BMC mute on silence zones for 5 months
The city council has for five months been dawdling with the task of declaring silence zones in the city, even after getting the state urban development department's nod for notifying 110 such zones across
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Beware, dengue can leave its victim blind
MUMBAI: Dengue, in rare instances, has been known to cause blindness. A 23-year-old accountant from the western suburbs suffered from this relatively uncommon complication in November last year and is
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Noise pollution: trust moves court to quash order
Worli resident files criminal complaint alleging an ambulance passes through silent zone with siren Mumbai: A doctor and a trustee of a charitable trust, which runs an ambulance service, has moved the
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Mumbai: One in five patients at civic clinics complains of respiratory ailment
MUMBAI: The most common complaint for which a Mumbaikar visits the BMC’s 175 dispensaries is acute respiratory illness (ARI). The civic morbidity survey shows that respiratory illnesses, including cold,
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Activist writes to govt agencies, alleges plan to destroy Oshiwara river in Aarey Colony
Activist Stalin Dayanand alleged that the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is building walls on the Oshiwara river in Aarey Colony and preventing its natural flow. Drawing attention to
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Ensure protection of noise pollution complainants' identities: HC
The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra government to scrupulously follow its direction to protect the identities of people lodging complaints of noise pollution. A division bench of Justices
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BMC fixes contractor to measure dissolved oxygen levels in Powai lake
The move comes after the Union Environment Ministry told the Lok Sabha in a written statement last year that industrial effluents and household sewage flowing into the Powai lake had raised its pollution
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Bombay HC seeks report on charges of ecological damage by builder
MUMBAI: Bombay high court on Monday directed that a report by a two-member committee appointed to check allegations of ecological damage by developers of Nahar Amrit Shakti township in Chandivli be placed
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Mumbai: Another fire at Deonar dumping ground, no casualties reported
“We are yet to ascertain the cause of the fire. But, it was a minor fire, and people need not worry. Our teams have managed to get the fire under control,” said Chief Fire Officer Prabhat Rahangdale.
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Air quality takes turn for worse
The maximum temperature recorded for Sunday was 33.2 degrees, at par with the normal average for March. Mumbai: The city witnessed a dip in the air quality on Sunday with Mumbai’s Air Quality Index