km-long Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway, expected to cost Rs 27,000 crore, is among the four expressways that may be scrapped unless the state governments concerned are prepared to take care of the land cost that includes resettlement and rehabilitation of the affected families under the new acquisition law, making completion of …
The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) became the first civic body in the country to begin e-waste collection source and even ensure that the citizens are paid for the waste collected. The system was launched formally on Wednesday as a part of the Mahatma Gandhi Swachhta Mission. The civic body has …
For the first time, a biodiversity assessment study will be carried out using geospatial approach in which geographic information systems and geomatics and other informational techniques will be used to analyse data. M S University's Department of Botany has bagged a project to carry out 'Biodiversity assessment of Central Gujarat …
