Expressing concern at the "indiscriminate" disposal of Ahmedabad's sewage and industrial waste into the Sabarmati river turning it into a "cesspool of dangerous" drug-resistant bacteria, the Gujarat High Court directed the concerned authorities to include all stakeholders for working out reutilisation of treated industrial wastewater. The bench further said that "no efforts seemed" to have been made by the Common …
A chemical factory near Jambusar in Gujarat's Bharuch district experienced a gas leak incident on 24 August, resulting in hospitalisation of 28 individuals. “As many as 18 workers were hospitalised after inhaling bromine gas that leaked from a tank of a chemical factory located at Vedaj village,” stated sub-inspector Vaishali Ahir of Vedach police station as reported by PTI. Earlier, …
The Gujarat High Court appointed Joint Task Force has submitted that the waterbody in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project Sabarmati Riverfront is a stagnant water body, which has been polluted by illegal dumping of industrial effluents through Sewage Treatment Plants waters. "The Sabarmati river is critically damaged and an almost irreversible damage has been done with a nearly 120-km …
In November 2020, the residents of Badi-Hoidad villages in Ghogha tehsil of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, were greeted by a disorienting sight. Since November, the land has been rising by varying degrees all around GPCL’s lignite mining site. In a letter written to the relevant authorities on November 26 about the strong likelihood of “illegal and improper” mining, the PSS demanded …
