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 …
Nagpur: Counted among the most venerated trees in India, banyan or vat vruksh holds special significance in Hindu mythology and religious rituals. It is worshipped on vat savitri, being celebrated on Thursday and Friday. The full-moon night in month of Jyeshtha (June) is when women keep fast and worship the …
NAGPUR: More than 50 bird watchers, environment enthusiasts and general public took part in a seminar organized by Vanarai named 'Gidhad: Sadyasthiti and Sanvardhan' at Shankarrao Deo Samvadkaksh, Shankar Nagar on Sunday. The seminar aimed at discussion issues related to current condition of vultures in the country and world, and …
NAGPUR: Right in the middle of peak summer, when swine flu was expected to vanish from the city, it has grown manifold. Of all the swine flu affected patients recorded from January 1, 2017, till date, 50% of the positive cases and deaths have been recorded in the last 30 …
Nagpur: In over two years, not a single person has been convicted for illegally felling trees in the city. The garden department of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has filed cases against only 14 people in this period. This was revealed in the reply to a RTI query filed by Abhay …
The country's first electric taxi service has hit a hurdle due to archaic rules but the Maharashtra government is likely to clear it and make Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari's pet project shine in Nagpur. The pilot project will be launched with 200 e-taxis there on May 26, state officials …
Nagpur: The spate of construction activities in the city, be it cement road works, metro or building construction, is proving detrimental to asthma patients. Their disease aggravates due to increased dust particles in the air. Pulmonologists are demanding the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) should enforce construction norms effectively to minimize …
Maharashtra government to act against those selling packaged drinking in unsealed containers, as per the per the amendment carried out in the laws on March 1. "If any fresh cause of action has arisen against anybody after amendment was made, it's apparent that the respondents have to apply their minds …
Nagpur: With the aim to improve the city's air quality, a local-level committee has been formed to prepare an action plan for prevention and control of air pollution in Nagpur. Reportedly, Nagpur is one of the chosen cities by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for ambient air quality monitoring. …
Nagpur: Five more were tested positive for swine flu, taking the total tally of those infected to 10. Among the positive cases, one is a women who is in her eighth month of pregnancy, while eight out of 10 patients are aged above 40 years. All the patients are getting …
"Efforts will be taken to see to it that environment is not affected while constructing the road,” said U J Dabe, Superintending Engineer, MSRDC. THE MAHARASHTRA State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) conducted the first public hearing for the Maharashtra Samruddhi Corridor (MSC) in Nagpur on Tuesday. Conducted after orders issued …
"With depleting conventional sources, the need for alternative and renewable sources of energy is increasing day by day. Unless scientists develop not just workable but scientifically scalable models in renewable energy sources and device for effective storage of these resources, India cannot progress in the field of non-conventional energy," said …
Nagpur: The plans of Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL) to meet 65% of its energy needs through solar power has hit a policy hurdle. The fate of the project now depends on Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC). NMRCL's petition will be heard by the Commission on January 17. Solarization …
Nagpur: Infrastructure development has spelt doom for the residents of Surya Nagar near Kalamna Market Road. Environmental pollution has become a major issue due to slow-paced road construction and other activities. The main road near Old Pardi Naka Square is in a shambles since last few years. It witnesses heavy …
He was making big bucks as a firecracker vendor. But a tragic incident in the early 1980s in which people lost lives after a cracker shop caught fire turned him against his own livelihood. Anti-firecracker activist Ravindra Bhusari, one of the winners of TOI's Nagpur Heroes 2015 award, talks about …
This year, we can expect a less noisy Diwali. For the first time in many years, firecrackers which will be sold in the city, are within the permissible sound limit. To keep a check on the noise levels during the festival, officials of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) purchased 47 …
While industries, power plants, mines and vehicles are blamed for increasing exposure to air pollution, there are many lesser-known sources which are significantly poisoning the quality of air. Virendra Sethi, professor at Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, whose 40 research papers have been published …
9 Others Too Saw Similar Rise: Study Delhi is among 10 major cities in the country , which includes all big metros, where the annual mean temperature has risen significantly higher than other cities over the last four decades. A recent study by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) …
Nagpur: The efforts of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and NGOs to spread awareness about checking pollution of water bodies are showing. If figures are anything to go by, city lakes have fared better in some parameters post immersion of Ganesh idols, as compared to last year. On World Water Monitoring …
Nagpur: Immersion of idols of Lord Ganesh commenced on Tuesday. Immersions continued in lakes excluding Sonegaon despite a ban, thanks to negligence of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) towards their own bylaws of prohibiting immersion of idols in water bodies. The civic authorities are supposed to …
Nagpur: Even though the city police have penalized 7,871 motorists for using pressure horns in the last seven years, motorists say a lot needs to be done to curb noise pollution especially that from excessive honking. Troubled with the rising traffic snarls, Nagpurians blame the traffic cops for poor management, …
