Survey Finds Ahmedabad Among Six Districts With Less Than 10 Trees Per Hectare; Gandhinagar, Anand Top List
Rapid urbanisation has taken a toll on the tree cover in Ahmedabad. It now features among the six districts which have less than 10 trees per hectare.
This was revealed in findings of a 2009 tree cover survey.
AHMEDABAD: Chief minister Narendra Modi's recently released book on climate change 'Convenient Action - Gujarat's Response to Challenges of Climate Change' will be a reference book for Gujarat University students.
The book will be used by students of first-year arts, commerce and science faculty as part of the environmental science course that will be introduced as a compulsory subject from the
IIM-A students will be practising what they preach in Chaos-2011. In an initiative to become more eco-friendly by cutting down carbon emission, the event this year will induce participants to travel in buses instead of autos and taxis.
An IIM-A carbon footprint exercise revealed that last year 30 tonne CO2 was emitted in Cha-os-2010.
Ahmedabad: Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, a wing of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is up in arms against the Narendra Modi government and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) at the Centre after unseasonal rains wreaked havoc on rabi crops.
On Monday, BKS took out a rally along Ashram Road, demanding the state government to immediately release of water for irrigation keeping aside all the rules for the
AHMEDABAD: The popularity quotient of Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) is scaling new heights. During its initial days, the BRTS carried only 17,000 passengers per day.
AHMEDABAD: In Satellite, the occupants of a bungalow got some surprise visitors on Wednesday evening, soon after the downpour and the sudden dip in temperatures. A pair of star turtles seemed to have crawled out of their hiding place after the rain.
The downpour also caused a road mishap of sorts in Sardarnagar. A turtle was run over by a vehicle.
