The city is the cardiac emergency capital of the state with over 20,500 cases reported from August 2007 to August 2011 by GVK EMRI 108 officials. This means that the city has an average of 14 heart-related emergencies everyday.
Gandhinagar: Water woes in the Petroleum Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR), an important industrial hotspot along Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, may come to an end soon.
The PCPIR, coming up over 480 sq km in the Dahej-Bharuch region, will get a two-km-long weir off the mouth of Narmada river at Bharbhut, next to the Gulf of Khambhat, for storing sweet water coming from Narmada dam.
GANDHINAGAR: There have been rise in the number of malaria and falciparum cases in the state. In just two weeks, various district and taluka health centres in the state recorded as many as 8,228 confirmed malaria cases, while the number of falciparum cases stood at 2,625.
The Vikram A SARABHAI COMMUNITY SCIENCE CENTRE, AHMEDABAD
WINS THE TOI SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD OF EDUCATION (NGO CATEGORY)
The Gujarat high court (HC) on Thursday asked the state government to specify what steps it has taken to implement the schemes that are introduced to make the public distribution system (PDS) effective.
Picture this: Unusually heavy rains triggers rapid soil erosion. Huge portions of highways sink and unexpected floods wash away railway tracks - the city is marooned.
These grim scenarios could well turn to a reality if precautionary measures are not taken on time, when infrastructural is being readied. A study conducted by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) indicates that climate change is bound to take a toll on infrastructural assets of the country.
A PIL was moved by villagers of Zarpara, which is located near Adani port, challenging industrial activities of the company. The villagers accused the company of flouting environment norms and causing damage to environment. They had specifically mentioned the illegal cutting of mangrove trees that allegedly aggravate problems of salinity ingress.
AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation laid the foundation for the first oxygen park to come up in Bapunagar area. The oxygen park which will come up in an area of 16,393 sq metre.
WASHINGTON: Identifying Gujarat as perhaps the best example of effective governance and impressive development in India, a Congressional report showered praise on the chief minister Narendra Modi a
