This brochure offers decision-makers in the real estate and energy industries, as well as urban and municipal developers, a broad overview of the topics of decentralised energy generation and supply, and raises awareness of the goal of decarbonisation by 2050 at the latest. The advancing digitalization in the construction and …
The Bombay high court on Thursday wondered if the state government has made any alternative arrangement to tackle natural disasters and questioned its preparedness while hearing a PIL on the destruction of wetlands and mangroves. On March 10, the HC had ordered a total ban on reclamation and construction on …
AURANGABAD: In a bid to increase the state's forest cover to 33% as prescribed under the National Forest Policy, the social forestry department (Marathwada) will launch the fortnight-long 'Harit Maharashtra Abhiyan' on Friday to spread awareness about the issue. Praveen Srivastava, chief conservator of forests and deputy director general, social …
While complaints are rife about electronic companies flouting e-waste disposal norms, companies in turn blame scrap dealers as the biggest stumbling block for the success of the initiative. Private reports by NGOs have pointed out that most electronics firm, both domestic and multi-nationals, are not taking back their products after …
High-Security Areas Like Navy Nagar Also Not Spared Almost every night, there is a mysterious fire in the mangroves in the Oshiwara-Loka belt. And there is handwala belt. And there is also the daily problem of debris dumping on them. Spread over 4 km, a vast section of mangroves in …
NASHIK: To help create awareness among people about planting and conserving trees, the Social Forestry Department in association with Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India (Credai) and various NGOs, will be organising a 15-day campaign of distributing saplings in various parts of the city for nominal rates or …
Environmental groups do a worse job than the business and sports sectors in welcoming and promoting minorities and women, a new report has found. The report by University of Michigan professor, Dorceta Taylor, was the most exhaustive survey to date on the state of diversity among the nearly 300 independent …
The wetlands in the coastal belts around Mumbai are being killed to make way for development, the Maharashtra forest department has told the Bombay high court. The court, while hearing a PIL by NGO Vanashakti in March, had banned all development on wetlands and instructed chief conservator of forests (mangrove …
In its newly re-constituted avatar, the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) is as good as an “illegal body,” having flouted several guidelines mandated by the Wildlife Protection Act (WLPA), say wildlife experts, who add that a weakened Board could be catastrophic for wildlife and protected habitats. The NBWL is mandated …
The city’s development authority’s plans of roping in corporates to beautify the Mithi river promenade inside the plush Bandra-Kurla complex are losing steam, as coastal regulation zone (CRZ) norms are likely to prove as a roadblock to the ambitious designs of the private company it had picked. After inviting expressions …
Mahan Coal Ltd has downloaded from the internet an Intelligence Bureau (IB) report on environmental non-government organisations (NGOs), purportedly secret, and given it to the National Green Tribunal to claim it is being targeted as part of a "Western foreign policy" conspiracy hatched by "foreign masters". A joint venture of …
The National Green Tribunal today directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) not to appoint people as chairperson or members of the Expert Appraisal Committees who do not have experience in the field of environment. The EACs are responsible for looking into projects which apply for environmental clearances and …
Andheri (E) seems to be the hotbed of diseases, shows a study conducted by NGO Praja Foundation after analyzing health data from the civic corporation. If the high incidence of infectious diseases is a marker of quality of life, then Andheri (E) fares poorly with the suburb registering the highest …
The government is giving special attention to the rejuvenation of Ganga The government today said that based on the outcome of the action plan on Ganga, it may extend it to other major rivers of the country. Water Recources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti said that the …
PANAJI: The National green tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, has set aside an order issued by Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) to Marbela beach resort, Morjim, to demolish a few illegal structures within Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) in its premises at Morjim. Taking cognizance of the allegation of breach of …
Death Certificates Show Higher Toll, Says NGO Report The city's ill-health graph is a bit skewed, claimed NGO Praja Foundation on Tuesday. It used data drawn from BMC's health department to show a huge disparity between the number of deaths the civic body attributes to diseases and the reasons given …
The group's brand custodian says avg spend in last 3 years . 1,000 cr is about ` The Tata Group, which has been restructuring and realigning its philanthropic and corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities to address emerging societal challenges and also conform with the new regulatory requirements on Tuesday revealed …
In an effort to ensure 100 per cent segregation of waste in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to start a ‘public awareness campaign’ through which the civic body aims to educate Mumbaikars about the importance of segregating dry and wet waste. The civic body has invited …
India’s new government certainly seems to be cracking on with its job. Within two weeks of taking office, environment minister Prakash Javadekar had rolled out an online system to speed up approvals for development projects that might have environmental impacts. And a system for clearing permits for projects in forests …
Javadekar said the government will find out whether pollution, specially through tar balls, was created by an ulterior design by countries which wanted to destroy tourism Asserting that Narendra Modi Government was committed to "development without destruction", Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said a high-level panel would assess reasons behind …
