AHMEDABAD: The Statue of Unity project of the Gujarat government has raised concerns over the potential environmental impact on surrounding areas.

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.

Adani Ports and SEZ has challenged the environment ministry’s decision to impose penalties on it for environmental violations, setting the stage for a faceoff between the government and the company

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

Move after appeal by state govt-run GUVNL seeking a cut in rate of power

The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (Aptel) has issued notices to 80 Gujarat-based solar project developers on an appeal filed by Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam (GUVNL), the state government-run utility. GUVNL is seeking a cut in the rate of power it will buy from the solar players on the grounds that the actual cost incurred by developers of these projects was 40 per cent less than initially assumed.

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 w

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 uni

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.

Seek withdrawal of IFC funding from the Tata Power's 4,000 Mw power project in Gujarat

After Indian NGO, as many as 68 civil society groups from 28 countries have condemned the World Bank Group’s continued support for Tata Power's 4000 Mw ultra mega power plant (UMPP) in Mundra, Kutch, despite the Ombudsman for International Finance Corporation (IFC) finding serious lapses by IFC in supervision of the coal-base power project, impacting environment and livelihood of local fishing community there.

The government on Monday declared a part of Thol wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat as a Eco Sensitive Zone (ESZ) and banned mining, commercial and industrial activity in the area.

A draft notification of the environment ministry said that the government shall also constitute a State level Eco-sensitive Zone Monitoring Committee (SESZMC) to monitor the compliance of the ESZ notification.