Objection to the report of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board by the applicant, Aditya Singh Chauhan on industries polluting Sabarmati river. The report points out that there are 672 industries in the area who are members of common effluent treatment plant (CETP), Ahmedabad Hand Screen Printing Association (AHSPA), but the …
The first thing the city govt did after Mr Modi took over was that it sent officials to Gujarat to study the Sabarmati river A series of projects, close to the heart of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is getting implemented in the national capital. Among the projects which are being …
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has appointed a Mumbai-based environmental engineer to document the causes of river water pollution and suggest steps to improve the condition of the rivers in the state. The GPCB said that the expert, Deepak Kantawala, would study the polluted river stretches. Some of …
Pakistan may adopt some concepts implemented in the Sabarmati riverfront project for its ambitious Ravi Riverfront Urban Development (RRFUD) project, said members of the high-level delegation of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on Monday. The team led by the LDA commissioner made a detailed technical inspection of the 11-km riverfront …
A high level Pakistani delegation will visit the city on Monday morning to study whether the Sabarmati Rverfront Development Project could be replicated along Ravi river in Lahore. This four-member delegation from Pakistan will visit various projects initiated by prime minister Narendra Modi while he was chief minister of the …
NASHIK: Around 200 citizens came together on Saturday evening to form a human chain from Tapovan to Ramkund in protest against the concreting of the ghats of the Godavari. The movement was initiated by environmental activist Shekhar Gaikwad. A stretch of the 1.2-km and 20-metre wide ghat from Tapovan to …
There are some worrying signals from the new government in New Delhi that it could compromise on environmental concerns in the pursuit of more rapid growth: clearances could be given quickly (i e, environment protection requirements will be loosened), the Land Acquisition Act could be diluted and more. It may …
The adviser to the Gujarat government on water issues, Babubhai Navalawala will now head an advisory group that will "guide the Delhi government on issues related to water management". Navalawala, a former secretary in the ministry of water resources and a water expert, has also been associated with the Sardar …
Connecting the country's big rivers may still look a far-fetched idea, but a village in Bhavnagar has shown the way in its own small way. Two rivers in Ugamedi, about 70 km from Bhavnagar, have already been linked with a 2.5 km pipeline. The river interlinking project is a gift …
ays Building On Floodplain Not A Good Idea For Yamuna Delhi's bid to rep licate the Sabarmati riverfront development project for Yamuna has taken a controversial turn. C R Babu, DU professor emeritus and chairman of the state-level expert appraisal committee, has advised the lieutenant governor and the capital's bureaucrats …
Unchecked littering has cost us our rivers and this is particularly true about Sabarmati which today has more garbage than water downstream in the city. Religious paraphernalia thrown from bridges, agricultural waste, pesticides and fertilizers from monsoon run-offs, parts of riverbank turned into illegal garbage dumps and illegal discharge of …
A 13-member team of Delhi state government was on a study tour of the Sabarmati riverfront on Thursday. The team, led by environment and forests secretary Sanjiv Kumar, included officials from Delhi Jal Board, urban designers and horticulturists. The objective of the tour was to analyze as to how the …
With the ‘Gujarat Model’ of development being one of the most talked about topic during the election campaign, the Delhi Government has sent three teams to Gujarat to study successful projects in various fields. Three specific teams, including one from the Delhi Police, have been sent on a two-day tour …
One of the initial tasks in hand for the Modi government should be to restore the ecological flow of the Ganga, environmentalists say “Mujhe Ma Ganga ne bulaya hai (Mother Ganga has summoned me)” was a slogan that worked magic for the would-be prime minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi. A …
According to the World Resources Institute (WRI) many, if not most of the world's rivers are stressed. Determining a systems water stress is based upon measuring the ratio of total water withdrawals to the available renewable supplies within the catchment area. Rivers are an indispensible resource for our communities and …
High Pollutant Levels In Discharge Of Several CETPs Ahmedabad: Three Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) estates — those in Vatva, Odhav and Naroda — and the industry cluster in Kathwada are under the scanner for polluting river Sabarmati. The state industries department is now desperately seeking some accountability from the …
The sight of millions of litres of toxic effluents and domestic sewage being let into the Sabarmati at Vasna barrage will wrench any heart-especially the way the river is choked to nothing more than a toxic gutter. Following a month-long campaign by TOI-'My City, My River'-the high court allowed a …
IAS officer Durga Sakthi Nagpal's recent campaign against the sand mafia in Uttar Pradesh seems to have found an echo in the city. On Sunday, Ahmedabad (rural) police busted a sand-mafia gang, arrested nine people and seized eight earth movers and trucks. This is one of the first such operations …
The Ahmedabad rural police arrested seven people and seized five trucks, besides three JCB machines, allegedly used for illegal mining near a tributary of the Sabarmati river. A history-sheeter along with five truck drivers were arrested under Aslali police station area, though three others managed to escape. A police team …
Upbeat over the outcome of the public hearing on July 19, the state government is looking forward to getting coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance for its ambitious Bhadbhut barrage project soon. It expects to begin construction by the end of the year. The CRZ clearance is to be given by …
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will conduct a thorough bio-remediation of the Sabarmati riverfront in the coming months. This process involves cleansing the river of biological and chemical wastes including that on the riverbed using environment friendly methods. The process has become necessary as the river will soon host an …
