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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Govt renews efforts to frame policy on water for industries
Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has once again decided to formulate, the once failed idea, of an Industrial Water Policy that can project the real need of water for industrial use in the next 50 years
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AAP targets state govt on manual scavenging
Having changed political equations in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has started targeting Gujarat government. The party has published a detailed list of manual scavengers and places
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Lion territory doubles in three years, Big Cats Now Rule 20k Sq Km Area
The king of the jungle has conquered new territories. About one-third of the Saurashtra region has been marked as Asiatic lioninhabited areas by the state forest department. A recent study based on frequent
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Petition filed in SC against translocation
Fresh Plea Has Been Submitted By NGO Based In Rajkot Ahmedabad: A Rajkot-based NGO Wildlife Conservation Trust – Rajkot has in a fresh petition moved the Supreme Court against the translocation of Lion to Kuno Palpur, Madhya Pradesh. The fresh petition demanded that the petition which is active in the conservation measures in the Gujarat state has tried to put forward several arguments before the expert committee formed by the order of the Supreme Court dated April 15 this year.
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SC notices to Centre, states over industrial pollution
Vadodara: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued notices to the Union government, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and 19 other states including Gujarat on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by
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Pollution-hit villagers near Rajkot to get compensation
NGT Cracks Whip On Private Firm Managing Landfill Rajkot: In a major victory for nearly 8,000 people of six villages near Rajkot, the National Green Tribunal, (NGT), Pune has ordered the private firm managing the municipal solid waste of the city to pay a compensation of Rs 25 lakh for improper handling of the waste.
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Bamboos turn wasteland green
Ahmedabad: Bamboo farming has changed the landscape of a village situated on the banks of River Mahor in Kheda district. Kaprupur, a hamlet of 3,000 people, has even won the Prime Minister’s excellence
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Surat’s polluting units leave citizens gasping
Surat: Air pollution caused by black dust from industrial units located in Katargam has become a major issue for thousands of people living in areas of Vastadevdi Road, Sumul Dairy Road and AK Road in
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HC asks CPCB to file affidavit on use of fuel in gasifiers
The Gujarat high court on Monday asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to state on affidavit about its stand where the ceramic industrial units could function on modified coal-based gasifiers, which could bring down pollution level. The court sought explanation from CPCB on its communiqué to Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) on October 11, 2012, that the ceramic units mitted could be perrun on coal furnaces provided that they modified it to bring the pollution level down to zero discharge.
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Cyclists at peril on BRTS route
Road 'minorities'- bicyclists, pedestrians and the disabled-are, sadly, a neglected lot on the city's BRTS stretch today. Ironically, when the BRTS was first inaugurated in 2009, it was socially marketed