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 …
All the 15 accused named by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board in a criminal case it filed against Lavasa Corporation were issued process by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (Pune), Mr N.T. Ghadge, on Thursday. In the order, all accused — including non-executive directors Ms Anuradha Desai, Mr Aniruddha Deshpande, Mr …
Experts at a day-long workshop on cellphone and cell tower radiation, hazards and solutions organised by IIT Bombay took on each other, with one group claiming that radiation from such towers had been found to be way below dangerous levels and another claiming the opposite. A report on electromagnetic radiation …
The environment ministry is yet to establish its green tribunal Benches in Kolkata, Chennai, Bhopal and Pune even a year after a notification was issued for the same. “The Principal Bench of National Green Tribunal has been made functional effective October 18, 2010. NGT and MoEF are vigorously pursuing the …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has stated that it took a liberal approach while granting clearance to the Lavasa township project, coming up near Pune, as 257 buildings have already been built and third-party rights created. The affidavit filed by MoEF in the Bombay high court stated …
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the petitioners and respondents in the Lavasa township case to consider whether the appropriate forum could be the tribunal, set up under National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act of 2010. The Act envisages a Tribunal for “expeditious disposal” of matters related to environmental protection. …
The Bombay High Court Wednesday asked the petitioners and respondents in the Lavasa township case to consider whether the appropriate forum could be the tribunal, set up under National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act of 2010. The Act envisages a Tribunal for "expeditious disposal" of matters related to environmental protection. The …
In a dramatic development, the proposal to build an underground metro instead of an elevated one on the 15-km Vanaz to Ramwadi route was rejected by the standing committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday in spite of the support by the ruling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Doing …
The court of chief judicial magistrate NT Ghadge on Monday asked the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to produce additional documents on which the private criminal complaint is based on against Lavasa Corporation Limited (LCL). The court was to pass an order in the case on Monday, but it directed …
The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has started revising the city development plan (CDP) as per the guidelines of the Union government. It would be used for planning the developmental works under the Jawaharlal Nehru national urban renewal mission (JNNURM) over the next 5 years. Neelkanth Poman, computer officer and …
Once again, the proposed biodiversity park (BDP) in the development plan (DP) of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has run into controversy. Civic and environmental activists are against any construction in the zone, citing it the green belt that will act as a carbon sink for the city’s pollution. There …
The Green Pune Movement (GPM), an NGO fighting against construction on hills since the past few years, has planned a six-day campaign from Monday. This follows an announcement by chief minister Prithviraj Chavan that the state government would allow 4% construction in proposed biodiversity parks (BDP). Convenor of GPM, Satish …
Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has rallied 8% to Rs 30.20 after the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) cleared the company’s hill city project at Lavasa near Pune, subject to the company meeting 47 conditions. The ministry of environment and forests' clearance was granted on the condition that the project …
After a year-long legal battle, the environment ministry on Wednesday granted a conditional clearance to the first phase of the multi-crore Lavasa Hill City project in Maharashtra. The clearance comes as a reprieve to Ajit Gulabchand’s ambitious hill city project, making losses to the tune of Rs 2 crore a …
The Union environment ministry on Wednesday gave environmental clearance (EC) to the controversial Lavasa hill township project near Pune in Maharashtra. The clearance, however, is subject to at least 57 conditions and regular monitoring. The 2,000-hectare first phase of the Lavasa project, which is expected to cost around Rs3,000 crore, …
Subject to a list of conditions that activists say are not strong enough After put on hold for a year, Lavasa's controversial township project on the hills near Pune has been given the green signal subject to a list of conditions that activists say are not strong enough. Ironically, it …
New Delhi Almost a year after it slapped stop-work orders on Hindustan Construction Company's (HCC) flagship hill city project at Lavasa near Pune, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Wednesday cleared the project subject to the company meeting 47 conditions. Construction on the first phase of 2,000 hectares …
Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare has criticised Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for making a pro-Lavasa statement. He said the government should instead conduct a serious enquiry and take strict action against the Lavasa Corporation for violating environmental laws. In a letter to Mr. Chavan, Mr. Hazare and social activist Medha …
Environmental clearance for the development of hill station township at village Mulshi and Velhe Talukas, district Pune, Maharashtra by M/s. Lavasa Corporation Ltd.
Terming the multi-crore-rupee Mutha and Mula river restoration project of the Pune Municipal Corporation, under the Jawaharlal Nehru national urban renewal mission (JNNURM) as blatant commercialisation of the rivers, civic and social activists opposed the ongoing project once again. On Sunday, in a meeting called by Sajag Nagrik Manch in …
MUMBAI: Social activist Medha Patkar has objected to chief minister Prithviraj Chavan's demand for green nod for the first phase of Lavasa. The chief minister had requested Union environment minister Jayanti Natarajan to grant environmental clearance to the first phase of the hill city project on November 4. Chavan's request …
