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: Pune-Based entrepreneur Rajiv Devkar seems to have hit the jackpot in his quest to preserve mangoes without the use of cold storage facilities. Devkar experimented with honey, a natural preservative as an alternative, putting two alphonso mangoes in a jar of honey in May and found them well-preserved in …
An excuse to privatize irrigation project STARTED in 1984, the yet to be completed Nira Deoghar irrigation project in Maharashtra has run into rough weather. A recent judgement by the three-member water regulatory authority has put on hold the privatization of the project in Bhor taluka, Pune district. Aimed at …
The peasantry in the Deccan suffered from widespread indebtedness during the 19th century. In March 1881, after touring the rural areas of Poona and Ahmadnagar districts, which were still recovering from the devastations caused by famine and the credit crunch followed by the peasant revolt of 1876-79, Mahadev Govind Ranade …
Pune, November 24 Saturday's fire at Elkay Chemicals Pvt Ltd, could have led to a major disaster in the Pimpri-Chinchwad-Bhosari industrial belt housing nearly 5,000 small, medium and large industries. PCMC
THERE was panic in Pimpri-Chinchwad on Saturday afternoon, when thick smoke, visible from afar, snaked skyward in Bhosari area. The cause was a major fire at ELKAY Chemicals Pvt. Limited and Shivam Industries. The fire that broke out at around 3.40 pm raged till 6.30 pm, when it was finally …
Pune, November 17 After a crocodile was spotted on the banks of Katraj lake, located behind the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park by some visitors on Saturday, zoo employees on Monday carried out a "casual search" for the reptile. The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), which runs the boating facility at …
Pune, November 03 Equine flu suspected as horses wheeze and sneeze; will not be able to race for at least a month Nearly 1,200 horses at the Pune Racecourse are ailing and need a month
Pune, October 30 Baramati taluka in Pune district might have led the way for promoting agri-tourism, but Maval taluka is all set to provide a cooperative touch to it. A group of 25 farmers have joined hands in the taluka to turn themselves into guides as well as promote the …
Shiral (Solapur) : Two months ago, Kailash Thate, a young man with 10 acres of farmland close to the Ujjani dam, set up an agro-processing unit to extract fibres from banana stems that is used to manufacture paper. Thate had visited an agro-business convention where participants were encouraged to take …
Aaditi Jathar Devised by Dr Vasant Pethe, it has city thinkers appealing for its feasibility study He claims to have the answer to the most persistent problem of the country-poverty. What
Pune, October 14 Social activist Medha Patkar has demanded the appointment of an inquiry committee to probe into the land acquisition and diversion of water for developmental projects. Patkar who was in Pune on Monday is touring the state to take up issues of those, who have to bear the …
Pune, September 29 Warkari leader Banda Tatya Karadkar, who was arrested on September 20 for leading the agitation against Dow Chemicals, was released from Yerwada Central Prison on Monday. The moment he stepped out, he vowed to resume the agitation against he project, which Warkaris allege would pollute the sacred …
Pune, September 24 In what could prove to be a path-breaking discovery for the Oil exploration and production business, scientists at Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune have identified environment friendly bacteria that allows extraction of oil at temperatures more than 90 degrees Celsius. Even as microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) …
