Nagpur: The detailed project report (DPR) of the Damanganga-Pinjal link, a project to share water of two river basins across Maharashtra and Gujarat is likely to be ready by the end of this year.
After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is going easy on them. As many as 23 critically polluted areas have been removed from the moratorium list since last October on the basis of inadequate action plans submitted by the respective states.
AHMEDABAD: At a time when Sanand is poised to become country's auto hub, farmers in the region are trying to make a mark in the agriculture sector.
Through a project supported by the state horticulture department, farmers have got positive results in growing Kesar mango.
Kesar mango trees have been planted in nearly 14 hectors of land in various parts of Sanand up to Viramgam.
Only 31 per cent of pregnant women in tribal taluka of Kaprada in Valsad district made use of institutional delivery system, which was lowest in Gujarat, a recent districtlevel health survey has revealed. Eighty-five per cent of the population in the 100 per cent tribal dominated taluka live below the poverty line. The tribals have more faith in the medicines of witch doctors and midwives.
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and other institutes formulated the concept for Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) and has analyzed the environmental status of industrial clusters which were identified in consultation with Ministry of Environment and Forests for CEPI analysis.
Vapi: The people of historic Bagwada village, a sub-centre of Peshwa regime, in Valsad district feel harassed by the ongoing mining activity at the foot of a hill there because of the nuisance that it causes and the danger it poses to ancient monuments.
