AHMEDABAD: When villagers of Fulsar saw an electric lamp lit in front of them in March this year, it was no less than a film scene straight out of the movie Swades when villagers get a taste of new lifestyle thanks to electricity, not less than 22 years after the first electric poles were installed.

Fulsar near Dediapada is Narmada district is a sleepy village with a population of 700 on the Gu

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Ahmedabad: Man-made disaster sparked by blatant reuse of contaminated injections, syringes and needles was the prime reason for the high incidence of viral hepatitis-B recorded in 2009 which grew to 19 per 1 lakh population in the state from 17 per lakh population

Ahmedabad: The state forest department may be celebrating the Forest Survey of India (FSI) report

Rajpipala: In an exemplary move, a farmer handed over a rare species of star tortoise to the forest department of Narmada district.

Bharuch: Four peacocks were found dead near Suki river at a Dhavdi village in Nan-dod taluka of Narmada district. Forest department confirmed that two had died on Wednesday and two on Thursday.
The mysterious deaths were reported by locals on Wednesday to Kevadia range forest office when they saw five to six peacocks lying unconscious near Suki river.

GANDHINAGAR: The state government has so far been able to supply drinking water from Narmada river to only 54 per cent of villages and 67 per cent of cities planned under the scheme. Initially, the government had planned to supply drinking water to 9,633 villages and 131 cities.

Despite a number of breaches in the Narmada main canal over the years, command area ecological concerns are simply not being paid enough attention by the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam.

Injustice continues to haunt the Narmada River Valley! The Narmada Valley projects comprise 30 large dams, 135 medium size dams, 3000 small dams and a minimum of 75,000 kms of canal networks to direct the waters.

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