JAIPUR: A division bench of the high court issued a showcause notice to as many as 13 mobile companies besides central and state authorities on the issue of health hazards being caused by high frequency radiations emitted by mobile towers posing serious threat to public health and safety.
The court order came on a PIL filed by a retired Judge of the Rajasthan High Court, Jusitce I S Israni and others. Counsel for Israni, Prateek Kasliwal told a division bench of Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice N K Jain (senior), "The mobile towers are having no fixed criterion of emission of radiations and there were nine major directions given by the inter-ministerial committee in recent past but the same are also not being followed.
JAIPUR: The industries in the state will now have to deposit a bank guarantee and an affidavit to Rajasthan pollution control board (RSPCB) ensuring compliance with provisions mentioned in pollution control and environment protection laws.
To ensure compliance with provisions, RSPCB has issued orders that any industry that had earlier been barred from operating due to non-compliance to Water (prevention and control of pollution) Act, 1974 and Air (prevention and control of pollution) Act provisions, will have to submit a bank guarantee.
JAIPUR: Rajasthan bagged the second prize in the Comprehensive Development of Tourism category during the National Tourism Awards ceremony on Wednesday. The award was given by President Pratibha Patil at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi to Seema Bahugana, principal resident commissioner in Delhi. In the same category, Madhya Pradesh was adjudged the best state.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday said the Dewas drinking water project in Udaipur district is on the “highest priority” for the State Government and would get additional budget for construction of the State's longest water transport tunnel for the benefit of the residents of the City of Lakes.
Intervening in reply to a question in the State Assembly, Mr. Gehlot said he had visited the project site recently and was monitoring the progress of work for supply of drinking water from Mansi Wakal, Akodra and Madri dams to Udaipur. Budget for the ambitious project had already been enhanced, he added.
JAIPUR: A delegation of the European Union MP and European Commission met chief minister Ashok Gehlot here on Thursday. The delegation admired the effective implementation of the water projects worth Rs 450 crore, funded by the European Commission, in the state.
The 11-member delegation headed by Bill Newton Dunn is in Rajasthan to evaluate the progress of the ongoing projects and identify new projects. The delegation would make recommendations for special assistance in new projects here.
JAIPUR: The scientists of India and Slovenia are working together to study how dangerous is the Hepatitis E virus (HEV) and how to diagnose it as its symptoms are quite similar to other liver ailments.
It is a three-year collaborative research which started this month in a laboratory in Kaladera near Jaipur. The scientists will collect samples from across the country. The Indian and Slovenian governments have jointly funded the Indo-Slovenian Bilateral Exchange Programme of Cooperation in Science and Technology.
The list of Congress leaders joining the protesting farmers' camp against the ring road project is getting longer by the day.
While urban development and housing (UDH) minister Shanti Dhariwal is adamant to construct the ring road on 360 meters of acquired land so far, Congress MLA from Bagru, Ganga Devi on Tuesday came out in support of the farmers and protested at MP Mahesh Joshi's residence.
Hindustan Copper Limited and the Rajasthan Government propose to start joint ventures to explore and exploit copper and other mineral deposits in the State. The initiative is part of Hindustan Copper Limited's plan to consolidate its mining business, especially in Rajasthan.
The company is planning to execute as many as eight mining projects across the country at an estimated capital expenditure of Rs.3,435 crore to quadruple its mining capacity over the next five years,
One of India's iconic tiger reserves is emblematic of its efforts to save the big cat
Preserving India's wild tigers has become a popular cause today. Most people might never see a wild tiger, but they fully support measures to save it. They are aware that, in spite of several challenges, tigers do persist and need help. Poaching, mining, indifferent forest bureaucracies, highways in sanctuaries, and unrestrained consumerism — all pose a threat.
