UN environment chief joins Tapi clean-up
Mumbai/Surat: “Plastic waste is a great impediment to tourism,” said former United Nations environment chief Eric Solheim on Tuesday morning in Surat. His statement sounded a gong for action. As flamingos
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Sachin GIDC’s CETP was being used by other industries to dump hazardous waste
Surat: Sachin Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation industrial estate, the largest in Surat, has come under the radar of Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) for the alleged nexus between the unit
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40-year-old dies of swine flu in Surat, toll at five
SURAT: A 40-year-old woman from Saiyedpura died of swine flu taking the total death toll to five this season in Surat city. Four fresh cases of H1N1 infection, including a an eight-month-old child from
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Air quality monitoring project on anvil
Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) will begin the ambient air quality monitoring project to closely watch air pollution levels in the city. This project will be undertaken jointly with the
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Immersing Ganesha idol in Tapi can land you in jail
Surat: Don’t immerse Ganesha idols in Tapi, thinking that the the ban on immersion in the river is just another diktat issued year after year. Anyone caught violating the ban can land in jail. City police
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NGT intervention sought to save dried up Narmada
Bharuch/Surat: Environment and citizens groups in Bharuch have knocked the doors of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking urgent directions for release of adequate water from the Sardar Sarovar dam
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Food safety law found wanting
Surat: The provisions in the food safety law are not enough in themselves to contain the sources of water-borne diseases in the Diamond City. Penalties are very few after samples are taken for testing
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People in Rander, Athwa forced to consume polluted water
Surat: At least 5 lakh people of Rander and Athwa in west and south west municipal zones in the city have been getting stinking and yellow-coloured water for the past 48 hours. The water quality deteriorated
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SMC tops in green energy generation across cities
Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) produces nearly 40MW of green energy from wind, solar and biogas. Another 10MW of energy will be produced in the next 12 months. Ministry of New and Renewable
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Activists allegeActivists: Plan to scuttle green monitoring of industrial areas in city
Surat: Environmental activists have written to the prime minister’s office (PMO) and the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF), alleging that some officials of government agencies and industrialists