Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Nagpur: The city has recorded 27 deaths and 149 positive cases of swine flu (H1N1 virus) in 2018. The number of cases was the third highest annual figure in history. Data available with Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) shows 10 of the total 27 persons who died of swine flu were …
Nagpur: Both government and private hospitals in city have a total of 12,815 beds, which means one for 234 people if city’s population is taken to be 30 lakh. This was revealed on Thursday by Maharashtra government, underlining the fact that health care facilities are still insufficient in city. Public …
Nagpur: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has sounded the death knell to 94 cities in the country where pollution levels are not meeting the set standards. Topping the chart are Maharashtra with 17 cities and Uttar Pradesh with 15 cities. The board has pinned the blame on civic bodies …
Nagpur: A sit and draw contest was organized for students of Std I to X on Tuesday as part of cleanliness fortnight being organized by Raman Science Centre (RSC) at its Gandhisagar facility. The competition saw children from all age groups draw paintings highlighting the importance of maintaining cleanliness and …
Nagpur: The Parliamentary standing committee on environment, forests, science and technology is likely to submit a report on the environmental issues related to Vidarbha in Parliament. The committee has also assured to take up complaints received from activists relating to pollution cases in and around the city. The committee, headed …
Nagpur: Energy minister Chandrashekshar Bawankule inaugurated the first ever 790kwp capacity solar power captive plant at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) premises, Hingna Road, on Monday. The plant has been installed on the rooftop and is expected to generate 3,500 unit power per day. Appreciating the NCI team, Bawankule said, …
Road traffic accidents (RTAs) have become a serious problem worldwide as they incur losses of around 2% of a country’s gross domestic product (GDP). RTAs are one of the major causes of death and injury in developing countries like India. To enable governments to take policy decisions on road safety, …
NAGPUR: The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) and an European agency are being engaged by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) for providing technical support in its proposed bio mining of around 10 lakh metric tonne solid waste lying in Bhandewadi since 1962. Significantly, experts have warned that bio mining …
Nagpur: Ahead of the Swachh Survekshan-2018 to be done by a Central government team in the city from February 15, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided not to collect non-segregated garbage from bulk waste generators. The civic body has also started the process to introduce the norm for residential …
NAGPUR: Concerned over lax implementation of solid waste management by many states, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will be reviewing steps taken by the authorities to comply with environmental norms. CPCB, a statutory organization under the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC;), is convening a meeting of …
Nagpur: Comparing the city's temperature over the last few days with the Air Quality Index (AQI) has shown that rising temperature has reduced the pollution levels. Experts from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) say this is possible as temperature is one of the five meteorological factors that fluctuate the …
Nagpur: City's air quality has worsened once again with particulate matter PM2.5 being almost five times more than the permissible limit. Experts attributed the sudden deterioration to different sources. As per the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) data, there has been a sudden spike in PM2.5 which are particles less …
Nagpur: Activist and advocate Ankita Shah has lodged a complaint with commissioner of police K Venkatesham demanding action against Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) for holding One-Day International match between India and Australia at Jamtha stadium recently without obtaining permission from the police department. Meanwhile, an earlier case by activist Kamlesh …
Nagpur: The Nagpur division has recorded 123 positive cases and 21 deaths due to swine flu in the last 18 days. There have been 94 deaths and 482 positive in the division — 265 positive cases and 32 deaths in city — this year so far. Despite the alarming surge …
Nagpur: Swine flu has been makings its presence felt throughout last year, but it's grown like wildfire since the beginning of this month. In the last two days, eleven patients have died due to swine flu in Nagpur division, taking this year's toll to 73. On September 20 alone, 13 …
Nagpur: The city police have issued notices to owners of DJ system and Ganesh mandals warning them against playing loud music, particularly on the roads, blocking carriageways. Besides, the shops selling noisy crackers will also face action if they are found violating the norms, as per the Environment (Protection) Act, …
Nagpur: In some good news for the city, Nagpur has been declared as one of the 12 winners of the '47 cities Sheher Green Karo' contest that was organized by the Earth Day Network India. To commemorate the 47th Earth Day on 22 April, 2017, the Earth Day Network had …
Nagpur: The health department of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has issued a notification asking all the bulk generators of garbage to set up facilities for recycling biodegradable waste in their own premises. They should also separate the recyclable garbage and recycle it or hand it over to an authorized garbage …
Nagpur: In an important development for the city's health sector, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court, on Wednesday, sternly directed Maharashtra government to set up State Cancer Institute (SCI) in the city within two years. It's a huge victory for the petitioner Dr Krishna Kamble and medical fraternity …
