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 …
Pune In order to create awareness on environment issues, the district social forestry department on Wednesday started distributing 20 lakh seedlings to be planted all over the state.
Pune. Mumbai: Swine flu in India is not yet pandemic, but it is certainly creating panic in parts of the country. Fear is mounting as the number of infected persons continues to grow -- though only 20 cases of the disease have been confirmed nationwide, so far -- and worried …
Pune The wastelands, called padik zameen in the local parlance, on the outskirts of Pune are just pieces of degraded lands that do not fulfil their life-sustaining potential for many. But not for environmentalists who for the first time have studied and located eight species of scorpions in these lands, …
Gram Gaurav Prathisthan, an NGO in Naigaon region, strives for equitable distribution of water and sustainable development in rural areas of the state A number of government and non-government organisations have taken up the cause of rural development and water issues in rural areas, however, not all were able to …
PB Jayakumar & Makarand Gadgil / Mumbai June 05, 2009, 0:45 IST The world's fifth largest wind turbine maker, Suzlon Energy, which has been grappling with quality issues with its rotor blades in the US and struggling to repay debt, finds itself in rough weather yet again
Pune The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued notices to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to come up with multiple sites to address the issue of garbage dumping in Uruli Devachi and Phursungi villages. However, the PMC is yet to discuss the issue with the district collector.
Although District Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar had called on a meeting on Thursday to address the water woes in different areas, many feel that it was too late a step, as the monsoon is just a week away. A member from Velhe taluka said that the administration took up the …
Pune Nearly 89 villages in the district have been identified as flood-prone by the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA). Of them, eight villages have been named highly vulnerable. Chief executive officer and resident deputy collector Prakash Kadam said the district is ready to face the monsoon. In Pune city, the …
Pune It has taken 13 years but a definite step has finally been taken towards setting up the second phase of the Chakan airport - a move that could result in more automobile and ancillary companies setting up shop in Pune. With a high-powered committee of the state government on …
Pune A week after the villagers of Urali Devachi and Phursungi withdrew their agitation over the garbage depot issue, following an assurance from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)
Energy drinks sold in restaurants and grocery stores have caught the eye of food regulators in Maharashtra. In the first week of April, they seized large quantities of beverages sold under brands like Red Bull, Cloud 9, Fighter and SoBe Adrenaline Rush from godowns in Pune and Mumbai. Officials of …
Maharashtra food regulators seize consignments energy drinks sold in restaurants and grocery stores have caught the eye of food regulators in Maharashtra. In the first week of April, they seized large quantities of beverages sold under brands like Red Bull, Cloud 9, Fighter and SoBe Adrenaline Rush from godowns in …
Pune After a six-month wait, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has finally decided to trap the crocodile that was spotted in the Katraj Lake in November last year. An expert from the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, a Chennai-based group, will scan the lake for the crocodile on Sunday and trap …
Pune Though the district and civic authorities have promised to start segregating the dry and wet garbage in the next three months and that open dumping of garbage will be stopped in six months, the villagers of Urali Devachi and Phursungi on Monday deferred any decision regarding the Pune Municipal …
Pune The deadlock over the dumping of garbage at the depot near Uruli Devachi and Phursungi villages continued on Sunday as the village representatives stayed away from a meeting convened by the District Collector to resolve the issue. The Pune Municipal Corporation, meanwhile, remained non-committal on lifting garbage from the …
Pune On top of state list with 13 SEZs @ Rs 8.8K cr Pune leads the rest of the state by a huge margin in terms of investment through notified Special Economic Zones (SEZs) for the 2009 fiscal. It accounts for 13 of the 43 SEZs notified for the state …
Pune With the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) failing to segregate wet and dry garbage before dumping it on Uruli Devachi, villagers there on Thursday blockaded the site and forced the civic administration to look for alternative solutions. Acting PMC Health Officer R R Pardeshi said the villagers blocked garbage carriers …
