Heavy overnight rains lashed south and east central Gujarat causing flood like situation in localities alongside rivers flowing through Valsad, Navsari and Surat districts and killing at least five

SURAT: Villagers of Umbargam taluka in Valsad district have threatened to launch an agitation to oppose the upcoming Nargol port project at the tip of Gujarat.

Chief Minister Anandiben Patel carried forward the 7th edition of Garib Kalyan Mela to Valsad district and distributed records of land rights to 7,000 tribals of six districts of the south Gujarat,

Gandhinagar: With a view to protecting the interests of farmers going in for greenhouse and polyhouse farming, the government has undertaken a stringent exercise for empanelment of companies that w

AHMEDABAD: Vapi and the industrial estate in its vicinity have once again made it to the list of the most polluted place in the country.

Underground Water In Well Depleting Fast

Surat:If Manjuben Chaudhary of Dinbari village does not wake up at 3.30 am, she will have to walk at least five km in scorching sun to fetch water. She has to reach the village well by 4 am sharp or else her turn to fill water would come after four hours.
Reeling under severe scarcity, this tribal hamlet in Valsad’s Kaprada taluka has been forced to chalk out a timetable for villagers to fill water from the well, the only source of potable water for its 2,000 villagers. Residents of all faliyas (lanes) have been given fixed time to fetch water from the well.

Mumbai: The BMC and not the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), will undertake the next water supply project for the city.

The city will receive 865 million litres daily (mld) once the project is completed, which is expected in a decade.
The MMRDA had announced in 2010 that it would develop the Rs 8,500-crore Pinjal water supply project at its cost. The state irrigation department had even granted in-principle approval for the project. But the MMRDA recently informed the department that it was no longer interested in taking up the project as it has been able to tap water from other sources for the metropolitan region.