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 …
With three more deaths being reported since Saturday, the swine flu toll has now gone up to 45 in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad areas this year. While 33 deaths have been reported from the Pune Municipal Corporation areas, the virus has claimed 12 lives in PCMC areas since January. Among the …
The Pimpri Chinch wad Municipal Corporation has approved a proposal to release Rs 5 crore for installing water filtration units in villages along the banks of the Bhima river. The decision was taken at the general body meeting presided by mayor Mohini Lande. Over 125 villages along the banks of …
Pune: Two more people have succumbed to swine flu in different hospitals in the city since Tuesday, taking the city’s H1N1 death toll to 29 so far this year. The virus has claimed six lives in the last nine days. At present, six people with the infection are in critical …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is set to replicate the zero garbage model in 20 electoral panels to ensure waste is disposed of within its jurisdiction. This will reduce the burden on processing plants at the dumping sites. The civic body along with Janwani, a social initiative of MCCIA, had …
Bizarre as it may sound, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has decided to blame the "extra work" generated due to the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, for their shortfall in collecting sufficient samples to check pollution levels. This was the official reply given by the board to the …
Swine flu has claimed as many as 84 lives in the state in the last six months. Though only one person from Mira Road-Bhayander and one from Thane succumbed to H1N1 influenza this year, experts fear that more Mumbaikars may fall victim as hundreds from the city travel every day …
One-Of-Its-Kind Green Zone To Be Set Up On Palkhi Route The state government has sanctioned an additional Rs 200 crore for the development of temple towns of Dehu, Alandi and Pandharpur. A part of this fund will also be utilised for making better facilities on the palkhi route. This announcement …
Doctors associated with various organisations marched from Shaniwar Wada to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Thursday in protest against a hike in charges for disposal of biomedical waste. Members of the People's Health Forum, the Indian Medical Association and the General Practitioners' Association and others joined the march. Dr Shekhar …
PUNE: Landslides, severe waterlogging and flash floods are natural disasters but environmentalists are firm that their epic proportions are brought on by human activities. Last week, Vishakha Sachin Wadekar (30) and her daughter Sanskruti (18 months) were washed away in the flow of water gushing down the hills near the …
As part of a green initiative, a film festival conceived here to develop awareness about environment will travel to as many as 28 cities spread across six states in the country. “Kirloskar Vasundhara International Festival”, which was confined to the city for the last seven years, screening world famous films …
Mumbai: The state government might retain the special planning authority (SPA) status granted to Lavasa with some riders. Last year, a report from the state urban development (UD) department had recommended revocation of thespecial status. An alternate option of retaining the status while appointing a government-nominated official as its chief …
The Union agriculture ministry has asked the state government to submit a proposal to create more water storages infrastructure by investing Rs 60,000 crore over within the next three years. Such planning would tackle water scarcity in the drought-prone areas of the state. "The funds will be utilized to construct …
The state agriculture department has selected three private companies to start a value chain development programme in 13 districts, where farmers will cultivate maize. The programme will also train farmers for better agricultural practices, good seeds and assured purchase price among others, said officials of the agriculture department. The department …
PUNE: The state government's plan to inspect sonography clinics and abortion centres in a month-long drive has fallen flat within three days of its launch as only a few district and civic administrations have formed the teams that were meant to carry out these surprise checks. The state authorities have …
PUNE: The district administration has appointed 13 squads, one for each taluka, to keep a check on illegal extraction of sand from rivers and its transportation following a rise in the number of cases of illegal transportation of sand. Besides, staff has been deployed at almost all check posts along …
Influenza is vaccine-preventable; however, the burden of severe influenza in India remains unknown. We conducted a population-based study to estimate the incidence of laboratory confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations in a rural community in western India.
Authorities Deploy 136 Additional Tankers Pune: Shortage of drinking water has intensified in parts of Western Maharashtra with 1,026 villages in the four districts now dependent on tankers to meet their daily requirement of drinking water. The list of parched villages is only getting longer with the divisional commissioner’s office …
The System of Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), which provides information about air quality, weather and the current UV index was launched by Dr Shailesh Nayak, secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences here at a function on May 1. Nayak said pollutants like PM10, PM2.5, CO, NO3, O3 have adverse …
Of the 7.2 lakh registered properties in Pune, only 1,411 have installed rainwater harvesting systems as of July 2012, statistics with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) show. It is a clear indication that despite the civic body's efforts to inculcate water conservation, citizens have shown little inclination. City-based experts and …
Of the 7.2 lakh registered properties in Pune, only 1,411 have installed rainwater harvesting systems as of July 2012, statistics with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) show. It is a clear indication that despite the civic body's efforts to inculcate water conservation, citizens have shown little inclination. City-based experts and …
