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 …
Following spurt in electrocution deaths of wild animals, divisional tiger cell on Monday proposed shifting of electric lines in highly sensitive forest so they pass along roadsides. "A proposal will be moved by the respective departments and sent to the state government through proper channel," said P K Mahajan, deputy …
Pune: With reservoirs in the state collectively holding 44% water, the state government has asked all divisional commissioners to reserve water for drinking purpose and restrict its usage for non-drinking purpose. “At least 1,155 villages and 3,709 hamlets are facing severe water shortage. The state is providing water through 1,539 …
In some good news for the city, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) may soon get approval to implement a city sanitation plan worth over Rs3,000 crore. The central government has started the process to appoint consultants to prepare plans for 18 cities, including Nagpur. Besides, the city has also been selected …
A spectre of severe water scarcity looms large on large parts of the state with the total water storage only 48% of the capacity in the 2438 dams and reservoirs in the state at the end of second week of January. This water has to last six months till rains …
Company's operating capacity reaches 1,840 Mw Reliance Power Ltd (RPL) today announced it has commissioned the second 300 Megawatt (Mw) unit of its Butibori power plant at Nagpur in Maharashtra. This will help ease power availability for industrial units and distribution utilities in the power-starved state. The first 300 Mw …
The controversial white paper on irrigation projects produced by the state water resources ministry is littered with outdated, confusing and allegedly misleading statistics. Data pertaining to over half a dozen major projects are at least a decade old and widely differ from information submitted by the ministry to the state …
It seems the seriousness of the Central and State government about conservation of environment and water bodies lie only on papers. The proposals for rejuvenation of the city's iconic Nag river and nine other lakes have been making rounds on papers for the last four years. The Nagpur Municipal Corporation …
The 27th meeting of the standing committee of National Board for Wild Life (NBWL) will be held on Wednesday. The NBWL may take a decision on diversion of forest land in Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) proposed by dedicated freight corridor. The meeting will discuss 10 proposals for forest land …
From the sky, the Garden City of Bangalore now looks more smoggy compared to other mega cities in the subcontinent, thanks to rising levels of tiny soot particles in the atmosphere from vehicle and industrial pollution. American and European mega cities appear cleaner over the past decade, while cities in …
The state government has proposed a new social forestry policy to be implemented in non-forest areas to increase green cover. “In Maharashtra, there is 19 to 20 per cent of forest land. The social forestry department has decided to provide green cover to 80 per cent of the non-forest area …
Plant will manufacture agricultural implements, hydraulic reversible plough, seedbed preparation implements, cultivators & disc harrows Germany based Agro equipment manufacturer Lemken GmbH & Co. KG has set up a manufacturing plant in Nagpur with the investment of Rs 60 crore. The plant will manufacture agricultural implements, hydraulic reversible plough, seedbed …
Brazenly flouting environmental norms, hundreds of manufacturing units in Mumbai are operating illegally, without even the most basic “consent to operate” from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). While MPCB officials estimate that there are about 4,000 such illegal units operating in Mumbai’s industrial hubs, information obtained under the Right …
Patna: Corporate affairs minister in UPA-I and RJD MP Premchand Gupta is the latest politician to figure in the coalgate scam after it came to light that IST Steel and Power Ltd, a company which his two sons, Rajesh and Mayur Gupta own, was also allotted a coal block a …
BJP president Nitin Gadkari wrote to Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Bansal in July this year to push for the release of central funds for contractors of an irrigation project declared as seriously flawed by India’s premier water resources technical organisation. The Gosikhurd project, the biggest in drought-prone Vidarbha, is …
New Delhi The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the coal scam finally started questioning the accused named in its first information reports (FIRs) on Monday. The CBI, which had booked five private firms for misrepresenting facts to get coal blocks allocated, grilled Arvind Jayaswal, a director of Nagpur-based AMR …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which has been set up to protect the striped animal, is looking for a '˜ferocious wild cat' for its flagship logo. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has released Rs10.48 crore for 30 wildlife sanctuaries and national parks and four tiger reserves in the …
Engineering major BHEL plans to set up a new manufacturing facility in Maharashtra for which it would invest Rs 159 crore, a top company official said here on Friday. BHEL Tiruchirapalli Complex Executive Director A V Krishnan said BHEL, which has a special focus on power plant equipment, plans a …
The state government will spend a Rs 23 as premium to insure crops of 137 lakh farmers in the state, the state government's agricultural department said here on Friday. An official at the divisional agricultural office here said that a sum of Rs 3151 lakh has been already been provided …
In one of the most virulent attacks in recent times, the Chandipura virus is suspected to have caused 13 child deaths in eastern Vidarbha in the past 25 days, with Bhandara (5), Nagpur (3), Chandrapur (3), Wardha (1) and Gadchiroli (1) being the worst affected districts. Together, they have reported …
MUMBAI: With a spurt in poaching of big cats reported from the protected areas (PAs) of reserves, the state government is set to put in place a series of measures to safeguard the tiger habitats. Among the major initiatives likely to be announced on Thursday, the government is looking at …
