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 …
Forest working plans are considered the Bible for ensuring sustainable and scientific management of forests. Yet, at least 18 of the 51 forest divisions in the state are without such plans after the period of last plan expired on April 1, 2014. A working plan is a document prepared for …
Maintaining the enthusiasm shown during last year's Save Nag River campaign, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) kicked-off its Nag-Pili rivers cleaning campaign from the origin of Pili river at Gorewada lake on Thursday morning. The civic body faces a tough task this year, since the Pili river requires correction of slope …
As many as 7,000 families residing in some 11 localities under Hanuman Nagar zone have been receiving contaminated water in NMC taps since last one month. Many people, especially children and senior citizens, are falling ill often after consuming the contaminated water. Even after several complaints, Orange City Water has …
The National Green Tribunal (Western Zone) Bench, Pune, has slapped Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and its contractor Hanjer Biotech Energies with Rs 20 lakh damages each for not operating the solid waste disposal plant at Bhandewadi properly. Justice V R Kingaonkar (judicial member) and Dr Ajay Deshpande (expert member) of …
The tree authority of Nagpur Municipal Corporation led by municipal commissioner Shyam Wardhane on Monday gave nod to National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to cut 14 full-grown trees on the road stretch between Pagalkhana Square and Mankapur Square. NHAI had sought permission to cut 32 trees on both sides …
It is unfortunate that sewage water continues to flow into Gorewada lake, the city's drinking water reservoir, posing a health hazard and threat to environment, even 18 months after this serious issue came to light. Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) has failed to execute any works to prevent pollution of the …
Even as candidates belonging to major national parties woo voters with last minute promises of all-round development, issues related to wildlife, environment and animal welfare are not on agenda. Abhishek Kadyan, media adviser of International Organization for Animal Protection (OIPA), an international confederation of associations for animal protection, said Article …
Katlabodi tigress and her three sub-adult cubs seem to be under severe threat from brick kilns on the edge of reserve forest areas in Kalmeshwar range, 35km from Nagpur. The Katlabodi tigress was rescued by forest officials from a well in Bandhara, 40km from Nagpur, on February 7, 2011 and …
Under sharp criticism for ignoring planting of trees to compensate for the chopped ones for road widening, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) gave Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) three options for four-laning between Mankapur Square and Mental Hospital Square on Koradi Road. Looking into the poor track record of …
NTPC today commissioned a 5-MW solar PV power station at Faridabad, 10-MW solar PV unit at Unchahar; and a 30-MW solar PV power station at Rajgarh. With this development, the installed capacity of non-conventional energy projects of NTPC has shot up to 75 MW and the total installed capacity of …
Proper sewage collection and treatment can save water bodies, especially the Nag river. Unfortunately, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has failed to initiate simple measures in this regard and always sat idle dreaming of multi-crore projects. Indigenous sewage treatment, which means treating it locally where it is generated, is said to …
Pune: Scientists from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes, who recently surveyed the damage caused by hailstorms, have recommended raising of permanent windbreaks or shelterbelts on the windward side and growing genotypes to avoid failure of all crops. Windbreaks comprise a hedge, fence, or a row of trees …
In what may be considered as a big relief to the construction industry in and around Nagpur, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has vacated the stay on excavation of sand from Nagpur and Bhandara sand ghats on January 13, 2014. The NGT disposed of the petition with observations that it …
The common sparrow has not remained so common these days, with the bird attaining the fourth rank in the list of rare birds. This is what prompted NGO WARD (Wild life Conservation and Agro-Rural Development) Foundation to declare the current year as the 'year of the sparrow'. On World Sparrow …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shri. Dnyaneshwar s/o Kisanji Gadhve Vs Ministry of Environment and Forest & Others dated 14/03/2014 regarding mining of sand beds of Nagpur & Bhandra districts and Environment Clearance for mining projects in these areas. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/6_2014(App)(WZ)_14Mar2014_final_order.pdf
Farmland in Nagpur district has taken the biggest hit among the districts affected by the unseasonal rain and hailstorm that lashed several areas of Maharashtra over February end and the first few days of March. As per initial reports, out of the 13.7 lakh hectares damaged all over the state, …
After Nagpur, Nashik and some other districts in Vidarbha, six districts in the Marathwada region were lashed by heavy unseasonal rain, claiming three lives while an Indian Army colonel suffered burns due to lightning in Aurangabad. The farmers suffered heavy loss as the crops in their fields were completely destroyed. …
The cash-strapped Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has got a boost. The central government has approved Rs22.76 crore for the sewage treatment plant (STP) project, which would help expedite the work. This project is very crucial to curb the sewage being released into Gosikhurd dam, Vidarbha's ambitious irrigation project. The ministry …
Mayor Anil Sole presented the Nagpur story as a successful example of public private partnership (PPP) at a national conference recently. He spoke about city's 24X7 water supply scheme at the event held in New Delhi with an aim of providing a platform for knowledge sharing in the field of …
The Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM), which has been entrusted with roadside plantations on 40km stretch of NH6 from Wadi to Kondhali, has ordered a probe into the failure of plantation. FDCM entered into a Rs2.24 crore agreement with National Highway Authority India (NHAI) on August 1, 2012, to …
