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 …
With one in two people lacking access to a toilet, India urgently needs a Sanitation Act As a traveller, you often judge a country by its public toilets. India fails this toilet test miserably. For even as our country appears poised to become an economic giant at some future date, …
Mumbai, September 10 Months after visiting World Bank officials suggested that laws should be changed to allow Mumbai grow vertically like New York, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Wednesday asked the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to conduct a study on the policies to be adopted for such a …
Mumbai is losing 700 million litres of water per day, thanks to water thieves. As BMC has not been able to stop water-lines from leaking, it has started taking strict action against the thieves. This year, the BMC had lodged 491 police complaints against water thieves at various police stations …
Mumbai, September 10 Months after visiting World Bank officials suggested that laws should be changed to allow Mumbai grow vertically like New York, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Wednesday asked the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to conduct a study on the policies to be adopted for such a …
Mumbai, September 08 Seven mechanised parking lots to be constructed at Dadar, Borivali, Kurla, Powai, Matunga on PPP basis Commuters can soon look forward to parking their four-wheelers inside mechanised multi-storey parking lots before walking across a spiffy skywalk connecting to the nearest railway station. To cope with chaotic streetside …
Mumbai, September 7 As Reliance-led consortium frets, Scomi-Larsen & Toubro consortium agrees to pay Rs 50 lakh for every day beyond deadline, says metro development agency While the Reliance Infrastructure-led consortium, rejected from the bidding process for the country
The mosquitoes seem to have woken up the government after taking 72 lives and spreading the malaria germ in at least 16,000 people since June. Minister of state for public health Ranjit Kamble convened a meeting with civic authorities on Thursday, asking them to go on an overdrive against malaria. …
Mumbai, September 5 Plagued with the increasing malaria cases in the city, with highest numbers observed in urban Maharashtra, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to step up the surveillance activities and anti-malaria measures. After a high incidence rate in mid-80s, there has been a recurrence of the malaria …
Mumbai, September 4 The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to set up a Construction and Demolition (C&D;) waste recycling facility on the premises of Deonar dumping ground soon. According to the sources, the plant will be operational in the next two years. Interestingly, the construction waste will be recycled …
Palak Shah / Mumbai September 3, 2008, 0:40 IST Over 100 chemical storage tanks built at the Pirpav jetty near Chembur have been operating without approvals from the ministry of environment and forests for over 18 years. Each of these tanks has an average capacity of 200,000 kilolitres of oil. …
Mumbai, September 02 A stray Olive Ridley turtle rescued from the Juhu beach in June and which was being treated at the Bombay Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA) hospital, died recently, the hospital officials said. The endangered animal, found by civic workers on June 29, had one …
While bigger mandals may be resisting change, there has been a noticeable shift in the mindset of small households Soon, the street corners will reverberate with chants of Ganpati Bappa Morya, and for ten days until immersion, the Elephant God will be an honoured city guest. But in a more …
Mumbai, August 29 Government says issue be referred to Central Empowerment Committee The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing on the forest land case for six weeks. The homes of nearly 5 lakh citizens of suburban Mumbai were recently declared
Mumbai, August 27 "People talk a lot about carbon footprints. But our personal footprints are much bigger than that. And they are social as well as ecological. The people and the pollution that sustain us are invisible to us.' - Excerpts, Confessions of an Eco Sinner It was a strange …
Mumbai, August 27 The BMC has proposed to display the names of the trees on board for easy identification. This has been stated in an affidavit filed by the BMC to the Bombay High Court. The affidavit has been filed by Superintendent of Garden Vijaykumar Dande in response to a …
