The PIL has been filed by one Babubhai Saini through his lawyer Dhaval Barot

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Gujarat High Court seeking closure of ceramic and silicate units in Morbi, Rajkot, that are not adhering to existing pollution norms.

Gandhinagar city, which once boasted of nearly 8.6 lakh trees for a population of about 2.08 lakh, has lost some of its green sheen. At least 5% of its trees are lost forever.

Around six lakh trees are thriving within the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) limits.

The state cabinet has cleared four low-cost housing schemes under the Mukhyamantri Aavas Samruddhi Yojana for the lower income group (LIG), the middle income group (MIG) and the urban poor.

Grassland Is An Ideal Habitat For Breeding

The forest department has counted 48 lesser floricans, the critically endangered smallest bustards of the world, in Velavadar Blackbuck National Park (BNP) in Bhavnagar district. The counting was done on Saturday and Sunday.

Expert Appraisal Committee defers EC, CRZ clearance till final decision by MoEF on allegations

While the Gujarat government seems optimistic on commencing operation of LNG terminal at Mundra by 2016, GSPC LNG Ltd, a joint venture between state-owned Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) Ltd and Adani Group, for setting of the LNG terminal, is facing hurdles to get necessary environment clearance (EC) and costal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance.

Have Asiatic lions found their own homes within the home around the Gir forest?

State forest department officials said over the last two decades, lions have dispersed from the Gir forest, which was a core area of Asiatic lions, and have settled down in respective areas and made their permanent 'homes'.