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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 06/01/2016 regarding diseases as a result of pollution majorly generated by air pollution. Gujarat, Bihar, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Jharkhand would file a comprehensive affidavit stating …
Vikas Gupta, Chief Conservator of Forests and Director (SGNP), helps us understand how he aims to instill environmental conscience in citizens in the new year Here we are, at the start of yet another year, brimming with hope and full of vigour to realise our dreams and aspirations. While personal …
The MoEF had published a draft notification amending the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification, 2011, in June to permit reclamation for a coastal road. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Wednesday issued a final notification to allow reclamation for a coastal road, formally paving the way for …
Of the entire budget, Rs 200 crore is for solid waste management. Recognised as the largest civic body in the country with the largest budget, the Mumbai municipal corporation will be getting Rs 400 crore from the Central government to take up measures under Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, with emphasis on …
MUMBAI: The city may not ring in the New Year on a very good note as the air you breathe in the next few days is expected to be heavily polluted. According to a forecast by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), Mumbai's air quality …
Mumbai has on Monday recorded a poorer quality of air than Delhi. The city recorded ‘poor’ air quality while a few of the city’s pockets recorded ‘very poor’ level. Andheri recorded 326 µg/m3 level of particulate matters in size 2.5 (PM 2.5) which is most dangerous for people with respiratory …
MUMBAI: A study has shown how Mumbaikars are under the dual threat of obesity and hypertension. A survey by the Indus Health Plus on 35,662 people, who came for preventive health checks, found that 15% were under the threat of obesity and related complications. About 35-40% between the age group …
For the first time, the core Mood-I team has made a conscious effort to make the fest a paperless one, in a bid to do their bit for the environment. Every edition of Mood Indigo (Mood-I) — IIT-Bombay’s annual cultural festival — is known to bring in some innovation or …
India's carmakers and dealers on Thursday called for a clear, nationwide policy to combat air pollution, after a crackdown on diesel cars and trucks in New Delhi, which campaigners have vowed to extend to other cities. A Supreme Court decision on Wednesday to alleviate the smog-choked capital has unsettled India's …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Charudatt Pandurang Koli & Others Vs M/s. Sea Lord Containers Ltd.dated 18/12/2015 regarding air pollution, allegedly caused by the industrial operations of Respondent M/s. Sea Lord Containers Ltd. and Aegis Logistics Ltd., in terms of Volatile …
Mumbai: One could have easily mistaken Courtroom 13 of the Bombay high court for a police conference on Tuesday. There was khaki everywhere as some 85 ACPs from across the state had assembled in the courtroom. The assistant commissioners of police had been summoned by the court to explain why …
Even though tree lovers have welcomed Bombay High Court's rap to the BMC over the increasing number of trees dying in the city, activists who have been demanding that all tree bases be de-concretised are questioning the civic body's lackadaisical approach to saving the green cover. NGO Vanashakti had filed …
Even as various environmental groups have protested against the proposed Metro car shed in Aarey Colony — which they claim should be declared forest land — an NGO Janadhar Samajik Pratishthan (JSP) and a few locals have taken a contrasting stand. JSP has opposed the stand taken by these groups …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pedder Road Residents Association Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 11/12/2015 regarding construction of Hajji Ali Cadbury Junction fly over, Greater Mumbai, Maharashtra.
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court, irked with the zero noise violation figures of major cities during Navratri and Diwali, told the state government on Wednesday not to release such laughable data. "If all this data is made public people will laugh at you," said a bench of Justice Abhay Oka …
Rising accidents involving merchant ships leading to oil spills in Indian waters is a growing concern that needs to be addressed legally and India’s efforts to ratify the Bunker Convention is a step in that direction. On June 22, 2015, merchant ship Jindal Kamakshi with 20 crew members onboard issued …
Thane police seems to have taken noise pollution really seriously as they have registered non cognisable offence (NC) against 233 people for violation norms during Diwali. Though Thane city was less noisy this Diwali, 233 people have been booked for flouting noise norms. During five days of the festival, noise …
The officials of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), who inspected the Karave holding pond after hundreds of fish were found dead in it last Saturday, have found that it was still being polluted by the domestic sewage lines. This seems to be a likely cause for the fish deaths in …
MUMBAI: The 'Presentation and discussion of the World Energy Outlook Special Report: India Energy Outlook', will be officially launched on December 1 at the Victor Menezes Convention Centre of the IIT-Bombay. The presentation and the discussion of special report is organised by the International Energy Agency with support from IIT-B, …
