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: Vidarbha Bamboo Mission (VBM), a forum of artisans, growers, entrepreneurs, NGOs, and others working for promotion and development of bamboo, has moved prime minister Narendra Modi for setting up a National Bamboo Development Board (NBDB) on the lines of National Coir Board to monitor and develop bamboo sector across …
NAGPUR: A division bench of justices BR Gavai and VM Deshpande of Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has directed city police chief to act 'as expeditiously as possible' on the complaint filed by a legal practitioner pertaining to nuisances created by blaring loudspeakers atop a temple at Vasant Vihar …
AGPUR: The state forest department pays about Rs 5 crore annually to farmers as compensation for crop depredation by wild animals. To reduce this burden, the wildlife wing has now decided to promote 'chili smoke', a cost-effective technique pioneered by wildlife vet and elephant expert Dr Rudraditya. Himachal Pradesh-based Dr …
NAGPUR: The prime minister's plan to provide girls' toilets in every school in the country seems to have come at the right time to cover the last mile. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA), the implementing body for Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), officials say only a …
The long-term monitoring project on tigers, co-predators in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) and the adjoining landscape' being implemented by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, has pegged the estimate of tigers as 60 in TATR, an increase by 10 tigers, and 32 leopard individuals, showing a steep increase from …
Even as Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had raised his voice against undue favours extended to the Adani group, it has transpired that the UPA government had quietly cleared a proposal for allotment of 25 hectares of protected forest land for laying transmission lines from Tiroda to Warora in the Vidarbha …
l committee (CAC) has refused to renew the licence of Ordnance Factory Ambajhari (OFA) to operate the plant, and decided to initiate prosecution against Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd's Nagpur Manufacturing Division for pollution and non-compliance of works suggested by the board. Another upcoming Reliance unit is also facing action. …
NAGPUR: Even as Wathoda farmers are exploring legal action against illegal dumping of spent acid by galvanizing industries in the perennial Chornala near Butibori, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Wednesday issued show-cause notices to 21 galvanizing units in Butibori and Hingna MIDC areas. MPCB regional officer NH Shivangi …
NAGPUR: In an attempt to encourage people to take up massive tree plantations outside natural forests, the ministry of environment, forests and climate change has called on states to liberalize felling and transit pass (TP) regime for trees grown on non-forest and private land. The MoEF guidelines say some tree …
NAGPUR: National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a statutory body under the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change, has announced Rs 860 per month ration allowance to frontline staff of tiger reserves and its buffer. "A notification in this regard has been issued a few days ago by NTCA …
NAGPUR: The Nagpur division drew a blank during the annual estimation exercise for critically endangered Great India Bustard (GIB) conducted for three days from July 11-13. Not a single bird was sighted. The census that lacked spark from field staff was conducted half-heartedly by the forest ranges including Butibori, South …
In a move set to increase protection of wetlands in Maharashtra, the state wetland committee in its first meeting has decided to speed up proposals on converting at least nine important wetlands in the state into Ramsar sites. Wetlands of international importance that are recognised globally due to the Ramsar …
NAGPUR: The flip-flop by Chandrapur MP Hansraj Ahir has flummoxed residents of the district. First, he met environment minister Prakash Jawadekar demanding closure of the high-polluting units no. 1 and 2 of Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Plant (CSTPS). A few days later, Ahir again met Jawadekar with a delegation of …
NAGPUR: At a time when state government is laying stress on rehabilitating villages inside tiger reserves to create inviolate spaces for the big cats, the relocation of Kolsa has deadlocked with villagers making unwarranted demands like job to one from the family and a package of Rs15 lakh per family. …
NAGPUR: A study in Nagpur has revealed that anaemia is a big factor in the high Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) as well as perinatal mortality rate (death of foetus after seven months of pregnancy or seven days of delivery) that is seen in the country. The two known major reasons …
Representatives of some villages that have constituted their biodiversity management committees (BMC) shared their plans for conservation and enrichment of environment during the International Biodiversity Day celebrations organized by the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board (MSBB) in a star hotel in the city. There are 591 BMCs in Maharashtra. These villages …
NAGPUR: With a view to prevent throwing of garbage in Nag river, especially near Reshimbagh Chowk by lawns and marriage halls, Mayor Anil Sole on Thursday asked the civic administration to install CCTV cameras to catch the culprits polluting the city's signature river. Sole was inspecting the river on the …
PUNE: Despite a drop in the number of H1N1 cases, the high mortality rate (from 8% in 2012 to 25% this year so far) has left doctors and experts worried. Of the 21 cases till April this year, five have succumbed to the infection. Of these, Nagpur accounted for four …
Apathetic attitude towards writing and implementing forest working plans in right spirit by forest officials has drawn state government's attention. Principal secretary (forests) Praveen Pardeshi has asked head of forest force (HoFF) to take the issue seriously and also fix responsibilities for the lapses. TOI on May 3 had reported …
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has nearly covered the total 18km stretch of Pili River by the end of fourth day of its Nag-Pili rivers cleaning campaign. During this period, slope correction and widening works were completed along 3km. The Nag River cleaning campaign too has picked up momentum. Mayor …
