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 …
Nagpur: In the wake of the high-grade fever and cough affecting a very large number of children in the city, senior paediatrician Dr Satish Deopujari has given a call to every counterpart not to prescribe any cough syrup to any child at all. He claims that cough syrups have no …
Nagpur: Ill-effects of using products that generate toxic waste and pollution of Nag River were the main topics taken up at the two-day workshop on 'Toxin-free lifestyle' organized by the Jeevit Nadi, Pune, and Ecological Society, Nagpur, recently. The panel of experts included eco sanitation expert and ecologist Niranjan Upasana, …
Nagpur: Record a GIB sighting and get Rs 500! The state's principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) AK Misra has started a novel scheme to save the critically endangered birds in Maharashtra. The foresters seem to have pressed panic buttons after not a single GIB was sighted in the five-day …
Nagpur: Peeved over pollution touching alarming levels in Chandrapur, an industrialist has moved Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court, praying for action against respondents, including Mahagenco, for violating emission norms and environmental standards. A division bench comprising justices Bhushan Dharmadhikari and Swapna Joshi on Wednesday issued notices to respondents, including …
Nagpur: Months have passed but it is not clear what concrete action has been taken by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) against Koradi Thermal Power Station (KTPS). A recent reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query states that "directions were issued" by the board, but fails to reveal what …
Nagpur: If one believed that with recent tiger attacks on humans the man-animal conflict has been raging, then it is not completely true. As per official figures, 42 human deaths were reported in the state till December 2017 as compared to 52 in 2016. Information received by RTI activist Abhay …
Some government officers are so callous towards their duties that they do not realize that it is harming them as well as their families. I realized this fact while doing a story on air pollution caused by Koradi Thermal Power Station (KTPS) of Mahagenco. KTPS has caused air pollution in …
Nagpur: After creating havoc in the city for the whole year, swine flu seems to have finally disappeared from the city. In the last 22 days, no new positive cases have come up. However, two deaths of patients undergoing treatment for over a month have been registered in this period. …
Nagpur: Nagpur Metro has decided to go in for captive solar power generation and will get it at Rs4.50 a unit. It will use costly conventional power in evening. Mahametro managing director Brijesh Dixit said that the earlier state power generation company Mahagenco was to generate solar power for Nagpur …
Nagpur: On Monday when the apex court observed Delhi's situation to be emergency-like, the air quality recorded in the industrial area of Chandrapur was even worse than the Capital. The average air quality index (AQI) of Chandrapur was recorded to be 500 while at most places in Delhi it was …
Pune: The H1N1 virus activity attained two distinct peaks in the last nine months, indicating its severity in the state this year. The virus' transmission was at an all-time high first during summer (March/April) and then during the monsoon period (August/September). This has been revealed in the latest H1N1 Positivity …
Nagpur: The number of swine flu patients in the city is rising alarmingly with each passing day. The number of positive patients has increased to 98 this year, out of which 16 were recorded in the last 19 days. To add to it, as per central government guidelines, only critical …
Nagpur: Good rains in the last couple of days have brought cheer to the farming community in and around the city. But the data released by Nagpur division's water resources department remains alarming as the water level in dams remains far too low even as monsoon is almost in its …
Nagpur: Bad days are ahead for brick kiln owners and workers as Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed closure of all kilns that do not have sanction of state pollution control boards (SPCBs). Very few kilns bother to take clearance from SPCBs and hence most of them will be …
Nagpur: Environment assumes much importance in the fast developing world but studies on the topic are hardly taken seriously. Activists and environment officers are trained to protect Mother Nature as well as keep growth on track, but their numbers are far to less given the scale of development taking place …
Nagpur: A recent survey of 3,406 students at local schools found 71 to be positive for filaria. Their treatment began immediately, without which their feet would have swelled as thick as a tree trunk. The positive cases appeared despite the government distributing free medicines in the district since 2005. Now, …
Nagpur: Cases of cancer in the city have risen by 30% from 2004 to 2011. The incidences are likely to increase by another 35.1% by 2020. This was revealed by oncologist Dr Bharat Vaswani from Yashoda Cancer Institute, Hyderabad, who is originally from the city. Vaswani said this while delivering …
NAGPUR: The national president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for screening of all pregnant women for Zika virus as a precautionary and vigilance measure against the disease. "Three cases have been reported from India despite none of these travelling to any other country known for presence of …
PUNE: Maharashtra will soon join other states equipped with a special special satellite surveillance system to map their 3,500 odd stone quarries and help government officials curb illegal mining activities. The project of the Indian Bureau of Mines will map the data of minor minerals, particularly sand and other material …
Nagpur: To encourage manufacturers in Vidarbha to increase use of fly ash in construction-based products implementing latest methods, Mahagenco Ash Management Services Ltd (Mahagams) had organized a workshop on fly ash utilization at Maharashtra Industrial Development Council (MIDC) conference hall, Udyog Bhavan, on Tuesday. Additional municipal commissioner Ramdas Sonwane, joint …
