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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Illegal fishing rampant in Nal Sarovar
AHMEDABAD: Not just poaching of winged visitors, illegal fishing is also a menace at Nal Sarovar. Rampant fishing has worried nature lovers and forest department officials alike because decrease in the fish population will directly affect the number of birds from abroad coming to the lake.
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Bats help in seed dispersal and controlling pests
AHMEDABAD: Fruit Bats and insectivorous bats are the common species in the city. The former need tall trees and shade to roost and the latter live in old forts, caves, and dark places where they can feast on insects. While the Fruit Bat helps in seed dispersal, insectivorous bats control pests.
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Midday meals: Beneficiaries double
AHMEDABAD: The number of midday meal beneficiaries may have almost doubled in the last 24 years, but the scheme has always remained in the news either because of inferior quality of food being supplied or worms found in pulses and cereals. Midday meal programme was launched in 1984 and Gujarat was the second state to introduce it two years after Tamil Nadu did.
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No silver lining for farmers
GANDHINAGAR: Erratic and poor rains across Gujarat is spelling doom for the year's agricultural production. Sowing operations has been completed on a mere 24 lakh hectares of agricultural land, compared to a whopping 49 lakh hectare around this time last year.
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93 lions have died in three years
GANDHINAGAR: As many as 93 lions have died in the state in the last three years. Of these, 50 were cubs. Replying to a question by Arjun Modhvadia in the state Assembly, the forest department said 85 lions had died naturally, while six lions were killed by poachers.
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Rains expected in city today: Met
AHMEDABAD: The weather department has forecast moderate to heavy rainfall in south Gujarat and parts of Gujarat on Thursday. Officials said they were hopeful that Ahmedabad will get its maiden showers. "The monsoon activity is expected to give good rainfall in south Gujarat and region including parts of north Gujarat.
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40-yr-old trees axed, AMC clueless
AHMEDABAD: Passers-by were taken aback when they were asked to stop on busy road from Thaltej to Shilaj on Wednesday. The reason, they later realised, was cutting down of 30-year-old trees. When they asked why the axing job was on, men at work cited official orders.
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IMD hoping for rains on July 9
Ahmedabad : For parched Amdavad, Met department has pinned hopes on low pressure system in Jharkhand which is expected to give good rainfall activity in Gujarat region from July 9 to July 11.
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Village sarpanch shoots villager over water supply
AHMEDABAD: Delayed monsoon seems to have frayed the nerves of Amdavadis. A man was shot at in Timba village in Aslali by the village sarpanch on Sunday evening after the debate over water supply turned ugly.
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Garbage collection trucks to go hi-tech with GPS
AHMEDABAD: Garbage collection is all set to go hi-tech. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) plans to install Global Positioning System (GPS) in at least 35 hydraulic dumper trucks to be bought at a price of Rs 4.67 crore from Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) funds.