240 chemical units flouting norms
Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that 240 complaints of irregularities have been reported about chemical units in Ahmedabad city and district. The state government was replying to the question
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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AMC's solid waste plant to clean up Pirana
Ahmedabad : Your drive down Pirana, on city's outskirts, makes you feel dizzy because of noxious industrial gases and stench from garbage dumps and sewage treatment plants. But now, you may say goodbye to your ordeal, thanks to a solid waste processing plant which is transforming municipal trash into pellets and fluffs to be used as fuel in industrial units.
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Low water level in N Guj dams cause of concern
Gandhinagar : While the monsoon is on a break, the good news for the state is that dams have 43.04 per cent water. What's worrying the government though is that dams in north Gujarat have just 24 per cent.
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BRTS to get its own traffic brigade
Parth Shastri,
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Just Rs 5 crore for new global warming department
GANDHINAGAR: Political statements and announcements notwithstanding, the state government does not seem to be very serious about tackling the global warming issue.
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Joining hands to generate jobs, the green way
AHMEDABAD: When Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) was honoured by Sierra Club for generating green livelihood across the country, little did they know that the prize money of Rs 10 lakh would be used to further the cause of sustainable development.
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BRTS skips, hops for that perfect run
Paul John, AHMEDABAD: As the day to launch BRTS draws closer, a series of trial runs of the buses on the corridor have revealed several glitches. This includes mixed traffic behaviour, that may pose a problem during regular runs of the buses.
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68 lions have moved out of Gir protected area
GANDHINAGAR: The state government admitted in the Assembly on Wednesday that only 291 of the 359 lions in Gir were in the protected sanctuary area. Replying to a question by Karjan MLA Chandu Dabhi, the government said as per the last census conducted in 2005, there were 68 adult lions, 100 female lions and 123 cubs within the protected Gir Sanctuary.
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Task force suggests preserving lion genes
GANDHINAGAR: Special task force formed by state government after 2007 poaching incidents has suggested that apart from use of GPS-based tracking and other modern surveillance systems, establishment of gene pool population and a genetic laboratory for cryopreservation of genetic material is needed to save lions.
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NASA cards to help view' eclipse
AHMEDABAD: In case the weather plays spoilsport on Wednesday, eclipse lenticulars, an innovative, weather-proof and all time total solar eclipse cards which is handy and provides a feeling of total solar eclipse observation in the sky designed especially by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), could be useful to enthusiasts. But it won't be the real thing!
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Coal price hike led to heavy fuel surcharge
GANDHINAGAR: An additional burden of Rs 3,656 crore has been levied on the consumer in past three years as fuel adjustment cost (FAC) or fuel surcharge. However, of this, around Rs 346 crore has been borne by state government.