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 …
178 villages in the district have achieved 100% open defecation free status; Sindhudurg tops the list. Pune district has figured second on the list of districts in the state where a large number of villages have achieved cent per cent Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, according to a recent survey …
PUNE: The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has persistently ignored reports on biodiversity concerns and risk assessment studies along the Mumbai-Pune Expressway prepared by experts such as scientists and ecologists. In 2014, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, had prepared a detailed report on the rockfall risk assessment of …
PUNE: Deforestation and destruction of important flora that binds the soil on slopes have damaged the hill slopes along the Pune-Mumbai expressway, says environmentalists and scientists. A shrub called 'Karvi', which attains a height of almost 20 ft and has deep and strong roots, keeps the soil intact even if …
Old, rusted or leaking water distribution pipelines lead to contamination of drinking water, putting health at risk, and municipal corporations must immediately address this problem, say researchers and water experts. Scientists studying contamination in urban water distribution networks want civic authorities to fix pipeline leaks and install online chlorine monitoring …
The Kerala model will have to be adapted for Maharashtra where rocks and soil are different. A year after the July 30 Malin landslide that left 151 people dead, the Maharashtra government is set to test an early warning system in the state that has nearly 111 sites prone to …
The SEAC committee visited the site on July 26 last year and June 19 this year. The State Environment Appraisal Committee (SEAC) has rejected the proposal of a private company to conduct quarrying in the Lonavala-Khandala area on the ground that it could pose a threat to the environment. The …
It was revealed that the PCMC had asked the NEERI to submit a document about buffer zone at the Punawale site. Strange as it might sound, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) plans to take steps to reduce the buffer zone of the Punawale landfill site even before it is commissioned. …
Report highlights massive hill-cutting in region; Gadgil says previous and present govts do not care. It is been four years since experts panel on the Western Ghats ecology led by Madhav Gadgil highlighted the issue of massive hill-cutting in the entire region and warned of man-made disasters. However, till today, …
Quarrying could affect environment, should be regulated, say experts. In the past five years, Pune city and surrounding areas have registered as many as 85 cases of hill cutting, of which penalty has been paid only in nine cases while the remaining are either pending in the high court or …
PUNE: Though monsoon is yet to hit the city with all its might, mosquito-borne diseases like dengue have already started rearing their heads. A total of 20 cases of dengue have been reported from different hospitals in the city in the last 15 days. The actual number, however, may be …
The report of the Central Groundwater Board (CGWB) said that as many as 31% of the wells analysed in Maharashtra in November 2014 had water levels a good 5 to 10 metres below the surface. The levels were between 2 and 5 metres in 44% of the wells surveyed in …
For some store owners, though, the controversy has not majorly impacted the sale of the product. While the Pune division of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will confirm whether Nestle’s product Maggie is edible or not by Friday, the two-minute noodles has not yet disappeared from the shelves of stores …
PUNE: The rural areas of Pune and Thane districts can expect to get Bharat Stage IV fuel — an environment-friendly alternative — from April 1 next year. The Bharat Stage (BS) norms are equivalent to Euro norms on emission. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has recently issued a …
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal bench in Pune has restrained two developers from constructing a resort-cum-hotel on a hill top at Lonavla for causing environmental degradation and also endangering property of a welfare home for ageing blind located adjacent to the construction site. In a judgment pronounced on May 26, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Wireless Co-operative Housing Society Vs Chaitrali Builders/Sumashilp (P) Ltd. dated 26/05/2015 regarding environmental clearance granted to Chaitrali Builders/Sumashilp (P) Ltd., Pune by the MoEF.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter NAB Lions Home for Aging Blind Vs Kumar Resorts & Ors. dated 26/05/2015 regarding construction activities by Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 (Kumar Resorts & Kumar Ailani) at village Khandala-(Lonavala), Tal. Maval, district Pune. At the hill-top, …
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench in Pune has imposed penalties collectively worth Rs 76.20 lakh on two builders and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for environmental damage caused by illegal excavation and cutting of hills at Shindewadi near Katraj tunnel. This includes Rs 15 lakh compensation …
Although India is set to become water scarce country by 2025 due to demand-supply mis-match, the water sector is expected to see investment of USD 13 billion from overseas players in the next few years, a new study has said. "India's demand for water is expected to exceed all current …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Aam Aadmi Lokmanch Vs State of Maharashtra & Others dated 19/05/2015 regarding destruction of hills around city of Pune for the purpose of land grabbing and illegal construction of buildings.
After 102.6mm of rain in three hours on Wednesday, Pune now has an excess of 138.5mm pre-monsoon rainfall in its kitty which will help in increasing the groundwater levels here. As per the weather office data, the city has received the maximum pre-monsoon showers among all the other parts of …
