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 …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has forfeited a bank guarantee of Rs 18 lakh of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) for failing to check pollution in the Panchganga river. The pollution watchdog has also issued a show cause notice to the KMC, asking it to immediately stop release of contaminated …
A citizens' forum- Kolhapur Calling-has constituted four monitoring committees to closely monitor the progress of the ambitious Kalammawadi direct pipeline project that will provide clean and regular water supply to the city for the next thirty years. The forum has formed four cells- legal, right to information, management and productivity. …
Kolhapur: The Kolhapur Zilla Parishad (ZP) is planning to make all 1,029 villages in the district plastic free. As a step towards the initiative, all the elected representatives of ZP, panchayat samitis and gram panchayats took oath on the eve of Republic day for not using plastic carry bags henceforth. …
The national tiger census will begin at the Sahyadri tiger reserve (STR) from Thursday amid much curiosity, as no tiger was sighted in the 50 camera traps installed in the Chandoli national park and Koyna wildlife sanctuary over the past one-and-a-half months. More than 100 forest department personnel and wildlife …
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) on Wednesday collected water samples from Jayanti and Dudhali nullahs and Panchganga river. A three-member team also visited the environment department of Shivaji University, Kolhapur (SUK) and Zilla Parishad (ZP). R K Patil, official of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation's (KMC) drainage department, said a …
The forest department plans to sow over 1,00,000 medicinal plants in Kolhapur district in 2014. It has received a fund of Rs 36 lakh from the National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) to promote medicinal plants. This year, the department will plant trees over 100 hectares of territorial forest land. The …
It demands the iron ore miner’s right to mine in land that MoEF says is a tiger corridor The National Green Tribunal’s powers to take up cases about wildlife have been challenged. The question of the tribunal’s jurisdiction has cropped up in a petition filed by an iron ore miner …
Read text of the NGT order in the matter of Vasant Krishnaji Vhatkar Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 19/12/2013 regarding renewal of the right to mine on the land that falls between the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve and Radhanagri Wildlife Sanctuary. The mine owner could not secure forest clearance …
The Kolhapur Zilla Parishad officials will present the detailed project report (DPR) of its plan to curb the pollution of Panchganga river before department of environment of Maharashtra on Wednesday. The plan of over Rs 115 crore was submitted to the department for its approval a couple of months back. …
The decision of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II to allow height of the Almatti dam to 524.26 metre would impact the natural flow of Krishna and Panchganga rivers, said irrigation department officials and environmentalists. Irrigation department officials said that any mistake or partial delay in managing the water release mechanism might …
The regional office of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday issued a show-cause notice to the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) for poor management of sewage disposal. The notice has been issued to the commissioner and the MPCB has asked the KMC to file reply within seven days. The …
Kolhapur, a city eager to accommodate new constructions, could soon lose its reputation as a paradise of birds. With severe and irreparable loss of its green cover, thanks to indiscriminate felling of trees, bird habitat in Kolhapur is being destroyed and the city is witnessing a sharp decline in its …
The environment impact assessment committee on Thursday met a delegation of people from Halkarni in the Chandgad taluka to listen to their grievances against a chemical plant coming up at the village. The panel was appointed by the state government to look into the objections raised by the villagers. State …
More Cases In State Than Last Yr; Pune’s Disease Burden Highest; Officials Blame Weather Pune: The number of dengue cases in the state has shot up to an alarming high, with as many as 3,564 cases reported between January and October this year, more than twice the number in 2012 …
The residents can look forward to a less noisy Diwali this time if a sharp dip in demand for loud firecrackers in the run-up to the festival of lights is of any indication. On Thursday, a walk through the city's firecracker market revealed that the demand for the noisy crackers …
As many as 200 foundries in the region have completed their basic-level energy consumption audit and are set to implement energy-efficient technology at their respective units to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission. This was revealed by Manish Soni, a senior consultant of PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd that has been appointed for …
Loans Clubbed To Seek Benefit Pune: The reaudited report of the National Bank for Rural and Agricultural Development (Nabard) on the Rs 52,000-crore agriculturaldebt waiver and debt relief scheme (2008), shows that loan amounts of about 3,000 farmers from Kolhapur, who owed Rs 2 lakh each, were waived when the …
Rs 280-Cr Plan Focuses On Rehabilitation Of Sahyadri Villages Kolhapur: The state forest department has submitted the first detailed conservation plan for Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) to the Union ministry of environment and forest. The Rs 280-crore plan focuses on the rehabilitation of villages on the fringe of the reserve …
The company's order for forest clearance to transport around 1.6 lakh tonnes of bauxite mined from Kolhapur district The National Green Tribunal has dismissed Hindalco's plea challenging the Maharashtra government's refusal to grant it three more months, after expiry of its forest clearance, to transport around 1.6 lakh tonnes of …
Kolhapur: A fresh study of the earthquake-prone areas in the Koyna-Warna reservoir area is under way. A team of scientists from the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, has arrived here and is expected to study the areas where seismic activity has been prevalent at low or medium intensity. The scientists …
