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GUJARAT Just 5% of sewage from municipalities in Gujarat is treated The state is in a bit of a mess on the sewage treatment front. Only 5% of the sewage generated by 162 municipalities is treated. The situation is no better in the eight municipal corporations. Industrial pollution was more dangerous than the … Read more
GUJARAT Elections in 75 Municipalities of Gujarat on February 17 State Election Commission(SEC) declared elections dates for 75 Municipalities of 28 districts as well as byelection for six seats of the Rajkot Municipal Corporations. Election code of conduct for the 75 Municipalities and by-elections in one Municipal Corporation and seven municipalities will be effective from Tuesday(January … Read more
GUJARAT Gujarat tops logistics index, J&K at bottom Gujarat has topped logistics index chart, an indicator of the efficiency of logistical services, in the first set of rankings released by commerce & industry minister Suresh Prabhu with Punjab placed second and Andhra Pradesh next. The report on Logistics Ease Across Different States or LEADS, prepared by … Read more
GUJARAT Siemens bags contract worth Rs 579 cr for Gujarat Metro Link Siemens today said that it has bagged a contract worth Rs 579 crore for electrification work of Gujarat Metro Link Express. “Indian mass-transit operator Metro Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) Company Ltd has awarded an order of approximately Rs … Read more
GUJARAT Polluted rivers: Gujarat ranks 4th Sabarmati riverfront is considered a model in giving facelift to an ailing river. However, if figures of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) submitted in Lok Sabha on January 5 are considered, Sabarmati is among Gujarat’s 20 most polluted rivers. Further, Gujarat ranks fourth among top … Read more
GUJARAT Fifth Charotar crocodile count begins The fifth Charotar crocodile count to ascertain the number of reptiles which have made the wetlands of lush green Anand and Kheda districts of Central Gujarat their abode began. It is for the fifth consecutive year that the Voluntary Nature Conservancy (VNC, formerly known as Vidyanagar Nature Club) is organizing … Read more
GUJARAT Chief Minister inaugurates new Food Research Laboratory at Gandhinagar Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today inaugurated a Food Research Laboratory in Gandhinagar to ensure that the grains and other edible food items are of the highest quality under the Public Distribution System. The Food Research Laboratory has been built at a cost of Rs.1 crore by the … Read more