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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Pump six lions every four years into Kuno: Experts
Ahmedabad: If lions are not sent from Gir every four years to Kuno Palpur (Madhya Pradesh), the chance of their extinction in Kuno Palpur is 30% after a hundred years. This is among the extinction scenarios
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Plastic-eating bugs may tackle waste crisis
Ahmedabad: Plastic objects, from the everyday bag to large containers, are infamous for their immortality. They can survive for hundreds — even thousands — of years and are often the cause for indestructible
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Gujarat to question MP’s prey base claims
State May File Curative Plea Against Translocation Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government plans to file a curative petition seeking another look at the Supreme Court order of Tuesday which rejected the state government’s review petition against the April 15 apex court order allowing the translocation of some of Gir lions to Madhya Pradesh.
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Effluent discharge racket busted in Vapi
Vapi: Police have a busted a racket of illegally releasing hazardous effluents into Bil Khadi, a natural drain that stretches for eight km from Vapi industrial estate. Acting on a tip-off, the special
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Statue of Unity: Detailed environment scrutiny sought
AHMEDABAD: The Statue of Unity project of the Gujarat government has raised concerns over the potential environmental impact on surrounding areas. A group of 24 citizens, organizations and environmental
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Greenhouses to get govt protection
Gandhinagar: With a view to protecting the interests of farmers going in for greenhouse and polyhouse farming, the government has undertaken a stringent exercise for empanelment of companies that would
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Gujarat junks climate change action plan
Having launched what was proclaimed to be Asia's first ever dedicated government department for climate change with great fanfare, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi appears to have lost interest in
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3 tankers carrying pollutants seized
Industrial Units Suspected To Be Pouring Poisonous Chemicals Into Drains, Rivers A Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) monitoring team caught three tankers carrying a hazardous chemical — Spent Acid — for illegal disposal near Gujcomasol on Vatva-Narol road. Even after strict directions from GPCB to not dispose more than 3,000MGL of the chemical without treatment, many units in Vatva seem to continue disposing of H acid, vinyl sulfone, NMJ acid, FC acid, MPDSA, D.A.S.A, D.A.S.D.A effluents in volumes of 25,000 to 50,000 MGL into drainage system and rivers without processing. This severely degrades the environmental conditions of the region.
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126 ceramic units get GPCB closure notice
AHMEDABAD: Seventy-seven ceramic industrial units in Morbi and Wankaner have closed their coal gasifiers, while the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has issued closure notice to 126 other units that
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Soon, action plan to conserve threatened plant species
Ahmedabad: The state is starting to prepare its own list of threatened and near extinction plant species. The state forest department and the Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (Geer) Foundation