The Gujarat Government issued a notification dated 08th February, 2024 that pertains to the publication of the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Laws (Amendment) Act, 2024, which further amends the Gujarat Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, the Saurashtra Gharkhed, Tenancy Settlement and Agricultural Lands Ordinance, 1949, and the Gujarat …
While the state's 523 lions have been provided around 500 cement-concrete watering troughs, the 5,000-odd blackbuck in and around Velavadar and the 4,451 wild asses in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) have to make do with just 50-odd such artificial watering holes. The majority of these artificial watering holes …
While amending the law to allow continued possession of farm land to about 3700 farmers who faced eviction, the Haryana Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution appealing to the Gujarat Government to stop the process of displacement farmers of Punjab and Haryana origin from the Rann of Kutch. Speaking …
A BSF proposal to divert forest land in wildlife sanctuaries in areas bordering Pakistan is facing stiff resistance from conservationists who feel that road construction in the protected site will destroy the nesting ground of endangered flamingos and wild asses. In its proposal submitted to an Environment Ministry panel, BSF …
Having decided against a nuclear bomb, Shastri embarked on a quest for nuclear guarantees from the US and the Soviet Union. HAVING stemmed the tide of popular demand for going nuclear to meet the Chinese challenge and mollified his critics somewhat by agreeing to a quiet exploration of a peaceful …
A 600 MW solar power park, touted as Asia's first and largest, was on Thursday dedicated to the nation by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the state's Patan district, in a boost to India's efforts towards low carbon growth. The solar power park with a power generation capacity of …
Gandhinagar: The Narmada canal’s movement towards Kutch has suddenly hit an environmental roadblock. Already under construction, the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), which is Narmada project’s implementing agency, has now found to its utter bewilderment that it had never taken a crucial forest conservation Act clearance from the Government …
Birds Continue To Fall Prey Despite Arrest Of 9 Men Ahmedabad: The forest department claimed to have cracked the case of the poaching of 64 lesser flamingos in Venasar village in the Little Rann of Kutch when its officials arrested nine people on January 4. They had even recovered the …
Ahmedabad: The dead flamingos found in Venasar village were not the work of some desperately poor man’s attempt to feed his family. Given the fact that such a large number of birds were killed just before December 31, government officials fear that the massacre was ordered for a party to …
Ahmedabad: Winged visitors from Siberia, the Greater Flamingos, will get warning signals in form of reflectors while flying at night through hightension power transmission lines in the Khadir region of the Greater Rann of Kutch. The Gujarat Energy Transmission Company (Getco) on Friday began taking corrective measures after The Times …
AHMEDABAD: For some winged visitors a journey of over 2,000 km from Siberia comes to a deadly end just when they swoop in to land in the shallow waters of Kutch. Electric wires char their feathers and even result in death. This phenomenon has been documented in a study 'Flamingo …
National Aluminium Company (Nalco), the Orissa-headquartered and central government-owned company, has turned out to be the sole final bidder for Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation’s (GMDC) Rs 15,000-crore aluminium project in Kutch, Gujarat. V S Gadhvi, managing director of GMDC, which is owned by the government of Gujarat, told Business Standard, …
GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat is all set to tell its successful stories of conservation to the whole world. Be it Asiatic lions of Gir, the wild ass of Little Rann of Kutch or the whale sharks from Saurashtra coast, the conservation stories made successful with people's participation will soon find place in …
The much-awaited roadway project at Rann of Kutch in Gujarat could not be discussed in the Standing Committee meeting of National Board For Wildlife (NBWL) on Friday in the absence of the site inspection report which was to be put up for the purpose. Sources in NBWL, however, maintained that …
India signed a loan agreement with the World Bank yesterday to bring funds for cleaning the Ganga. Two other agreements with the bank aim at strengthening rural livelihood and conservation of biodiversity through a new model. While the river-cleaning project is worth $1 billion (around Rs 4,600 crore), the two …
A high alert has been sounded in the coastal districts of Gujarat following development of a cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea which brought rains in many places in the State on Wednesday. According to Meteorological Department sources, the
Bhuj/Ahmedabad: An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale was felt at many places in Kutch district on Wednesday evening. The tremors were felt upto far north in Rapar and Bhhachau taluka, sources said. However, no casualties or damages were reported from the region till night. According to an official …
Gandhinagar: After it was allowed to be almost completely emasculated and invaded by the wild weed, well known as prosopis juli-flora, for several decades, the Gujarat government has finally decided to revive what once was Asia
Signs Pact To Get Rs 50,000 Cr Investment In 5 Yrs Ahmedabad: The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), a programme of US-based William J Clinton Foundation, on Monday announced setting up of the world
101 Hectares Identified Near Bhachau Harit Mehta TNN Ahmedabad: The arid region of Kutch may not have much to do with trees. But, the border district may soon have a Wood Special Economic Zone, the first of its kind in the country. After a lukewarm response to the proposed handicrafts …
