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 …
Pune: Daily commuters can expect some improvement in city’s public transport system as 660 buses, hired by PMPML, would start plying on the road by the end of January next year. About 330 of these buses were to be launched last Saturday at a formal programme by deputy chief minister …
Panchayats Used Inferior Bleach For Treatment Pune: An analysis of the drinking water quality from 17,000 water sources in Pune district by the health department of the Pune Zilla Parishad (ZP) has revealed contamination. Of the 3,157 water samples collected in October, 592 or 19% were contaminated. Of the 3,144 …
Blueprint Necessary To Get Funds From JNNURM Phase II Pune: A plan that is expected to steer the city’s development for the next three decades has been approved by the elected members. The general body of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday approved the draft for the revised city …
‘No More Trial Runs Till Survey Is Done’ Pune: The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML), the city’s bus transport undertaking, has urged the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations to conduct a road safety audit of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT) routes which would be commissioned in a …
Pune: The latest gadgets and gizmos always create a buzz on college campuses, but for once the conversation will be all about what happens to the models long discarded. Wastepickers collective Solid Waste Collection and Handling (SWaCH) plans to launch an awareness drive about e-waste in colleges next month. “The …
Pune: At a time when dengue has proved to be a major health concern for the city, other mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and chikungunya have kept the civic administration on its toes. According to a report brought out by the health department of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), as many …
Civic Chief Says It Is The Only Option To Solve City’s Traffic Woes Pune: Despite the elected representatives demanding to scrap the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), municipal commissioner Mahesh Pathak said on Thursday that the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will have to go ahead with its implementation, as it …
Pune: The city has recorded 134 dengue cases in the last 16 days of this month, already surpassing the 133 cases registered for the whole of October. In fact, this is the highest number of cases recorded in such a short span in any month of this year. Experts and …
An independent cell for bus rapid transit (BRT) operations will ensure its success. The Nagrik Chetna Manch (NCM), a non-political organization working on sustainable transport and civic issues, has stressed on the need for such a cell, to manage and operate the BRT system and urged the traffic police and …
Now, builders will be required to reserve 20 per cent land for affordable housing only in projects on over 4,000-sq m plots. Nearly two years after Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan unveiled a new plan to boost affordable housing stock in the state, his government has watered down its main provisions. …
NOISE LEVELS CROSSED 100 DB IN MANY AREAS; KOREGAON PARK NOISIEST Pune: Firecracker traders may have reported a drop in sales this Diwali, but the city still had a deafening blast on Sunday evening, with noise levels breaching the permissible barrier of 55 decibels (dB) in many areas, and also …
The levels of air pollutants more than doubled in some parts of the city, shooting way past the permissible limit this Diwali. While levels of gaseous pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide were only slightly higher than normal, level of particulate suspended matter shot up to an unhealthy …
Air pollutant levels shot up to twice their permissible limit in various parts of the city on Sunday evening. Competing for the top honours for the most polluted air on Diwali night was the eastern suburb of Hadapsar, and the heart of the city, Shivajinagar. The air at Nigdi turned …
The dengue virus type 2 (DENV-2) is currently predominant among the three serotypes of the virus co-circulating in Pune, scientists at the city-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) have found. DENV-2 causes severe infection. The scientists identified the serotype in a molecular study on 51 blood samples till October of …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up the state government for failing to implement measures to improve the sanitation and sewage management in Pandharpur, a big pilgrim centre. In a strongly worded order passed by the western bench of the tribunal, the court has noted that a working plan …
For asthma patient Anushree Sharma, the last eight-ten days have been particularly difficult. The changing weather coupled with dust and pollution aggravated her breathing problem, rendering her nebulizer ineffective, and forcing her to visit the doctor for treatment. The haze enveloping the city in the morning hours, coupled with the …
Pune: Fourteen villages located in the north of Pimpri-Chinchwad city have opposed merger into the municipal limits citing fear of losing agricultural land for civic amenities. The state government is considering a proposal to bring these villages into the civic limits instead of creating a separate municipal council for Chakan …
PMC Gets Bidders After It Tweaks Tender, Makes It Commercially Viable The city’s much talked about 24x7 water supply and water meter scheme may see the light of the day finally, with its pilot project making some progress. After three unsuccessful attempts, the civic body has received response from five …
The early rains of the 2013 monsoon ended the drought in Maharashtra. But the long-term problem remains. A combination of measures is required to tackle the issue.
Around 20 years from now, Mumbai and Chennai may routinely start seeing temperatures hotter than they have experienced in 150 years, an alarming University of Hawaii study predicting the climate ‘tipping points’ of various cities has warned. By 2045, Pune, Surat, Jaipur, Bangalore and Ahmedabad would have joined the ranks …
