Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Record number of tankers are sole source of water in large parts of state. Behind the crisis, late monsoon following a deficit year, depleting groundwater in 279 talukas, under 10% live storage in 13 key reservoirs. Maharashtra is facing a water emergency of unprecedented proportions. Following years of drought, the …
Shetkari Sanghatana — a farmers’ organisation from Maharashtra — has announced that it would hold a satyagraha tomorrow by planting banned varieties of genetically-modified (GM) cotton and brinjals. Calling it a farmers’ satyagraha, Anil Ghanwat, president, Shetkari Sanghatana, said 5,000 farmers will break the law banning GM crops by planting …
Electricity outages are common in low/middle-income countries and have been shown to adversely affect the operation of health facilities; however, little is known about the effect of outages on the utilisation of health services. Original Source
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has established Ambient Air Quality Network in Maharashtra covering major cities to comply with the mandate of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and to disseminate of air quality prevailing in the state of Maharashtra. This report compiles and presents illustrative statistical data …
The NGT directed that joint report from the land and revenue department should be submitted within one month. Mumbai: Navi Mumbai citizens have approached National Green Tribunal, western bench against rampant construction and sale of flats in Parsik Hill and the green belt at Navi Mumbai, which has allegedly damaged …
The crop-loan target for FY19 was Rs 58,324 crore for Maharashtra Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has mooted an idea to impose penalty on banks for failing to meet lending targets of farm loans, especially crop loans, in the state that is reeling from agriculture distress. He rubbished claims by …
A status check by the TB control unit of the PMC showed that out of 710 private hospitals/ nursing homes, 24 were reporting TB cases while six laboratories out of 406 were sending the information. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) health department has floated a proposal to set up an …
Nagpur: Two years after a special investigation team (SIT) to probe smuggling of illegal herbicide tolerant (HT) cotton seeds in the state was formed, the two-member team has prepared only a rough draft of its report. The SIT, which was formed in February, 2018, was supposed to submit its report …
Nashik: The Nashik Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will undertake an awareness campaign, involving 5,000 schools and junior colleges across the district, about “Eating Right” habits of students. The campaign will start in June (the new academic year) and continue till the end of December. Under this campaign, both private …
Civic body's public health department trains its medical staff for dealing with monsoon-related diseases in city In order to treat patients with monsoon-related diseases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s public health department has already started planning to tackle the illnesses and take precautions before the monsoon begins. The civic-run public …
MUMBAI: The BMC has decided to appoint Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CMFRI) to study the impact of its ambitious Mumbai Coastal Road project on the livelihood of fisherman and on marine life along the belt where it has proposed the 9.9-km sea bridge. Activists, however, pointed out that the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Federation of River Residency Cooperative Housing Society Vs Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation & Others dated 22/05/2019 regarding construction of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Pune in the prohibited zone i.e. blue line zone of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sindhudurg Jilla Shramajivi Rapan Machchimar Sangh & Others Vs Govt. of Maharashtra & Others dated 22/05/2019 regarding banning the use of purse seine and mini purse seine nets in course of fishing having regard to adverse impact on the marine …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikas Arun Bhor Vs Maharashtra Pollution Control Board & Others dated 22/05/2019 regarding discharge of hazardous chemical waste water in the open spaces around the industry - K2 Metals Private Limited and also storing of hazardous waste in unscientific manner. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sunil Kemble Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/05/2019 regarding pollution of Rankala Lake at Kolhapur by dumping of sewage from Kolhapur city and from other points as well as pollution of Panchganga River. Officer from the Kolhapur Municipal …
Allows for a huge market for securitized bonds: India Ratings The combined outstanding regulatory assets for the thermal power sector stands at Rs 76,963 crore, according to India Ratings and Research, which sees a potential to securitize these receivables through bonds. “As per the latest tariff orders till FY2019, the …
“Mumbai has long taken its coastal wind for granted. Soon, the wind will be unable to clean pollutants in the air,” said Yash Mar-wah, founder of Let India Breathe WHILE MUMBAI has achieved better air quality on certain parameters over the last 15 years, the financial capital is now well …
District Collector Naval Kishore Ram on Wednesday said over 200 tankers are being used to provide water to these villages but the number of tankers is expected to rise. AS many as 200 villages in Pune district are facing a water scarcity and the administration said it was leaving no …
PERSONAL ISSUES: Body says trust not ‘consumer’ as per definition in Consumer Protection Act The state consumer disputes redressal commission (SCDRC) while dismissing a complaint by the Haji Ali Dargah Trust said that its plea cannot be entertained because it is not a “consumer” as per the definition in the …
The state’s health department said that there had been a spurt in H1N1 cases due to climatic changes. Mumbai: Three hundred cases of swine flu were detected in Mumbai, whereas over 1,482 cases of H1N1 and 135 deaths were reported in Maharashtra from January 1 till date this year. The …
