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
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
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat lacks proper health infrastructure to contain deaths by swine flu - which has claimed over 180 lives across the state this season - according to the India representative of Global Hygiene Council. "Lack of both awareness and facilities like isolation wards and ventilators, are likely responsible for the high death toll from swine flu in Gujarat," said India representative of Global Hygiene Council, Dr Narendra Saini, at an interaction with the media here.
AHMEDABAD: Seemingly unimpressed with the state government's measures to curb swine flu menace, justice A S Dave of Gujarat high court on Tuesday commented, "Everything is perfect on paper, the difficulty comes at the time of implementation." In response to various queries posed by the high court to meet the requirement in the epidemic-like situation, the state government submitted a report stating that the administration has achieved all targets set to tackle the situation.
One Dead, 10 Kids From AMC Schools Hospitalized Ahmedabad: A seven-year old girl died on Monday night after suspected food poisoning at a municipal school on Saturday. Ten other students of two schools that got the same food and water have been admitted to Civil Hospital and private hospit a l s i n A s a r w a . Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has begun a probe into the incident.
Citizens Must Not Lower Guard Yet, Maintain Caution: Experts Ahmedabad: The death toll due to swine flu in the state reached a staggering 180 on Tuesday, with the maximum casualties recorded in Rajkot, Ahmedabad, Kutch, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar. Officials claimed the deaths and number of swineflucaseshave gradually gone down in the past few weeks, raising hopes that the worst might be over with the onset of summer. However, Tuesday’s unseasonal rains have brought back fear in the hearts of the citizens.
Homegrown Amul brand is all set to touch the US $ 4 billion mark. The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) that markets country’s largest FMCG brand has clocked a provisional sales
10% Lower Requirements For Buildings Beside BRTS, Metro Routes Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (Auda) has relaxed parking requirements for commercial buildings along transit corridors of the city by 10%. Principally, these are along the BRTS and metro corridors. Auda claims that it would boost the commercial and corporate offices coming up along the corridors. Developers along the corridor also get the maximum permissible FSI — 4.
Gandhinagar: India’s major roads may double up as solar highways, if an innovative proposal by some scientists gets the government's approval. The proposal is the brainchild of scientists at the Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) in the state capital. In a paper just published in the International Journal of Energy, Environment and Engineering, the scientists say highways can be used to generate solar power, if a roof of solar panels was laid over them, across the length of the roads.
AHMEDABAD: Around 4.30pm on October 30, 2009, a press conference was being addressed by top industrialists and bureaucrats who had returned with chief minister Narendra Modi from Russia. The press conference had just ended when this journalist got an SMS stating that Modi had been detected with swine flu. Apparently, the blood sample was broken into two and sent to Civil Hospitals in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. Both tests were positive but hardly anyone knew this was Modi's blood — the test-tubes were marked 'Rameshbhai'.
As many as 70 people fell ill after drinking contaminated water supplied to their houses by the local body of Talala village here, officials said. Residents of Talala village on Thursday suffered from
Ahmedabad: The people of Saurashtra take care of lions as they would of their own family members. If they spot a lion in the vicinity of their village, they take pride in the fact and protect it. These