Gandhinagar: As the marchers from Bhavnagar hit the state capital shouting anti-industry slogans on Thursday, they got support from many activists, some of whom joined the delegation that met chief minister Narendra Modi.
Danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, human rights lawyer Girish Patel, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh
The farmers' agitation against Nirma Ltd cement plant in Gujarat will continue with Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi declining to accept the demand of locals who are seeking to scrap the unit from the area.
Record of proceedings of the Supreme Court of India on the Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No. 14698/2010 on the proposed Nirma Cement Plant at Bhavnagar, Gujarat dated 18/03/2011.
The tussle between Nirma Ltd and the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) took a new turn today, as the Gujarat high court refused to stay the notice issued by the latter on March 12 to halt construction work on the company
They are unconvinced of Union Ministry's show-cause notice to Nirma
AHMEDABAD: Unconvinced of the Union Environment and Forest Ministry's show-cause notice to the Nirma Limited, the agitating farmers of Bhavnagar have refused to stop their 250-kilometre long
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the show cause notification issued by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to a cement factory being built in Padhiarka village, Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, for “permanent suspension of work and revocation of the environment clearance”.
MoEF has served this show-cause notice to Nirma Limited for the company's proposed cement plant, coke oven plant and captive power plant to be set up near Mahuva in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat.
Read this special report published in Down To Earth on Nirma, the detergent company that gave false information to obtain clearance for its cement plant in coastal Saurashtra.
Mahuva (Bhavnagar): As their pleas have gone unheard even after nearly two-and-a-half years, around 5,000 farmers protesting against the proposed cement plant by Nirma will march to Gandhinagar on March 3.
Mahuva BJP MLA Kanu Kalsaria, who has been spearheading the agitation, says that farmers from the villages to be affected by the plant will walk from Doliya village to Gandhinagar, 350 km a
