Bhavnagar: The officials who had ignored complaints by nature lovers about hundreds of flamingos being electrocuted daily as they flew into high tension wires swung into action after TOI reported the incident.

Officials of Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation Limited (GETCO) visited the 300-hectare marsh on the outskirts of Bhavnagar on Sunday and camped there throughout the day.

The Gujarat government has told the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests that no toxic-laden ship headed to the State's shores for dismantling.

Union Minister of State Jairam Ramesh had sought a

GANDHINAGAR: In a major SOP to Gujarat farmers, the state government on Wednesday announced that it will give a much higher compensation to 86,000 cultivators whose land is being acquired for Narmada canal network. This is based on the new jantri rate plus 30 per cent solatium.

Even as Environmental Appraisal Committee (EAC) constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) placed a report before the Supreme Court on Tuesday recommending relocation of Nirma Ltd's cement plant at Mahuva, agitating farmers in the region have welcomed the report of the expert body.

"The MoEF's report is in favour of farmers and in environment.