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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HC seeks reply from authorities over eviction of slum dwellers
Gujarat high court has issued notices to state's urban development and housing department and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) over a PIL objecting to slum demolition at Ranip area. A civil
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Great India plan for bustard : A Recovery Strategy Will Be Drawn Up
Ahmedabad: Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has directed Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to have state-level recovery plans for the Great Indian Bustard. Gujarat principal chief conservator of forests C N Pandey said, “We had met experts recently and have now prepared a draft report, which has been approved and is in the final stages.”
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Ensure regular water supply: Consumer court to civic body
Ahmedabad: A consumer court has asked Surendranagar-Dudhrej municipality, which is located in one of the water scarcity hit areas of Gujarat, to supply clean and potable water to the city on a regular
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'3500 tigers left, time to act now'
A wildlife photographer with a mission, Mona Patel has taken it upon herself to start a campaign to save the tiger. And she has begun her drive from Gujarat, as she thinks it sets a good of animal conservation.
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State scientists’ solar power plan to lift cost cloud
Ahmedabad: Researchers here claimed to have developed a simple way of making graphene-based solar cell, whose use may reduce the cost of producing solar power considerably. “A simple and economical
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3 Gujarat bird species in 'endangered' list
AHMEDABAD: The latest 'red list' of endangered bird species released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) includes 15 Indian bird species, three of which are found mainly in Gujarat.
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75, 000 affordable houses to be built
To prove that it is serious about implementing its poll promise of affordable urban housing, Gujarat government plans to start construction of around 75,000 houses by its para institutions across the state
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Illegal sand mining ‘unstoppable’ in Tapi
Sand mining mafias are not deterred by the raids and continue to carry on nonchalantly with illegal mining in Tapi riverbed in Surat district. Revenue and mining department officials in November 2013 had
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Vadodara experiments with cycle sharing
Project Will Be Scaled Up After Its Success At Kamatibaug Vadodara: Paris and Barcelona have done it. And so has New York and Boston. Now, Vadodara will be the first city of Gujarat to get a chance to use cycle as a mode of public transport.
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126 polluting ceramic units near Morbi closed
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) on Tuesday told the Gujarat high court that 126 ceramic industrial units, which were earlier served with closure notice, had been shut near Morbi and Wankaner.