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 …
When two Nagpur-based researchers made a casual visit to a paper recycle mill in 2009, never did they imagine that the visit will turn into a unique innovation and a full-fledged project. The researchers and their team are currently working on the design and development of the lightweight brick that …
NEW DELHI, 2 OCT: A network of mass transport systems is imperative to avert urban vehicular traffic as the number of cities with more than 10 lakh people will increase from 48 to 68 in the next two decades, according to a study released by the Associated Chambers of Commerce …
The Expert Appraisal Committee of the Union Ministry of Forests and Environment has agreed in principle to give environmental clearance to two coal blocks allotted to Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam in Chhattisgarh. The forest clearance for the two blocks was provided in the first phase in July this year. The …
The Jabalpur Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Centre to identify a laboratory in the country to analyse the waste from Union Carbide and prepare an environmental impact assessment on the impact of burning it in Nagpur. The September 22 order came after the Maharashtra Pollution …
Cry1Ac toxin concentration was assessed in leaves of Bt transgenic cotton hybrid grown on shallow (<60 cm) and deep (>90 cm) black soils of Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Cry toxin concentration increased up to 80 days after sowing followed by a steep decline. In general, toxin concentration was greater …
The National Green Tribunal in its hearing on the issue of 3 x 660 MW expansion of coal-based thermal power plant at Koradi, Nagpur District, Maharashtra in its final order on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to look into the matter as to long-term impacts caused …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has told the Madhya Pradesh High Court in an affidavit that the DRDO facility at Nagpur has neither the requisite infrastructure nor the storage facilities for handling toxic waste from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. What's more, the incinerator at the facility has …
A NAGPUR Bench of the Bombay High Court has stalled the transfer of toxic waste from Bhopal to Maharashtra amid protests by residents and activists. The decision comes a week after the Jabalpur Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court ordered that 350 tonnes of the hazardous material lying at …
After successfully installing prepaid electricity meters in Lonavla, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) plans to make available prepaid electricity meters for consumers in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. In the first phase, 6,000 prepaid meters will be installed for consumers. "In fact, we have installed prepaid meters at 27 …
MUMBAI: The state government on Wednesday declared plans to set up a marketing centre near the APMC market in Navi Mumbai to directly sell agriculture produce procured from farmers. The move is aimed at bringing down vegetable prices in the wholesale market. Revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat announced the decision in …
Claiming overwhelming support for its version of the Lokpal Bill in a ‘referendum’ conducted by itself, the civil society group led by Anna Hazare on Monday attacked the Prime Minister and questioned whether the government still represented the people of India. The Hazare-led group unveiled the ‘result’ of a ‘referendum’ …
The Maharashtra government has filed an intervention appeal before the Jabalpur Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court against its order of July 12 to incinerate toxic waste from the former Union Carbide plant in the Defence Research and Development Organisation facility at Butibori near Nagpur. The government has appointed …
MUMBAI: An internal evaluation by the country's nodal AIDS body NACO ( National Aids Control Organization) has found non-governmental organizations in the city and parts of the state unable to meet key parameters to prevent spread of HIV or AIDS. The assessment rated most of their projects as 'failures'. At …
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) plans to construct 116 new roads at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore and has given the contract to a private company. These roads will follow a similar construction plan like the roads in Nagpur, say civic officials. Ready mix cement will …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has chalked out a plan to build 116 new roads in the city but decided to outsource the job to a private firm, given the flak it has received for poorly-maintained roads across the city in the past. A budget of Rs. 832 crore has …
Can you love tigers but hate forests? This question troubled me as I visited central India last fortnight. Can you love tigers but hate forests? This question troubled me as I visited central India last fortnight. I was in Nagpur, where local politicians, conservationists and officials were discussing what needed …
Utter silence within the group. So silent you could hear a pin drop, yes, even in the long grass swaying on the plains of Masai Mara, Africa, where we were. On a safari there a few years ago, the wait to spot a leopard was excruciating
The Centre on Wednesday approved the construction of two national highway road projects in Rajasthan and Maharashtra at an estimated cost of Rs.3104.33 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure approved four-laning of the 244.12-km Beawar-Pali-Pindwara section of NH 14 in Rajasthan at an estimated cost of Rs.2517.79 crore, as well …
Congress unhappy with Bill that seeks to divert water meant for agriculture The hasty passing of The Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority (amendment) Bill, 2011 late last Wednesday in the State assembly has given rise to fresh animosity between the ruling coalition partners, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party …
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Friday complimented Maharashtra on the increase in tiger population in the State. Nagpur will be promoted as the tiger capital and a gateway to tiger land, he said. Mr. Ramesh had a two-and-half-hour meeting with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan …
