Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
Sadashiv Peth, Vadgaon Budruk Found Infested With Breeding Sites The spread of dengue virus is alarming not just in Sahakarnagar but also in residential areas of Sadashiv Peth and Vadgaon Budruk. Surveys conducted by state health officials have found these parts infested with Aedes mosquito breeding sites, mainly areas where …
A recent state health survey has sounded the dengue alarm in Sahakarnagar area, with 78% of the houses here found to have rampant breeding of dengue-causing Aedes mosquito on their premises. The survey's findings have led to the area being marked as high-risk zone with an outbreak-like situation. The entomological …
PUNE: The heavy fines proposed in the draft Road Transport and Safety Bill would help curb traffic violations which will gradually bring down the number of accidents in the city, road safety experts and traffic officials said. Every year, around 400 lives are lost on the city's roads. The traffic …
642 Of 2,122 Cases This Year In This Age Bracket The city's on-the-move youth have been the worst hit by dengue this year, with most cases of the fever reported in the 25-34 age group, followed by those aged between 15 and 24 years. The Pune Municipal Corporation's health department …
A total of 393 housing societies in the city have been issued show-cause notices for not clearing the mosquito-breeding spots on their premises thereby posing danger to the health of people living in and around the localities. As many as 28 people tested positive for dengue on Tuesday, taking the …
State Nod Expected By Weekend The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) expects approvals from all government authorities for its plan to dump the city’s waste in a state-owned quarry in Moshi, located near Pimpri Chinchwad. “The quarry in Moshi is the best option available. The administration has approached the district administration, …
An 84-year-old woman from Kothrud succumbed to infection from dengue and malaria at a private hospital in the city on Friday night, taking the death toll to four so far this year. The victim, Leela Pathkar, a resident of Paud Road in Kothrud, died of multiple organ failure around 8.30pm.“Pathkar …
The rapid spread of dengue continues to challenge health officials, with 55 people testing positive in the city on Wednesday — the highest in one day this year. The case tally for this month is now 361, which means that an average 36 people were detected with dengue every day …
Considering the “urgency and seriousness” required to tackle suspected cases of Ebola infection, the Bombay High Court Wednesday directed the state government to provide adequate detection facilities at international airports in Pune and Nagpur, on the lines of that in Mumbai, within 48 hours. Justices A S Oka and G …
At 4 pm on Monday and at 8 am on Tuesday, sound levels from festivities, as the city bid adieu to their favourite deity during the immersion procession (visarjan) crossed permissible limits, though it was lower than last year’s high. Students of the College of Engineering Pune (COEP), who monitored …
As many as 253 people have tested positive for dengue in the last seven days, which experts say is because of the fluctuating weather conditions characterized by spells of rain followed by sunshine. The city has recorded 1,020 dengue cases between January 1 and July 31 this year. Of these, …
Move Needed To Check Degradation Of Water Bodies: Activists The Pune Municipal Corporation will reserve quarries for dumping construction debris while identifying for land-filling process. Construction work in the city has picked up over the years along with renovations of flats and other properties, with debris being dumped recklessly. Activists …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Dr. Udaykumar Vasantrao Jagtap Vs Saswad Municipal Council & Others dated 04/09/2014 regarding untreated sewage and the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) disposal practices adopted by the Municipal Council of Saswad, District Pune, causing pollution of the …
PUNE: The din of horns in residential areas might soon be silenced with the state environment department on Wednesday issuing a notification asking municipal bodies to declare them as ?no-honking zones'. In the notification, the state government asked local bodies to hold public consultations and also stipulate no-honking timings. The …
Bicycle Ownership Has Gone Down In 10 Years, Cycle Tracks Need Attention: Report The city’s reputation of being a ‘hub of cycles’ has suffered a dent with the number of bicycles owned by Puneites showing a sharp decline in 10 years since 2001, says a report released by The Energy …
Littering, Failure to Segregate Garbage Will Now Invite Fine The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has finally woken up to the garbage problem of the city as it drafted the public health and sanitation bylaws-2014 for better segregation and disposal of waste. If the PMC has its way, throwing trash from …
The generation of waste in the slums is one-fourth the amount of waste generated in lower-middle class and higher income households, according to a study conducted by students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in collaboration with the city based SWaCH — Solid Waste Collection and Handling — a …
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has recommended that the buffer zone around the Moshi garbage depot in Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) can be reduced to 300 m. People have built their houses and housing schemes have come up around the depot. These residents have demanded that the …
City-based Nagrik Chetna Manch (NCM) on Monday asked political parties to stop taking credit for the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in the absence of one in the city. The members of the manch also alleged that the civic body and elected representatives have deceived the citizens in the name …
A proposal to construct houses of 500 sq ft to rehabilitate each slum family has been submitted to the general body . A proposal about the redevelopment of slums was discussed during the standing committee meeting in the first week of August.Corporators Shankar Kemse, Ravindra Dhangekar and Prithviraj Sutar gave …
