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 …
Days after two tribals from Pune district filed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging a government notification which empowers Lavasa Corp to act as a special planning authority, the company termed the move as “motivated and malafide”. The realty firm, constructing a hill city (called Lavasa) near Pune, …
There is an institutional gap in rural areas, and thus it is difficult to implement the green rating for integrated habitat assessment (Griha) scheme in those areas, said Nobel prize laureate Rajendra Pachauri, who is also director of The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri). He was talking to media persons …
If Monday saw Pune shivering at a 7.2° Celsius, Tuesday is expected to be colder still at 6° Celsius. In fact, the city’s lowest minimum temperature of7.2° this season on Monday morning was a good four degrees below normal. While predicting a further drop to 6° on Tuesday morning, IMD …
After a delay of six years, the state government at last approved the development plan (DP) of 23 villages merged in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), but the decision on the controversial proposal of biodiversity park (BDP) on 2,416 acres would be taken after two months by choosing one of …
A recent paper published by the IIC in the Capital elaborates on the Magarpatta story: how land-owning agriculturists in the Pune municipal area got together to form a corporate entity for planned urban development. Now the idea of small and marginal farmers leveraging their land assets to build entire cities …
The first phase of the much-awaited widening of Nashik-Pune Road finally got the Centre’s green signal for the Nashik-Sinnar patch. The finance department’s public private partnership (PPP) committee has also cleared the plan. Nashik-Pune has become one of the busiest roads and proposals for a rail line and extension of …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Vilappilsala waste treatment plant will be closed down and a zero waste management project will be implemented to deal with wastes generated in the Corporation limits, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here on Wednesday. “But the location of the new facility is yet to be decided. Reports stating …
Environmental activists in Pune insisted on a holistic restoration of the Mutha river, not a piecemeal effort, at the second meeting on the proposed restoration project of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday. DNA had reported (‘PMC dumps river navigation project’, Dec 17) how river navigation would not be …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday made public a Rs3,215-crore comprehensive ‘City Cleaning Plan’ (CCP) under the national urban cleanliness policy, focussing on water supply, sewage and solid waste management, and protection of environment. It will seek budgetary support of Rs603 crore from the PMC standing committee, which is …
The Meghalaya Government has embarked on a hi-tech waste management project to clean up its cities and turn garbage and wastes to productive use as a spin-off. An Expression of Interest floated by the government recently for such a pilot project here has had as many as seven Indian and …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) general body (GB) on Monday approved a proposal for the public bicycle project. Under the Rs7-crore plan, the contractor would make 300 bicycles available to citizens on rent, at an effective cost of Rs2.33 lakh per piece (including stands, staff and other expeditures). Although the …
The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) commissioner, Ashish Sharma, on Friday clarified that the state government has not yet scrapped the closed water pipeline project to lift water from the Pavana river. “The state government has not issued any notification about scrapping the project,” he said, adding that it has …
River navigation will not be part of the river restoration project of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). This was disclosed by the PMC’s environment officer, Mangesh Dighe, in a presentation at a meeting of select environmental activists, PMC officials and river experts, convened by industrialist Anu Aga in the city …
To increase awareness on fuel efficiency and provide better service to customers, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) launched the ‘Fuel 2 Faayda’ campaign in Pune and Satara districts. BPCL general manager, KH Subramanian, kick-started the drive at the company’s petrol pump on Sinhagad Road on Monday. The company’s territory manager …
To increase awareness on fuel efficiency and provide better service to customers, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) launched the ‘Fuel 2 Faayda’ campaign in Pune and Satara districts. BPCL general manager, KH Subramanian, kick-started the drive at the company’s petrol pump on Sinhagad Road on Monday. The company’s territory manager …
Even as the row over huge donations made by Indiabulls to a foundation headed by controversial public works minister Chhagan Bhujbal is yet to die down, the issue of IT parks constructed by the construction major in Mahim and Lower Parel rocked parliament on Tuesday. Minister of state for environment …
Only 26% of the state’s population has enrolled for the Unique Identification (UID) card scheme so far. The target was to enroll 80% of the state’s population by March 2012. It seems impossible to meet the target. The state launched the UID drive in January 2011.It registered 1crore citizens in …
The city improvement committee (CIC) of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Monday approved a Rs715-crore project to develop five new sewage treatment plants and augment capacity of five existing ones to ensure 100% treatment of sewage before releasing it into the river. CIC chairman, Arun Dhimdhime told reporters the …
Residents of Moshi have opposed the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's (PCMC) plan to shift its common bio-medical waste treatment facility (CBWTF) from Pimpri to Moshi. The Nagari Hakka Kriti Samiti (NHKS) has written to the PCMC with the Samiti's president, Sunil Gaikwad, warning that an agitation would be launched if …
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board had filed criminal complaint In a move that will initiate the prosecution of Lavasa Corporation, a Pune court on Thursday ordered issue of process against nine directors and six officials of the Corporation. All the 15 persons, including chief promoter Ajit Gulabchand, have been asked to …
