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 …
Shetkari Sanghatana had organised a massive demonstration outside the Central Building on Monday to press for lifting of the ban on export of all agricultural produce, such as sugar, cotton, soyabean and milk. The agitators were also demanding the implementation of the minimum support price for sugar announced by the …
Pune is a water-rich city with four dams and three rivers supplying water. However, every year, as the summer sun beats down on the city, the citizens usually face water cuts which make them wake up to the reality of fast-depleting water resources. Rapid urbanisation, concretisation of surfaces, reduction in …
In good news for Lavasa Corporation, which is promoting the controversial hill station project in Pune, the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Union environment ministry has cleared construction and development activities that have already taken place on 700 hectares out of the total project area of 5,000 hectares. While …
A site inspection of the Lavasa hill city conducted by the Pune district administration has revealed that 7,78,86, 600 cubic feet of mining has been conducted in two villages by Lavasa Corporation Limited (LCL). The comprehensive data regarding the remaining 17 villages is still being consolidated by the authorities, according …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has intensified its drive to clean the Mula river of the rapidly proliferating water hyacinth. On Monday, malaria surveillance inspector Govind Satpute and his team were spotted cleaning the Mula river, which is covered hyacinth, after successfully cleaning Pashan lake. Satpute, who has been undertaking …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has announced strict action against those who fail to segregate garbage and those found burning waste. The PMC staff too has been warned of action if found burning waste. The decision follows efforts by the National Society for Clean Cities (NSCC) to persuade the civic …
In a move to send a strong message, the health department of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has issued show-cause notices to its five ward medical officers (WMOs) for inaction during the anti-tobacco week in January this year. The WMOs are from the ward offices of Ghole Road, Kothrud, Ahmednagar Road, …
Minutes of the meeting dated 4/03/2011 on environmental clearance for the development of hill station township (1st Phase -2000 ha) at Village Mulsi and Velhe Talukas, District Pune, Maharashtra by M/s. Lavasa Corporation Ltd [F.No. 21-9/2011-IA.III.
In another setback to Lavasa Corporation Limited, the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has deferred environmental clearance to the first phase of India
The state primary education department has assured that the mid-day meals for students in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)-run schools would start within the next few days. DNA had earlier highlighted the suspension of the meals for a majority of over two lakh students in municipal schools in the city for …
With the Centre making an allocation of Rs21,000 crore for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in the Union Budget, the education department of the Pune Zilla Parishad (ZP) exuded confidence that its proposal for Rs184 crore for the next fiscal would be approved by the Union government. The Pune district has …
The mid-day meal scheme for poor children has come to a halt in nearly 70% of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) schools for the past three months. A majority of nearly two lakh poor students in the city
In an effort to make Katraj the first garbage-free ward in the city, NGO Janwani, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Cummins Group and SWaCH Cooperative will jointly launch a project on Wednesday. The launch marks the birth anniversary of Sant Gadgebaba, a social reformer, who propagated the value of cleanliness. …
Tech hub Bangalore tops the list in a new Morgan Stanley report on how India's booming cities cope with problems from infrastructure to job creation, with Mumbai, India's financial capital, trailing in 21st place. Asia's third-largest economy is home to one-quarter of the world's 20 most densely populated cities but …
Pimpri-Chinchwad mayor Yogesh Behl on Tuesday ordered a probe into the alleged irregularities and corruption in implementing the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme. The move comes after a 65-year-old slum-dweller, Dastagir Manjush Shaikh, committed suicide in Vetalnagar, Chinchwad, on Monday after he was pronounced ineligible to get a house under …
A WIND farm project under way in Khed and Mawal talukas of Pune has partially destroyed protected forests and threatens farmland in the area. On December 16, 2010, the Bombay High Court, responding to a public interest petition by a people’s forum, ordered a halt on tree felling. But blasting …
Final minutes of meeting held on 14-15 Feb 2011 on the environmental clearance for the development of hill station township at village Mulshi and Velhe Talukas, District Pune, Maharashtra by M/s. Lavasa Corporation Ltd.
Bibekhed village in Buldana district sparkles brightly against the bleak backdrop of Vidarbha known for its despairing farming community. Till about ten years ago, men here wouldn
