Registration of healthcare facilities mandatory
These rules aim to make available a database of clinical establishments which are authorised to function and thereby improve public health quality by eliminating quacks The Union Ministry of public
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BMC set to upgrade cemeteries, 15 to be made pollution-free
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to upgrade cemeteries across the city. Not only will electric furnace be set up at traditional cemeteries, efforts to make the process pollution-free
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South Mumbai garden gets solar powered bulbs
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) B ward has installed 40 torch-like solar powered bulbs imported from Taiwan in Sitaram Shenoy Garden near Sandhurst Road. The bulb is covered with a net
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Contempt of court if pandals not allowed for fests: Bombay High Court to municipal corporations
The Bombay High Court has warned all major municipal corporations of issuing contempt of court if they fail to abide by the court's directions over granting permission to construct pandals during festivals.
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Plea in NGT to curb waste discharge in creeks
Up in arms against continuous discharge of untreated waste from the storm water drains directly into the creeks causing major pollution, NGO Vanashakti has filed a petition with National Green Tribunal
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NGT pulls up Haji Ali for poor waste management
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Pune on Monday issued a notice to the Haji Ali Dargah trust, which manages the Haji Ali shrine in Worli, asking them to file a reply to a petition filed by six law
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Green court's order cripples BMC cell that cleared housing projects
Work at BMC's environment cell that had been set up for speedier processing of project proposals has come to a standstill. Since its formation in July last year, it could give green signal to only four
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70% teens at risk of lifestyle diseases
A seven month-long survey conducted by a gynecologist in various schools and colleges of Navi Mumbai to find out the risk factors associated with changing lifestyles showed that the main causes for lifestyle
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Thanekars to learn cost-effective waste management on Sat
Environmentally-conscious housing societies in Thane have to look no further for cost-effective waste management. On Saturday, a waste management summit in the city will teach Thanekars how to turn their
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Goregaon temple turns its wet waste into electricity
One of the biggest temple trusts in Mumbai has set up a hybrid system, a combination of biogas plant coupled with solar panels, to not only produce electricity from wet waste generated in its premises
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Mumbai's air quality improves, but still to shed 'poor' tag
The first day of the year brought some relief for residents of Mumbai as the Air Quality Index (AQI) in spite of being in the 'Poor' category was still better than past few days. On Monday, the overall