Ganesh pandals to lower decibels
Vadodara: The Ganesh pandal organizers have agreed to keep the decibel levels low this festive season. Senior police officials had on Thursday held a meeting with the organizers to discuss and resolve
Times Of India (Vadodara)
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India to establish climate change research station in Himalayas
India will soon establish a research station to carry out cryosphere studies in the Himalayas. Cryosphere is a term for the regions, which are covered in ice and snow either seasonally or all year round.
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Crops in over 25,000 hectares in Dabhoi damaged due to rains
The district authorities have completed damage assessment survey after rain waters caused havoc in several villages of Dabhoi taluka in Vadodara. The assessment showed that out of 119 villages in Dabhoi,
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Solar energy sector needs reforms'
The solar energy sector in India has reached a deadlock and needs policy reforms, claimed experts at a conference on 'The future of solar energy in India' held at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
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Pollution Control Board, forest department issue guidelines for Ganesha immersion
Concerned over water pollution during Ganesha festivals, the forest department and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have urged people to use earthen Ganesha idol. Both the government departments
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Pollution Control Board crackdown on realtors for flouting green norms
For the first time, steps taken against realtors by Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) in central Gujarat have resulted into a realtor paying fine after a suit was filed against him over environmental
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Eco-tourism centres in forests to get facelift
The eco-tourism centres (ETC) at forest reserves that are emerging as tourism hotspots in central Gujarat may soon go through a major facelift. Private entrepreneurs have come forward to develop these
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EAC did not reject even one irrigation or hydropower project: NGO
After claiming to have conducted an analysis of the minutes of over 60 meetings of Expert Appraisal committee (EAC) of the union ministry of environment and Forests (MoEF), the South Asia Network on Dams,