Reply affidavit on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Gavhan Koliwada Matsyavyavsayik Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit Vs City & Industrial Development Corporation & Others dated 28/01/2025. City & Industrial Development Corporation submitted a proposal for CRZ clearance for the construction of coastal road from …
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notices to the authorities over a petition challenging the construction of the proposed Shivaji memorial statute off the Arabian Sea. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and P N Deshmukh were hearing two petitions opposing the construction of Chhatrapati Shivaji …
Officials asserted that Mumbai roads need to be pothole-free to prevent accumulation of dust and also prevent traffic congestion . Mumbai: The new air monitoring stations are part of the comprehensive draft action plan made by MPCB for Mumbai to curb the city’s air pollution. As per directions of the …
Official's take on Mumbai's air pollution levels Last week, Mumbai’s air quality index (AQI) was worse than in Delhi, sparking off a debate on the financial capital going the Delhi way. Dr P Anbalagan, Member Secretary, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, speaks about what measures will be taken and about the …
Experts from the Greenpeace India have asserted that it is high for a coastal city. Mumbai: There have been multiple reports recently, both, by the NGOs and government institutions on the increasing PM10 levels that arise from dust pollution, across the country. Mumbai’s annual average air quality in terms of …
Up in arms against continuous discharge of untreated waste from the storm water drains directly into the creeks causing major pollution, NGO Vanashakti has filed a petition with National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking various measures including installation of nets to stop sewage solid waste from entering the sea. On Monday, …
Process under way to increase rates charged by civic-run hospitals. WITH MUMBAI a global hotspot for tuberculosis, the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) budget is slated to make substantial allocations for prevention and early cure of the disease through procuring prevention kits and ration for all TB patients. The monthly …
About 22 per cent Indian adults in urban areas suffer from constipation, a gut health survey by a multinational healthcare firm has suggested. Kolkata tops the chart at 28 per cent among eight cities where the survey—done by Abbott in association with a global market research firm—was undertaken. Chennai is …
The data was brought out by a Right to Information query filed by activist Chetan Kothari. Across India, of the 10,612 deaths associated with AEFI, Andhra Pradesh accounted for half (5,800) among children from 2008 to 2017. Odisha comes next with 1,087 deaths followed by Bihar with 752. In the …
CHENNAI: The health of homeless people is worse than that of others, as indicated by a recent study. the pilot study of tuberculosis among a small group of the city's homeless adults has found the disease's prevalence to be at least five times higher, compared to the normal population. Chennai …
The state environment department’s public notice asks district collectors and all the local bodies in the state to create awareness about it and to ensure wider participation of people and non-governmental organisations in its implementation. The state environment department proposes to ban production, use, storage, distribution and sale of plastic …
A seven month-long survey conducted by a gynecologist in various schools and colleges of Navi Mumbai to find out the risk factors associated with changing lifestyles showed that the main causes for lifestyle diseases are lack of physical activity and irregular food habits to name a few. Six hundred girls …
Of the 10 observatories in city, Borivali and Malad recorded very poor air with PM 2.5 at 313 and 304, respectively. Malad, BKC, Mazgaon, Andheri and Navi Mumbai experienced poor air quality with PM 2.5 at 210, 256, 282, 256 and 249, respectively. After better quality of air in the …
According to the IMD’s forecast for the coming week, the temperatures are expected to rise one degree every day, touching 20 degrees by Friday. With the minimum temperature dipping to 13.8 degrees Celsius, the city experienced the coldest day of the season Sunday. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), …
One of the biggest temple trusts in Mumbai has set up a hybrid system, a combination of biogas plant coupled with solar panels, to not only produce electricity from wet waste generated in its premises but also with a target to gradually shift to renewable energy for power. Last week, …
Even Mumbai’s air remained poor, as the AQI was recorded 209 at Bandra Station of the MPCB at 8 pm. Mumbai : Thane recorded the worst air of the season with Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded 241 on Thursday as per the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board(MPCB). The recorded AQI comes …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Susme Builders Pvt. Ltd. Vs Chief Executive Officer, Slum Rehabilitation Authority & Others dated 04/01/2018 regarding rehabilitation of 800 slum dwellers in proper accommodation, Santacruz (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra. Supreme Court directs the Slum Redevelopment Authority (SRA) invite letters of …
The first day of the year brought some relief for residents of Mumbai as the Air Quality Index (AQI) in spite of being in the 'Poor' category was still better than past few days. On Monday, the overall AQI of Mumbai was 216. A week ago, it was 257 and …
Despite unprecedented wealth accumulation, coastal Mumbai suffers from a myriad of socioeconomic and ecological challenges as well as connected uncertainties. These include endemic flooding, shrinking of sensitive ecosystems, inequality, and marginalisation of natural resource-dependent communities, such as fishers. These are in addition to existing risks, including building collapse, fire hazards, …
Anti-noise pollution activist Sumaira Abdulali has written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Chief seeking that the Nargis Dutt Road in Bandra West, where she resides, be declared as a Silence Zone and a No-Honking Zone. This has come after the BMC failed to take any concrete steps to begin re-notifying …
MUMBAI: A week after 'almost clean' air, the city's air quality index on Sunday reached the 'poor' category. According to System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), Mumbai recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 203 as compared to 155 on Saturday. The AQI in Delhi was 303 …
