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 Improvement Trust (NIT) has commenced work on Rs 415 crore Koradi Pilgrimage and Tourism Development Project but not without a controversy. The works have been started without obtaining the mandatory environment clearance (EC) and also consent to establish from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). Guardian minister Chandrashekar Bawankule held …
Nagpur: Waterman Rajendra Singh feels that hydroelectricity is a cleaner way of generating power as compared to thermal. Addressing a conference on 'Thermal Power: Chemistry and Sustainable Environment' on Monday, he said that while coal pollutes the atmosphere, water does not. The conference was organized by Chandrapur Super Thermal Power …
Jaipur: Three workers died and three others were injured after a marble stone mine caver in in Makrana area of Nagaur district on Sunday evening. The rescue operation were in full swing till late evening. The victims have been identified as Deva Ram (35), Rakesh Gurjar (29) and Sharvan Meghwal …
Nagpur: "For the development of any region, it should possess 33% forest cover. We need to plant 400 crore trees to make sure that Maharashtra reach this milestone," said, Sudhir Munganitwar, Finance & Planning, Forests minister at The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management. Munganitwar was addressing the …
NAGPUR: Despite the alarming pollution around Koradi Thermal Power Station (KTPS), the state government is looking at ways to circumvent a critical environmental rule that makes it mandatory to install a pollution control unit called the flue gas desulphuriser (FGD). This unit controls emissions of sulphur dioxide, which is the …
MUMBAI: Maharashtra has reported 852 farmer suicides in the four months between January to April this year, according to government data. This means an average of seven farmer suicides were reported every single day during this period. As many as 409 cases - or 48% - are from Vidarbha region, …
Doctors and staffers handling swine-flu cases at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) are facing the threat of virus as none of them have been provided swine-flu vaccines. As per the state public health department data, there have been one death, five suspected and one positive swine flu case at …
Nagpur: The Forest Advisory Committee (FCA), the topmost body under MoEFCC considering forest land diversion proposals, has recommended diversion of 141.99 hectares forest land near Nagzira for Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd (APML) in Tiroda in Gondia district. The proposal came up before FAC meeting on February 28, 2017. The 141.99 …
The company has a capacity of over 23,000 MW under implementation at 23 locations. State-run power producer NTPC on Sunday said it has commissioned the second unit of 660 MW of Mouda Super Thermal Power Station Stage-II. “We wish to inform that 2nd unit of 660 MW of Mouda Super …
State-run Coal India arm Western Coalfields has received the environment clearance for its Rs 263 crore expansion project in Nagpur district, Maharashtra. The proposal is to enhance the production capacity of the Gokul open cast mine to 1.875 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) from the existing 1 MTPA. The mine, …
NAGPUR: The National Green Tribunal, Western Zone bench, Pune, has dismissed the petition against Vidarbha Cricket Association's (VCA) Jamtha stadium. The tribunal observed the petition was not filed within five years of the stadium being operational, so it became time barred. Farmers organization- Jai Javan Jai Kisan through secretary Arun …
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, on Thursday, allowed an intervention application, against unpackaged drinking water suppliers, which alleged that product sold by such firms should be licensed in compliance with Food Safety and Standards (prevention and restrictions on sales) Act, 2011. The intervention was filed in …
Nagpur: “Nature is the first teacher and it has taught us everything we know. Keeping that in mind teachers in schools should pick up the baton and make children aware of preserving our environment,” said Kishore Mishrikotkar, deputy director of Samajik Vanikaran Vibhag, Nagpur, at a discussion on ‘Environment protection: …
The end of the monsoon saw a significant spurt in dengue cases in the city, with 61 positive cases being reported between September 1 and October 7. The total number of cases till October 7 this year is 105, with September and the first week of October accounting for nearly …
Nagpur: The forest department is undertaking the first ever carbon stock assessment to gauge the benefits from the record-breaking 2.81 crore tree plantations done in July. It will also assess the survival rate of these newly planted trees using a special mobile phone app and remote sensing applications that are …
NAGPUR: As Durga Puja and Dussehra festivities concluded on Tuesday, city's water bodies once again bore the brunt of people's callousness across Nagpur. The guidelines of Central and Maharashtra state pollution control boards went largely unheeded despite the efforts by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and police to curtail the practice …
Nagpur: After remaining in deep slumber for over nine years, the forest department seems to have woken up and has convened state tiger cell meeting on October 1. The last meeting of the cell was held on February 14, 2007. Interestingly, as per the GR issued in 2002, state tiger …
Nagpur: Even though the state forest department’s 2.81 crore plantations on July 1, 2016, has found place in Limca Book, the department has failed to come clean on its ambitious project to plant 100 crore trees (Shatkoti) programme implemented since 2011. According to information sought under RTI by city consumer …
Nagpur: The renewable energy initiatives made by Maharogi Sewa Samiti (MSS), Warora, were recognized with an 'Innovative Energy Project of the Year 2016' award for Asia Subcontinent Region. The award was presented to Dr Vikas Amte, secretary and chief functionary of MSS, and Trustee Gautam Karajgi, at Association of Energy …
Nagpur: The rules and regulations set by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) regarding environment-friendly celebration of Ganesh festival keep moving around on tables of different civic authorities every year but none has rarely taken cognisance of. To avoid deterioration of water quality, CPCB in 2010 had issued guidelines for immersion …
