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 …
According to state health officials, doctors attributed the rise in number of swine flu cases to patients coming in late for treatment. Mumbai: Swine flu, a vector-borne disease, has so far claimed 330 lives in Maharashtra, making it the worst of swine flu-hit states in the country. Across India, the …
PUNE: Accounting for 90 chikungunya cases till May this year, Pune continues to be the hotbed of mosquito-borne disease in the state. Pune, including the areas under Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations, and fringe villages, reported as many as 90 chikungunya cases against the state's total of 111 between …
Mumbai: A total 261 persons in Maharashtra have died due to swine flu so far, of which, 10 passed away in Mumbai. In the entire region, Pune has recorded the highest number of deaths this year at 62. With swine flu virus proliferating along with monsoon ailments such as dengue, …
PUNE: Villages located on the outskirts of the city along the baby canal have demanded that the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) supply fresh drinking water through tankers. Residents claim that polluted water released from the Mundhwa jackwell has contaminated the water in the canal. The jackwell releases treated sewage into …
PUNE: Maharashtra will soon join other states equipped with a special special satellite surveillance system to map their 3,500 odd stone quarries and help government officials curb illegal mining activities. The project of the Indian Bureau of Mines will map the data of minor minerals, particularly sand and other material …
PUNE: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday approved handing over of 19.9 hectares of forest land in Pimpri Sandas village, where Pune solid waste will be scientifically treated. The land will be handed over to the Pune Municipal Corporation, the tweet by CM's office stated. The proposal related to the …
The census work began at 12 noon on May 10 and lasted until 12 noon of May 11. The Maharashtra Forest Department carried out a day-long annual waterhole animal census of the Pune district on May 10 which covered animal sightings in four wildlife sanctuaries — Nanaj, Bhimashankar, Rehekuri and …
The groundwater situation in Pune region has also shown marked improvements in the last 3 months Even with summer season currently at its peak, the groundwater situation in Pune region has not only remained stable, but also shown marked improvements in the last three months. This encouraging trend is in …
Farmers have a complex relationship with their land: losing it means losing an entire way of life. A survey of the original inhabitants of Maan, a village near Pune where land was acquired for an information technology park and industrial estates, found that the process of acquisition was both attractive …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Hanuman T. Rakte & Others Vs. Aurangabad Distillery Ltd. & Others dated 14/03/2017 regarding pollution caused by M/s Aurangabad Distillery Pvt Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra. Affidavit filed by Regional Officer, MPCB, Pune, who visited the site and …
The project is the brainchild of a Mumbai-based couple Kislay and Sheena Vora, as part of which, Vora and his team go around the city and bandage tree branches. Passing through the lanes of Koregaon Park, one may come across a number of trees with a gauze-covered branch or bark. …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Nanik Rupani & Anr. Vs Secretary MoEF & Ors dated 28/02/2017 regarding devastation due to hill-cutting and tree felling in Lonavala, Pune, Maharashtra. NGT restrains M/s Vikas Developers from hill cutting in the project area of …
A tempo loaded with plastic waste collected from neighbourhoods in Pune; Dr M Tadpatrikar and Shirish Phadtare Pune duos plants churning polyfuel from polythene bags and pet jars find takers across Maharashtra, and even Visakhapatnam What started as a dream for two Pune-based business-partners, has now become an environmental campaign …
PUNE: Smog hanging over the city in winter and summer, stinking and stagnant rivers, ugly hoardings, unauthorized flex boards and garbage burning leave a pollution trail that needs urgent correction. All round efforts from corporators and citizens who care about the city may still undo all that has gone wrong …
PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The forest department has started surveying the scheduled trees along the Pune-Mumbai highway in Dehu Road Cantonment Board limits to identify trees that need to be cut or relocated for road widening. More than a dozen environmental and social organizations in Pimpri Chinchwad staged an agitation near Nigdi …
Pune: The State Environmental Appraisal Committee, in a bid to crack down on non-compliance, has decided not to grant clearances to any new stone quarries in Pune district. This decision places a roadblock in the way of an earlier proposal for 24 new quarries, which the committee has opposed. This …
Pune: Water borne diseases like diarrhoea, cholera, typhoid and viral hepatitis affected as many as 6,012 people in the state while claiming 30 lives in 2016, against the 5,175 cases and seven deaths recorded last year, states the latest report of the state health department. A sizeable number of children …
PUNE: The winter chill may have brought down the number of dengue infections in the city but the virus continues to wreak havoc among those infected. On Monday , hospitals within the municipal limits of Pune city confirmed two deaths due to dengue-fever induced complications. With this, the number of …
Chikungunya continues to infect a sizable number of people across the state even as winter has set in. Experts have pointed out that fluctuating temperature, sunny days and cold nights, provide a conducive atmosphere for the virus to grow and proliferate. As many as 214 people were diagnosed to be …
PUNE: This month, the city was badly affected by mosquito-borne diseases. A whopping 3,378 cases - mainly of chikungunya and dengue -were recorded in the last 30 days, accounting for an average of 112 cases per day. Chikungunya affected 2,523 residents alone, followed by dengue fever which laid low a …
