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 …
The plant is expected to provide electricity to around 60,000 rural homes Mahindra Solar One, a solar power developer, commissioned its first 5 MW solar power plant. A part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) policy, the project is located near Jodhpur in Rajasthan and was the first …
Jaisalmer: Suzlon Energy Limited, which ranks fifth in the world for generating power from winds, is set to generate power from sea winds. Suzlon has invested Rs 10,000 crore and installed wind mills to generate 300 megawatt (MW) at places where there are seas in England, Germany, Netherlands and France. …
JAIPUR: Malaria cases here have gone down but it is still making life miserable for the people. As per medical and health department figures, from October 16 to October 22 the total number of malaria patients was 4,402. Also, the number of PF malaria, which can cause death if not …
The government’s plan to fast track de-congestion of major cities is running in the slow lane for almost three years now. The Rs 16,600 crore plan, which seeks to de-congest cities witnessing increasing urbanisation by building ring roads, bypasses, grade separators, elevated roads, tunnels, under passes etc was cleared by …
The Rajasthan Government's urban bodies signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Ircon International Limited, a railway undertaking, for construction of 12 railway over-bridges and under-bridges across the State here over the weekend. Addressing the MoU signing ceremony, Principal Urban Development Secretary G. S. Sandhu said a total of 26 railway …
10 lakh houses to be built in the next three years The Rajasthan Government's ambitious housing programme for the rural poor took off on Monday with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and members of his Council of Ministers giving away the first instalment of grant-in-aid to the beneficiary families simultaneously in …
JAISALMER: Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are collecting thousand years old water samples which have not been recharged, from many parts of the district. The samples are being collected for a study on temperature changes. According to sources, with the help of noble gas present in the …
JODHPUR: After Jaipur, it's now Jodhpur which will soon have a new address for the wildlife, kept in zoo currently. Being developed as a natural habitat for the wildlife and a tourist spot, Machia Biological Park, the work of which is under progress, will be opened for people by 2012 …
JAIPUR: The state government has identified 20 districts as focus districts to provide quality medical facilities for reducing infant mortality rate in the state. Most of the focus districts are situated in western Rajasthan including Jaisalmer, Barmer and Jodhpur. The other districts are Pali, Sirohi, Udaipur, Dungarpur, Pratapnagar, Banswara, Chittorgarh, …
The Centre has asked the Rajasthan Government to speed up the implementation of solar power projects awarded to private companies in western parts of the State and make arrangements for training of engineers and technicians to add quality to the existing projects and serve the needs of the future. Union …
The National Advisory Council led by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has asked the health ministry and the department of public grievances to conduct a social audit of programmes under the National Rural Health Mission and implementation of the Right to Information Act on the lines of similar monitoring of schemes …
JAIPUR: The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) will institute national awards in the names of Amrita Devi and Gaura Devi, two women considered pioneers of India's environmental conservation movement. Incidentally, the awards are being initiated in the UN-declared the International Year of Forests (2011) to raise awareness on sustainable …
Solar Energy Policy 2011 is expected to give a major push; new 1,200 MW thermal power plant in Banswara The Rajasthan Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the State's Solar Energy Policy 2011, which is expected to give a major push to harnessing solar energy in the desert terrain. The policy envisages …
The death of 16 women admitted to a government hospital in Jodhpur for childbirth exposes the sorry state of the public health system in Rajasthan. THE death of 16 women, who had sought obstetric care, within a span of a fortnight following infection caused by contaminated intravenous (IV) fluid injection …
Five different mining projects in five different villages of Rajasthan all have one thing in common. According to the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) reports that they individually submitted as part of their environment clearance application, each project is surrounded by exactly the same ambient air quality, with identical data for …
Jodhpur: Two companies based in Mumbai and Delhi have allegedly duped scores of farmers of more than 2,000 bigha of agricultural land spread across several villages near Phalodi town in Jodhpur district. In one case, the entire land of Mandali village measuring 632 bigha, belonging mostly to the Rebari tribe, …
