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Sabarmati river is a swimming pool

Untreated effluents discharged in river Monday, June 24, 2019 Gujarat CM overseeing Sabarmati riverfront clean-up drive on June 5, 2019 Counterview Desk In a fresh letter to the secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, senior Gujarat environmentalists Rohit Prajapati and Krishnakant of the ...

How Gujarat govt imposed curbs on livestock export for ‘fearR...

Monday, June 24, 2019 By RK Misra* Insidious are the ways authorities function, preaching one thing, practicing quite another. Administrative muscle-flexing to suit political goals was on display when the BJP-led Vijay Rupani government in Gujarat banned the export of livestock days ahead of Eid. Even the Narendra Modi-led government expressed ...

Officers not supporting Sanjiv Bhatt working for extremist political r...

CV News/ Sunday, June 23, 2019 In an open Facebook post addressed to police officials, Shweta Bhatt, wife of former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment in a three decades old alleged custodial death by the Jamnagar sessions court, has warned that what has happened to her husband today may happen to them tomorrow...

Sabarmati River it is “dead”

Sabarmati River in the Ahmedabad city, along the entire River, is dry and within the Riverfront Project stretch, it is brimming with stagnant water.  In the last 120 kilometres, before meeting the Arabian Sea, it is “dead” and comprises of just industrial effluent and sewage. Our joint investigation reports with Gujarat Pollution Control Board, da...

Gujarat Contractors Association Vibrant Summit heald

As India is marching towards development and growth, there is a huge scope for the contractors industry. The industry is expected to provide employment to 7.5 crore by 2022, said Shri Kiran K Kapila, Chairman, Internation Road federation here today. The Gujarat Contractors Association (GCA) has organized two days Vibrant Summit, Machinery Exhibi...

Sanjiv Bhatt paying price for deposing on Modi role in Gujarat riots: ...

Friday, June 21, 2019 Counterview Desk Following the Jamnagar sessions court ordering life imprisonment to former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt for his alleged involvement in three decades old custodial death case, his wife Shweta Bhatt has said that he has been sentenced for a “for a crime he did not commit”, even as criticizing the Indian Police...

Mining Industry a status of an industry

Considering ‘Mining Industry’ as an important sector for industrial and economic development of Gujarat, Gujarat government has decided to give it a status of an industry. Earlier, through an ordinance dated 09-01-2019 “processing of mining activities” was given a status of industry by the Industry & Mines Department. However, giving a posit...

German Consulate General pays courtesy visit to CM

Ahmedabad: Today, Mumbai based German Consulate General Dr. Jürgen Morhard paid a courtesy visit to Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani at his office in Gandhinagar and expressed gratitude for the cooperation being offered to German Industries by the Gujarat Government. Dr. Morhard also congratulated the Chief Minister for giant victory achie...

Gujarat govt ‘considers’ temples, charitable institutions ...

By Pankti Jog* The Gujarat state assembly recently passed a new law which would "govern" the working condition of shops and establishments. One of the most talked aboutprovisions of the Act is, it allow shops and establishments across Gujarat to function 24 hours. Already effective for more than six weeks, while the claim is, it would generate mo...

Gujarat Dalit teen’s murder: ‘Riddled’ with bureaucr...

Will the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) go in for a “thorough inquiry” into the recent murder of 19-year old Rajesh Sondharva a resident of Manekwada village in Rajkot district of Gujarat? As claimed by well-known right to information (RTI) activist Venkatesh Nayak of the Commonwealth Human Rights Commission (CHRI), following his complaint...

Committee for quick action against accused in serious offences against...

Gujarat Governments state level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in chair here today reiterated its commitment for quick action in booking accused in serious offences like murder, rape, grievous injury to Dalits and in filing charge sheet against the accused. Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel, Leader of the O...

Gujarat’s minority Jain CM, “Cyclone moves towards Oman, thanks ...

Gujarat CM Mr. Vijay Rupani said the impending threat from the cyclone Vayu has moved away from the Gujarat coast towards Oman, thanks to invocation of divine blessings of Bhagwan Somnath, Dwarkadheesh Krishna and Harsiddha Mata. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani reviewed all aspects of impending cyclone Vayu in the Arabian Sea closing-in towa...

Vadodara ravines, wetlands being “systematically destroyed”...

Several prominent Vadodara citizens have in a letter to the city municipal commissioner expressed concern that ravines and wetlands in Gujarat's cultural capital "are being systematically destroyed and filled with debris and municipal solid waste in order to reclaim land for further 'development'." According to them, "This will further augment the ...

CM hold meeting to review preparedness of administration to face impen...

To meet the likely situation arising out of cyclone and to review the preparedness of the state government to face it, Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani held a high-level meeting in Gandhinagar late this evening. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Nitinbhai Patel and Revenue Minister Mr. Kaushik Patel and Chief...

Share the copy of the ReportBullet Train Project, PSS

Paryavaran Suraxa Samiti demand to publish  a report on prepared and submitted to you in connection with the visit by the JICA team to Gujarat and Maharashtra in the month of December 2018 and January 2019 respectively in connection with the Bullet Train Project. To: The Managing Director National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited 2nd FL...