This paper presents the results of the Columbia Water Center’s study of the severe groundwater crisis in the Mehsana region of Northern Gujarat, India.
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.
State health authorities have called a team from National Institute of Virology (NIV) to investigate into the mystery fever that has claimed one life and left two people critical in different city hospitals.
Doctors have not been able to pin-point the origin or the spread of the fever which is reported to begin with fever, stomach pain and vomiting and rapidly deteriorate later.
The firs
GANDHINAGAR: In a major step towards putting the Kalpasar project on fast track, the Gujarat government last week commissioned a bathymetric and geotechnical study of the entire oceanic space in order to ascertain its different layers, including fault-lines.
The study, to be completed by January 2012, will closely study tidal currents and the type of sediments found in the base and how they wou
GANDHINAGAR: Work on the first phase of the Rs 1,100 crore Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar metro rail project will start by next year and the line is expected to be operational within two-three years, Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) chief executive officer AK Sharma said on Thursday.
"A company has been set up for undertaking the metro project, MetroLink Express Ahmedabad Gandhinagar, and
Ahmedabad: The new campus of IITGandhinagar (IIT-G) is going to have a green footprint. Authorities of the institute have decided to make the building design different than the conventional style of the other, older IITs. IIT-Gandhinagar is among the new IITs set up in 2008-09.
Ahmedabad: More than 25 volunteers and representatives from city-based Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) participated in the discussion, held at Van Chetna Kendra on Sunday, on the Gyps vulture census in Ahmedabad, Mehsana and Gandhinagar.
