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: With 'no honking' signboards often not in place, the norms on enforcing silence zones near hospitals, schools and other sites are hardly being implemented in Nagpur. Even as the traffic department expresses helplessness on the issue, the incessant blaring of horns is causing serious problems at hospitals and schools. …
Nagpur: Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has tied up with the state government to work on water conservation. It will be using WATSCAN, an advanced tool launched recently for evaluation of water resources in geographical areas, during the initiative. This will help to identify spots where water can be tapped, …
Nagpur: Amid much controversy on the city's Environment Status Report (ESR) 2014-15, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has finally spoken out on the report's contents. Denying allegations that Nag River's water quality was good enough for bathing, the civic body clarified that the river comes under category of public sewer and …
Nagpur: While it is the responsibility of a municipal corporation to publish the city Environment Status Report (ESR) every year before July 31, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) will miss the deadline for the second consecutive year. This year too, NMC has not even initiated the process to study Nagpur city's …
NAGPUR: Zilla Parishad's water quality programme has revealed that water in 718 villages in the district was contaminated while water in 350 villages was without fluoride and reports of remaining villages are awaited. Zilla Parishad organised workshop on Water Quality Control at its hall on Monday. Data of water quality …
Nagpur: While a lot of noise is being made over the two crore plantations, there seems to be no control on rampant illegal destruction of existing tree cover. The city has lost over 200 fully-grown trees on a vacant land in Chhatrapati Nagar. According to officials of Nagpur Municipal Corporation's …
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation ( NMC ) has proposed mini market or shop concept with less parking facility. Though the plan aims to prevent encroachments, especially by hawkers, the concept may fuel traffic congestion in market areas. Mayor Pravin Datke has convened a meeting of the general body on June …
Urban water and wastewater management are relatively under-studied subjects in India. The Indian urban space has been understood in an undifferentiated manner, which ignores the specificities deriving from the stage of urban development, the sources of water, as also the diverse nature of aquifers characterizing urban settlements. This paper provides …
Nagpur: Students and citizens can learn various aspects of climate change, mitigation measures, innovations in science and technology to counter climate change etc in the next three days. The Science Express-Climate Action Special (SECAS) will be in the city from Wednesday morning to Friday evening. It will be stationed on …
Nagpur: With increasing concern of the impact of pollution in the city, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) health department imposed a penalty of Rs5,000 on a housing society for burning waste in the open. This is the first such action of levying penalty by NMC in the recent past as burning …
Nagpur: Peeved over non-compliance of its directives and cases of violation regarding noise pollution in city, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the commissioner of police (CP) to start a helpline for citizens to report violation, especially at night. A division bench comprising Justice Bhushan Gavai …
Nagpur: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone Bench, Pune, comprising Justice Jawad Rahim and Ajay Deshpande issued notices to builders of 'Vrindavan City' coming up at Jamtha on the city outskirts. The notices, returnable by April 6, were issued on an application filed by Neeraj and Nikhil Tayal alleging …
Mumbai, Pune among cities with high air, noise pollution, says survey. Major cities in Maharashtra such as Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur have registered high air pollution levels in 2015, as per the economic survey released this week. The levels of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and respirable suspended particulate matter …
Nagpur: City's metro railway has cleared another hurdle with the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) making it clear that environment impact assessment (EIA) was not needed for the project. Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (NMRCL) is however, getting an EIA done as foreign lenders insist on it. The …
Nagpur: One of city's biggest housing projects Anandam World City at Ganeshpeth is facing threat of closure and prosecution. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has warned the developer Goldbricks Infrastructure Private Ltd of stopping power and water supply to the project following violations. MPCB member secretary P Anbalagan has issued …
MUMBAI: Industrial explosives manufacturer Solar Industries BSE -0.38 % India has signed a pact with the Maharashtra government to set up a facility in Nagpur with an investment of Rs 1,550 crore to manufacture ammunition for armed forces. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was formalised by the company through its …
Nagpur: The new, state-of-the-art ambient air quality monitor of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is lying disused at the Divisional Commissionerate square as the officials of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) are yet to inspect it. The device, costing about Rs1 crore was provided to MPCB local office in December …
Nagpur: Even after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directions to bar mobile DJ music systems operating illegally on four-wheelers, the city RTO has decided to turn a blind eye to them. As a result, the number of DJ music systems blaring loud music in Nagpur has increased manifold. TOI found …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vardhaman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 06/01/2016 regarding diseases as a result of pollution majorly generated by air pollution. Gujarat, Bihar, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Jharkhand would file a comprehensive affidavit stating …
Nagpur: Hearing a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) on noise pollution, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notices to state urban development department secretary, district collector, commissioner of police, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) commissioner, Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) chairman and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) …
