Mumbai/Surat: “Plastic waste is a great impediment to tourism,” said former United Nations environment chief Eric Solheim on Tuesday morning in Surat. His statement sounded a gong for action.

Surat: Don’t immerse Ganesha idols in Tapi, thinking that the the ban on immersion in the river is just another diktat issued year after year.

Surat: At least 5 lakh people of Rander and Athwa in west and south west municipal zones in the city have been getting stinking and yellow-coloured water for the past 48 hours.

Plan includes inter-river basin water transfer, will come into force by Dec 2017

Surat: Release of untreated water and waste into Tapi by over 150 industrial units located in the jurisdiction of Surat Urban Development Authority (SUDA) is a major source of pollution of river wa

The newly constituted Task Force on Inter-Linking Rivers will look afresh at all the proposed links to evaluate their feasibility, particularly in maintaining a balance between environment and deve

The Centre has set up a task force to look into various contentious issues relating to inter-linking of rivers.