Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Aurangabad: A high-powered committee of Union government recently gave in-principle approval to the long-pending proposal of declaring 500m area around the Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary as eco-sensitive zone, prohibiting commercial activities in the buffer area. However, the committee categorically spared the farmers residing in the zone area by allowing them to …
Aurangabad: The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court on Monday questioned the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) when it would place before the general body the state government letter asking it to take appropriate action against the private partner in the Rs 792-crore parallel water supply scheme. The public interest …
Aurangabad: The district administration has appealed to citizens not to use plastic national flags during Maharashtra Day celebrations on Sunday. In a formal appeal, Aurangabad district collector Nidhi Pandey, has asked citizens to use the tricolour made from cloth or other material, instead of plastic. The district administration has also …
Aurangabad: Under fire for delaying the water distribution project even as water scarcity is aggravating with every passing day, the utility company said it has resolved the long-pending issue of contamination. The Aurangabad City Water Utility Company Limited said on Sunday that 42km of old pipelines have been replaced with …
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned a 250 MW coal-based thermal power plant (TPP) in Bihar. The 250 MW unit has been commissioned at the upcoming, greenfield 1,000 MW Nabinagar Thermal Power Project (4 x 250 MW), being set up by Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited (BRBCL), a joint …
The State government on Tuesday informed the Bombay High Court that one state minister and one guardian minister will together take a three-day tour of drought-hit districts from March 4, to check how effectively schemes for the welfare of farmers are being implemented and then submit a report to the …
After one and a half years, MPCB yet to to devise a remedial action plan to restore groundwater quality in the Waluj Industrial Area in Aurangabad district he National Green Tribunal has pulled up the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for not complying with its directions for preparing a remedial …
Chief Minister asks district collectors to fill vacant posts of medical officers within seven days Taking cognisance of a news report that said 89 suicides were reported from the Marathwada region in January this year, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday took the Maharashtra government to task and sought details …
Aurangabad: Water expert Madhavrao Chitale on Sunday said that diverse conditions have created issues related to equal distribution of water and localised sources of water must be created. He was speaking at a two-day conference on climate change and rural development at the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University. The conference …
By 5 pm Monday, government officials had registered as many as 997 deaths with the region reporting 20 to 25 or even 30 deaths every week, since the past 11 months. Farmer suicides in the drought-hit Marathwada region of Maharashtra has now almost reached the staggering 1000-figure mark. By 5 …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Endurance Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Vs Maharashtra Pollution control Board dated 23/11/2015 regarding closure order issued against the Appellant (Endurance Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), Waluj area, Aurangabad. NGT in its Judgement said that for many years till 2010 or 2013, the samples …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of M/s. Atra Pharmaceutical Ltd. Vs Member Secretary, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board & Others dated 23/11/2015 regarding order passed by the Respondents dated July 22nd, 2015 directing Industrial unit of the Appellant to be closed and to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Rabhunath & Others S/o Rakhamji Lokhane Vs. MPWPB & Ors dated 23/11/2015 regarding pollution caused by industries in Waluj, Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
The on-going battle for equitable distribution of water is likely to intensify in coming days as an action committee demanding release of water in Jayakwadi dam from the upstream Godavari basin on Tuesday said it would take out huge rally on November 6 to press for the cause. The Marathwada …
Will analyse weather data collected over the years for better predictions in drought-prone regions. With the state facing drought conditions following a rainfall deficiency of 40 per cent this monsoon, Maharashtra’s disaster management cell has proposed to set up a climate change study centre in Aurangabad in Marathwada, the region …
As many as 32 farmers from the Marathwada region committed suicide in a span of seven days, bringing the death toll this year to 660. Last week, the region had recorded 628 farmer suicides. Debt and crop losses were the main reasons being cited for the deaths. Except for Hingoli, …
Aurangabad: Taking serious cognizance of pollution caused by industrial effluent in Waluj MIDC the National Green Tribunal (NGT) criticised the Maharashtra pollution Control Board (MPCB) 'soft' actions. The tribunal said that the MPCB should take stringent actions but generally resorts to steps like forfeiting of the bank guarantee which will …
Departments to meet over the next couple of days to take decisions on relief. The Marathwada region of Maharashtra is heading for a near certain agricultural drought, with the possibility of a hydrological drought looming large too. Senior state government and meteorological department officials said this, raising the spectre of …
As many as 1,751 water tankers are being used to supply water to the state's villages compared to 1,556 at this time in 2014. The highest number of water tankers are being utilised in the arid region of Marathwada which has recorded the least rainfall so far. As many as …
The World Bank and 2030 Water Resources Group has decided to adopt a water conservation project initiated by the Aurangabad Development Forum at Gogababa Tekdi on the campus of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (Bamu) for further development. As part of its activities in India, especially Maharashtra, 2030 Water Resources …
