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 In a new twist to the bus purchase saga, the Central Government has opposed the proposal of the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) to purchase 200 low-floor CNG-run buses and asked it to go for diesel-run buses instead, saying the CNG-bus manufacturers would not be able to supply …
Nanda Kasabe Pune: Serum Institute of India (SII) is working at a furious pace on producing a H1N1 vaccine. SII is among the three labs selected by the WHO in India to develop the vaccine. So far, there has been no vaccine made of this kind anywhere worldwide and around …
India registered its first swine flu death today after a 14-year-old school girl from Pune fell victim to the virus. Rhia Shaikh, a resident of the cantonment area in Pune, was admitted to the Jehangir Hospital last week with symptoms of the disease, hospital authorities said. The death occurred even …
Pune Several IT firms and IT parks have introduced parking fee for employees. Many of them say it is to encourage them to opt for car pools or use company transport. Infosys is also charging its staff for use of its nine-storey parking facility.
Pune The Pune Construction Engineering Research Foundation (PCERF), has organised Waste Busters, a symposium on the utilisation of waste materials for construction industry at Dr Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture, Karve nagar on August 2. The event, which is part of PCER
Pune The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has allocated 0.4 million metric standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd) of natural gas for the city, which has been linked to Dahej pipeline. Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Apurva Chandra, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said that …
Pune The PMC Environment Status Report (ESR) has attributed the reason for water pollution to mix of sewage water in the existing water resources in the city jurisdiction. The civic body plans to treat 100 per cent of sewage generated in the city by 2015. The report says that water …
Pune Spurred by the energy audit that has shown the way to saving power, the Pune Municipal Corporation has decided to take up the energy audit of all its buildings from hospitals, schools, gardens to the one lakh street lights in the city so that it could reduce its electricity …
Pune The city on Wednesday saw a lot of wind activity in most places, along with incessant rains. Even as the wind velocity in the city on Tuesday was five nautical miles per hour (knots), it was low on Wednesday but could continue to scale up with the monsoon activity …
Pune As many as 87 dengue cases have been reported from different parts of Pimpri-Chinchwad so far in this month. Similarly, 102 persons have been affected by malaria till July 22. The figures of dengue and malaria cases in July are the highest for any month recorded by the medical …
Pune Two-thirds of those tested postive for the H1N1 virus in the state are from Pune. Till date, 30 people have been infected with H1N1 virus (swine flu) in Pune, of which 17 are children. Dr Pradeep Awate, in charge of the swine flu control cell in Mumbai, said a …
Pune Heavy rainfall in the recent few days has been enough to turn the fortunes for the drinking water supply in city. It is another matter that it has not quite happened. This year, the city has five TMC more water than what it had during the corresponding period last …
Pune/Hyderabad, July 19: Ten students of a Pune school have tested positive for H1N1 flu, taking the number of infected persons here to 21, health officials said on Sunday. Around 60 students of standard eighth of Abhinav English medium school were under observation after a batch of five students was …
Pune Despite the irrigation department releasing water in its canal after the heavy rainfall increased the water level in the Khadakwasla Dam, The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has pressed four more water tankers in service on requisition to meet the citizens
Pune Soon, schoolchildren will join the green brigade and play an active role in the fight against climate change as the the concept and its effects would be demystified and will soon be presented in the form of computer games for them in the city. Taking a step forward, a …
Pune The National Institute of Virology (NIV) has observed three types of dengue virus circulating in Pune and while this does not mean an increase in the severity of the disease, it most certainly means "more dengue related activity in the region and hence more cases." Dr Cecilia Dayaraj, deputy …
Pune Dengue and malaria continue their surge in Pimpri-Chinchwad without any tangible efforts from the civic body to curb the menace. While malaria has crossed the 300 mark, dengue cases have reached 187 since January. Even as it rained throughout Tuesday, the medical department of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation is …
Pune The water-starved city heaved a sigh of relief as the Rain Gods smiled on Tuesday morning. By evening, the citizens were also smiling. There was water in the rivers, dams and roads. The catchments of all the dams supplying drinking water to Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad received heavy rain through …
