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 …
NAVI MUMBAI: JNPT, nation's biggest container cargo handling port, has embarked on a major solar power project. The 25 MW project estimated to cost around Rs 170 crore has the potential to meet around 55% of the port's requirement. The long-term project along with a smaller solar project that JNPT …
Laboratory will help determine pollution levels of other water bodies across India Powai lake, whose water quality has been a major concern, now has a dedicated research station that will not only periodically test its water but also monitor its health intensively. Apart from this, it will also facilitate in …
With World Environment Day (June 5) just around the corner, we take stock of sustainability initiatives practised by corporates in and around the city Lighting Lives ‘Lighting Lives’, the CSR project of Henkel India, has seen the installation of solar cells in three villages situated in the Palghar district of …
The Bombay high court on Wednesday issued notices to the Ulhasnagar civic body to explain as to why contempt proceeding should not be issued over its failure to provide water to residents of the township. The HC had last month directed the Ulhasnagar and Ambernath civic bodies to provide water …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday gave all states three weeks to prepare and present a report on pollution levels in their worst-affected cities. A bench headed by Chairperson Swatanter Kumar directed each state to submit details about two most-polluted cities in their territories, including data on pollution from dust, …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is set to consider, on Monday, whether to impose a ban on the sale of large diesel-powered vehicles in 11 more cities, worrying auto makers who say such a move will be unscientific and uncalled for. The 11 cities are likely to include metros such …
A powerful blast in a chemical factory located near a residential area in a Mumbai suburb killed five people and left 92 injured on Thursday, police officials said. The factory building collapsed after the fire and residents living nearby complained of breathing problems from the smell of the gas that …
Even though the alternative plan of building the Sea Link seems to be better option than the Coastal Road plan, the residents and environment groups are set against it. Although the Versova-Bandra Sea Link seems to be a better option for the western suburban residents and environment groups opposing the …
With Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T;) submitting an application to the western zone bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT), seeking permission to put up 75 cameras in 24 locations of Aarey Colony, environmentalists have expressed a desire to know about the nature of construction that will be undertaken for the …
Various citizen groups and NGOs, who have come together under the banner of Apna Mumbai Abhiyan (AMA), on Thursday not only reiterated their demand to scrap the Rs13,000 crore proposed coastal road, but also threatened the state government that they would not mind taking to the streets or moving court …
Sounding a note of caution, a United Nations report touted the Asia-Pacific region as the world’s most disaster-prone region, accounting for 91 per cent of the world’s deaths due to natural disasters in the last century. Mumbai figured twice in the study for being among the six cities, that also …
Nearly 40 million Indians will be at risk from rising sea levels by 2050, with people in Mumbai and Kolkata having the maximum exposure to coastal flooding in future due to rapid urbanisation and economic growth, according to a UN environment report. The Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-6): Regional Assessments said …
Opposition from residents and environmentalists for Coastal Road seems to be the reason behind the move Opposition from environmentalists as well as residents and various problems during execution of Coastal Road between Bandra and Versova is making the state government revive its Versova-Bandra Sea Link project despite having scrapped the …
The application - India Fights Dengue - which is now available on android phones will help a patient know whether he needs to go further tests based on the symptoms and provide precautionary measures. IN LINE with its Digital India campaign, the Union government Monday launched a mobile application to …
India is projected to add 300 million new urban residents by 2050 and it will need to build climate-friendly cities to address the challenge of accommodating the needs of the growing population, a UN report has said. The first 'World Cities Report 2016- Urbanisation and Development: Emerging Futures' report by …
US Official Lauds Centre, Delhi Govt Efforts Michael P Pelletier, the chargé d'affaires of the US embassy, said promoting development and combating air pollution were the two sides of the same coin and that there was no conflict between the two. “Without one, you cannot have the other.“ Pelletier was …
After several days of a bitter battle between residents of SVP Nagar in Andheri and NCP leader Narendra Verma, over illegal concretisation of mangroves, the Versova police registered an FIR against Verma under the Environment Protection Act-1986 on Monday. Residents have alleged that Verma was getting paver blocks laid on …
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad men top the charts when it comes to suffering from `very high' level of hypertension, in comparison to their counterparts in other cities such as Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Dehradun, Bhopal and Patna, a Union health ministry survey says. The data, collated from the ministry's recently released National …
Mumbai: In an indication of the very poor health of the city's air, Mumbai has been declared by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the fifth most polluted megacity in the world in terms of PM 10 (coarse pollution particles) levels. The city is 39 on the list of most …
To make municipal services more efficient and weed out corruption in the system, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Ajoy Mehta on Tuesday said the way forward was to place trust in citizens and move towards a system of self certification. This would apply to smaller civic services as well as …
