Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Village Panchayat of Top Vs The State of Maharashtra dated 09/10/2014 regarding installation of municipal solild waste (MSW) plant at village Top, District Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Tribunal has directed the MPCB to file detailed affidavit, including …
The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) western India bench in Pune on Tuesday asked the Kolhapur municipal corporation (KMC) to seek authorization from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) about the Top stone quarry. The NGT told the KMC to apply for authorization and also directed the MPCB to check whether …
The general body of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Thursday rejected the civic administration's proposal to develop garbage dumping ground and biomedical waste treatment plant on a 12-acre plot at Puikhadi on the outskirts of the city. The decision is a setback to the KMC's efforts to tackle the …
KOLHAPUR: The environment status report (ESR), which was published on Monday, slammed the civic administration for being negligent about the city's environmental concerns. The report prepared for the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) by the city-based Mass Initiative for Truth Research and Action (MITRA) said the civic administration had not taken …
The Kolhapur zilla parishad will observe World Population Day on July 11, after which it will observe world population stabilization fortnight from July 11. The Kolhapur ZP chief executive officer, Vijay Suryavanshi, said, "The country's population is increasing day by day beyond the sustainable limit and we must take precautions …
The Maharashtra pollution control board (MPCB) has issued a notice to Kolhapur municipal corporation (KMC) to remove the solid waste dumped at the Bapat Camp nullah. Prajasattak Samaj Seva Sanstha, a city-based activists' group, had complained on June 17 about leachate being generated at the site and seeping into the …
KOLHAPUR: In a bid to bring down pollution in the urban areas, the Kolhapur Road Transport Authority has decided to ban autorickshaws running on diesel in the jurisdictions of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation and Ichalkaranji Municipal Council. Only autorickshaws running on petrol and LPG will be allowed to ply on the …
KOLHAPUR: The increasing use of vehicles has led to consistent rise in air pollution levels, affecting the environment and health of the city. For the last six months, the suspended particulate matter (SPM) and the respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) levels have been much higher than the acceptable standards. According …
Kolhapur: Citizens are crying foul over the absence of footpaths along many city roads and demanding the civic administration take immediate steps to construct the pavements. According to the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC), there are footpaths along 100 kms of the total 750-km road network in the city. Most of …
The civic body is going to uproot around 40 coconut trees along the Rankala Lake at Shalini Palace to prevent them from weakening the protection wall, resulting in its collapse. This decision was taken after the collapse of a 35 feet section of the wall on Monday. The roots of …
KOLHAPUR: The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) headed by justices V R Kingaonkar and Ajay Deshpande on Monday directed the civic body to float fresh tenders for appointing a firm for treating biomedical waste in the city. In the process, the NGT cancelled the temporary assignment given …
Environmentalists are irked with the delay in constitution of a biodiversity management board by the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC). The city's green brigade has demanded immediate formation of the board, which aims to map the city's biodiversity. As per the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, local bodies have to constitute a …
Kolhapur: The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has approved the tiger conservation plan for the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, targeting sustainable development of one of the major forest areas of the state for the next 10 years. NTCA inspector general of forests H S Negi recently gave his written approval to …
Mumbai: Mumbai may no longer be among the world’s top-ranking cities in the quality of life it offers, but there is reason for hope yet. The latest decadal review of the human development index (HDI) in the state by the Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA), Pune, has revealed …
Mumbai: Why is the state government sitting on the policy guidelines to regulate cell tower installation across Maharashtra though they were drafted two years ago, ask citizens from Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan-Dombivli. After the BMC recently drafted a policy to regulate such installations in Mumbai, other cities, second-rung towns …
The stir by Maharashtra's sugarcane farmers demanding higher prices for their crop has spread to more areas of the state’s western region. Today, farmers came out in large numbers and fought pitched battles on the roads linking the cities of Kolhapur, Sangli and Satara to Mumbai. According to the state …
Kolhapur city is a district place in the state of Maharashtra with population of 4,93,167. It is one of the emerging industrial and commercial city of Western Maharashtra. Problems of pollution along with noise pollution are increasing with time especially during the festival period. In the present study, continuous monitoring …
Expressing its concern over the dwindling sex ratio in the state, the Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by Dr Suhasini Karanjkar against the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation for seizing her sonography equipment. The corporation had seized the equipment claiming that Karanjkar had allegedly flouted the rules under …
Ever wondered what happens to all the waste you generate and where it goes after it is mindlessly dumped? Reports indicate that a good 99 per cent of people have never bothered or even know what happens thereafter. The responsibility of collection of waste obviously has to rest with the …
