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 …
Many parts of the city on both banks of the Mutha river were affected by floodwaters on Saturday as 67,000 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of water, the maximum in the season, was released from Khadakwasla dam due to incessant rainfall for 24 hours. Deputy municipal commissioner and incharge of …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) today informed the Bombay High Court that it would pass its final order in the Lavasa case within three weeks. “The Ministry has accepted the recommendations along with the pre-conditions given by the Experts Appraisal Committee formed to look into the matter. A …
Being stuck in traffic is one of those unavoidable frustrations of urban living. Most cities, across the world, have to contend with intensified congestion, and are devising their own public policy solutions, but our cities are among the most spectacularly clogged. While this growth spurt in traffic may be inevitable, …
Pune Construction activity at Lavasa, Pune — being developed by Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) — has been at a standstill for the last nine months as the stop work order issued by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is yet to be withdrawn. The ministry is expected to pass …
The chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), CP Gautam, on Sunday said more than 60% of distilleries in the state do not comply with pollution control laws, becoming a major source of soil pollution. He was delivering the keynote address at a day-long workshop on ‘Zero liquid discharge …
Thirty-five years ago, the state government had promised to allocate 1 acre of land to each of the 860 farmers who were displaced because of land acquisition for the Pawna dam in Pune district. All that was required for the government was to identity 860 acres of land in the …
The National Democratic Alliance crippled the functioning of Parliament on Wednesday, demanding the dismissal of the Union Home Minister and the Maharashtra government over the police action here and in Pune respectively on Tuesday. The BJP and the Shiv Sena spearheaded the protest in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya …
Three farmers, including a 45-year-old woman, were killed in police firing off the Mumbai-Pune Expressway at Rautwadi in Kurunj village, about 55km off Pune on Tuesday. The police started firing when a rally of more than 2,000 farmers protesting against land acquisition for a water pipeline project from the Pawana …
Three farmers were killed and over 100 people, including 25 policemen, injured in police firing on violent protesters blocking the Mumbai-Pune Expressway at Baur village on Tuesday afternoon. The BJP-Shiv Sena-RPI in association with Shetkari Kisan Sangh had called for a bandh to protest against the Rs 400-crore pipeline project …
After successfully installing prepaid electricity meters in Lonavla, the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) plans to make available prepaid electricity meters for consumers in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. In the first phase, 6,000 prepaid meters will be installed for consumers. "In fact, we have installed prepaid meters at 27 …
Pune-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Parisar has slammed the Environment Status Report (ESR) of the Pune city prepared by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) terming it an eyewash. In a press statement, Parisar has said that the ESR only gives partial facts and figures about traffic and transportation in the city, …
A foreign firm, OEC-RVA-PHE, has been asked by the Pune district collector, Vikas Deshmukh, to prepare a pre-feasibility report on ways to control pollution in the Indrayani river. Deshmukh told reporters on Tuesday that he had a meeting with representatives of the firm along with officials of the irrigation department …
The first national-level advanced training programme in earth system sciences and climate will kick off on August 8 at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune. It will be inaugurated by the secretary, ministry of earth sciences (MoES), Shailesh Nayak. A brainchild of the MoES, the 18-month residential …
Fed up of pesticide laden vegetables? Then why not grow organic vegetables at home. No space? Even a small gallery or even unused bottles and cans are enough to grow vegetables at home. How? Ask Ek Titli. Ek Titli is an entrepreneurial venture by young enthusiasts such as Vaibhav Dugar, …
The Pune division of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to serve a show cause notice to the public sector utility Hindustan Antibiotics Limited for violating norms with regards to drugs close to their expiry date. FDA’s joint commissioner ST Patil told DNA on Tuesday that the company …
Two National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) scientists, Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni and Dattatraya H Dethe, have been selected as young associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences for 2011-14. This programme, introduced in 1983, identifies and encourages promising young scientists. The associateship is tenable for a maximum period of five years until …
The Energy and Resource Institute (Teri), the reputed environment institute, has failed to determine the carbon footprint of the city. The municipal administration has issued a notice to the institute to submit its report within two months, said additional municipal commissioner, Naresh Zurmure on Tuesday. He was speaking to reporters …
Increasing population, mainly due to migration, is putting significant strain on the civic amenities in the city and adversely affecting the environment of Pune. Additional municipal commissioner Naresh Zurmure, who prepared the Environment Status Report (ESR) of Pune for 2010-11, was speaking to reporters after presenting it before the Pune …
Three scientists from the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) in Pune, Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni, Dattatraya Dethe and Rahul Banerjee, have been selected for the Young Scientist Award 2011, instituted by the Council for Industrial and Scientific Research (CSIR). The award carries a cash prize and a citation and will be presented …
A 21-year-old woman died of suspected swine flu in Malegaon on Sunday. Nutan Khairnar, a resident of Kalwan taluka, was being treated for suspected swine flu at a private hospital in Satana but was shifted to Malegaon after her condition deteriorated.
