Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
In a big boost for metro region's development, the state government has sanctioned water supply scheme worth Rs 232.74 crore for five proposed improvement schemes and 10 villages situated on the city's outskirts. The Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) will be the water distributor to the improvement schemes while Maharashtra Jeevan …
Patna is at the bottom of the 50 liveable cities of India, while Mumbai is at the top. According to the latest survey by Institute for Competitiveness, an international agency, Mumbail is followed by Chennai, Hyderababad, Bangalore, New Delhi, Kolkata, Noida, and Gurgaon. Pune and Nagpur which were in the …
After sitting on model solar city project for five years, BJP-ruled Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has realized the project's importance and planned an energy efficiency campaign involving citizens. It will be followed by other activities towards same end. The civic body vowed to first correct its own systems consuming huge …
NAGPUR: Sand ghat owners, builders and contractors have breathed a sigh of relief as union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has relaxed norms for sand mining. Sand ghats having area of less than 5 hectare would no longer require environmental clearance. However, for sand ghat above 5 Ha area …
Pune: The number of dengue cases surged in 2013 in the state, but there were fewer deaths compared to last year. More deaths and cases were reported from rural areas indicating the rapid urbanization of these parts and the new health conditions emerging due to it. Until November this year, …
Taking cognisance of potable water contamination in 12 districts of Maharashtra, National Green Tribunal led by Justice V R Kingaonkar and Justice Dr Ajay Desphande issued notices to 12 collectors, secretary of health ministry and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) asking them to submit a time-bound action plan to address …
Around 5.11 lakh citizens residing in 1,911 unauthorized layouts have something to cheer. The Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) has started tendering process to lay water network in these layouts under the central government's ambitious Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme even before kicking-off regularization process. Funds of Rs214.97 …
The state government has rejected Nagpur Municipal Corporation's (NMC) revised proposal for Gandhisagar Lake's rejuvenation. It directed the civic body to first complete works that had been sanctioned earlier. On March 15, 2010, state environment department had sanctioned nine types of works for rejuvenation of Gandhisagar Lake and sanctioned Rs1.78 …
At a time when state government is deliberating with the Centre to denotify 86,409 hectare zudpi jungle, environmentalists have demanded to notify other equivalent 'non-forest' lands first as forest, which form compactness with other wildlife potential reserve forests. "It won't be a good idea to lose forest land from Vidarbha," …
Despite all the hue and cry about eco-friendly idol immersions, especially during the last two years, the people and municipal corporation have failed to save their lakes. The dissolved oxygen (DO) levels of the two major city lakes, Telangkhedi (Futala) and Gandhi Sagar have gone down dangerously for the second …
Over four years after the city was chosen to be turned into a 'model solar city', Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is set to kick-off works, beginning with Rs 9.38 crore of total sanctioned plan of Rs 1,453.10 crore. Having decided to focus on this novel project, municipal commissioner Shyam Wardhane …
About six lakh children are found to develop some kind of intellectual disability every year because of exposure to the heavy metal lead. The highest burden of deaths caused by lead exposure is in developing countries, with the global death toll standing at 1, 43,000. This is what led the …
Destruction of its habitat and poaching are the key problems Once widely spotted across 11 States, the Great Indian Bustard is currently listed under the category of Critically Endangered birds, in the 2013 ‘Threatened Bird’ list by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). There are less than 250 …
NAGPUR: Almost a hundred students from Centre Point School (Wardhaman Nagar) volunteered to do their bit in cleaning up banks of Telangkhedi lake on Friday morning. A part of the global movement called International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), the local initiative focuses on natural water bodies that get polluted due to …
The fifth day of Nagpur Municipal Corporation's (NMC) My City, Clean City campaign ended on a high note. Around 50 children from Mahdibagh colony gathered and cleaned up the plush residential area on Sunday morning. Cleanliness activities were carried out across the city too. NMC has removed over 377 tonnes …
: In blatant violation of forest laws, 30-35 teak trees were felled illicitly by allegedly tampering the reserve forest (RF) boundary in Bodhala under Talegaon forest range of Wardha division. The trees were felled four months ago in compartment number 132 by a Arvi-based contractor at the behest of Wadhamneri …
The concept of immersing Ganesh idols in artificial ponds, which was alien to Nagpurians all these years, is now slowly but steadily catching up, if the post- Anant Chaturdashi day statistics, provided by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation's (NMC) health department, are to be believed. According to civic data, this year …
The H1N1 influenza has emerged as the biggest killer in Maharashtra this year cl-a-i-ming three times the number of lives taken by dengue and malaria put together, and six times if compared individually. Initially termed as swine flu, the virus has also shown a worryingly high mortality rate with almost …
Rural police's local crime branch (LCB) cracked down on illegal sand mining mafia based at Walni and in surrounding areas in the wee hours of Tuesday. Around 60 tonnes of sand (26 brasses) were seized after arresting seven accused who were carrying out illegal sand mining on Kanhan river. Six …
Chandrapur Municipal Corporation (CMC) has banned the sale and use of plaster of Paris (PoP) idols during upcoming Ganesh festival. The civic body has cited the judgment of Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court on the ban of making PoP idols and use of chemical colours on idols, to announce …
