Ahmedabad: With the cloudy weather in many parts of the state and knocking of Monsoon now looking imminent, temperatures across the state came down below 40 degree Celsius today while Ahmedabad registered maximum temperature of 34.4, almost four degrees below normal. Amreli at 38.6 and Deesa at 38.5 recorded the highest and second highest maximum temperature during last 24 hours. Meanwhile Met Department has forecast light rain and thundershowers in many parts of the...Read More

From K J M Varma Beijing: China is in talks with India to provide cloud-seeding technology to drought-hit Maharashtra to induce rain and train the staff of local meteorological department. A team of scientists and officials from Beijing, Shanghai and China's eastern Anhui province mooted the cooperation during their recent visit to Maharashtra which has experienced severe droughts over the past two years. China has over the years used the cloud seeding rockets tipped with silver iodide ...Read More

New Delhi: Gujarat based dairy major Amul is keen on setting up a Rs 400 crore project in drought-hit Vidarbha region of Maharashtra where farmers are committing suicides, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today. "We have requested Amul to set up dairy projects in Vidarbha where farmers are committing suicide. They have shown interest in Rs 400 crore project. With their cooperation we will increase milk production by four to five times. Farmers will get much relief," Gadkari, who is an MP fro...Read More

Bharuch To counter the problem of salinity and sea water inflow in river bed of Narmada in Bharuch district of Gujarat, 9,000 cusec water was released from Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam today. Release of water from Narmada dam to downstream areas of river Narmada was on halt for last few months to ensure proper water supply across Gujarat in view of scarcity situation. Due to this Narmada river bed had attracted salinity issue particularly in portion where the river meets sea. Near Bh...Read More

Ahmedabad Despite very marginal drop in maximum temperatures across the state, the heat wave continued for the second day today in its recent spell this summer while the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC ) has issued red level alert in for tomorrow in the wake of the forecast of maximum temperature likely to soar above 45 degree Celsius. Idar in North Gujarat which was boiling at 46 degree yesterday today saw slight downturn in the mercury at 44.6 yet it remained the hottest p...Read More

Ahmedabad After some days of respite heat-wave is back in several parts of Gujarat again. Idar with maximum temperature of 46 degree Celsius remained the hottest today while over a dozen places across the state recorded temperatures in excess of 40 degree. Ahmedabad recorded the maximum temperature of 44.9 degrees which was over 4 degrees above normal. Even the lowest temperature in the city was 30.2, 2.2 degree above normal. Idar had the minimum temp of 32.2. ...Read More

Gandhinagar Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation(GMC) is distributing daily 120 litre butter milk for free among its employees in field and citizens to counter the impact of heat. The initiative kicked off on 18 April and it is going since then. Main benificieries of this initiative are sweepers, drivers, health workers and other staff members of GMC, but they are not the only beneficiaries. Local citizens are served with butter milk outside the GMC office gate, distribution cente...Read More

Ahmedabad Rajya Sabah MP from Gujarat and senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel has in a letter to Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel expressed worries regarding depleting water level in the Narmada river, particularly in the Bharuch region. Ahmed Patel in his letter stated, "Near Bharuch-Ankleshwar, the width of the river has shrunk from 1.5 km to just 400 meters, a phenomenon not seen in the recent past." He said as fresh water levels in the river recedes, saline water from the...Read More

Gandhinagar Gujarat government has declared 81 more villages as scarcity affected and also taken a decision to supply fodder to 31 villages of Halal taluka of Panchmahal district at affordable rate. This decision was taken today by Cabinet Sub Committee on water scarcity in Gandhinagar. According to minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama who is heading the sub committee, out of 81 villages declared scarcity-hit today 27 are from Porbandar, 20 from Ranavav and 34 from Kutiyana belt. ...Read More