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 …
However, only 20 to 25 per cent plastic waste is recycled, while the remaining 60 to 70 per cent either remains in the landfills or ends up in the city’s water bodies. As Pune struggles with its burgeoning garbage problem, the consistent increase in the amount of plastic waste is …
Pune: It is a faulty survey system and methodology that makes Pune one of the top cleanest city in India on paper, experts have said. To drive home their point, they drew attention to the ground reality where the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has not been able to resolve the …
Regional Transport Officer Babasaheb Ajri speaks to The Indian Express on a range of issues, including school transport, rising vehicular pollution, congestion on roads and licence system, at an Idea Exchange. Sunanda Mehta: School transport has always remained a grey area. Why are autorickshaws allowed to overcram the students? I’ve …
The study “Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Among Diabetic and Non-diabetics: Insulin Resistance in Diabetic Patients”, is set to be published soon in the Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Even a 10 microgram per cubic metre rise in particulate matter (PM 10) level can increase breathlessness and reduce lung function …
Pune: Fatimanagar's residents are up in arms against Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) for digging up both sides of a road to lay underground drainage pipes and for restricting traffic by closing the lane between Diamond Bakery and Manish Darshan Apartment on Pune-Solapur highway. The PCB started work on the drainage …
Dr Gufran Beig, Project Director at SAFAR, said that the percentage of pollutants in the air from vehicular emission has increased manifold as compared to that from other sources. The need for a science-based urban Air Quality Management (AQM) programme was strongly felt way back in 2004 after Pune was …
PUNE: The civic health department has instructed doctors to administer oseltamivir tablets to suspected patients of swine flu within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. The health department of the Pune Municipal Corporation held a meeting of private general practitioners (GP) at Anna Bhau Sathe Hall in Sahakarngar on …
Bangalore – April 18, 2017: Infosys today announced that it has been awarded the LEED EBOM (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - Existing Building Operation & Maintenance) Platinum certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for its entire Infosys Pune Phase-2 campus. LEED Platinum is the highest …
PUNE: Over the past week, simply to get away from the ear-deafening music played for consecutive days, Tara Pathak was forced to leave her home, located close to Golibar Maidan, and move into a guesthouse in the neighbourhood. The move did not quite help, however, since the guesthouse was also …
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has stopped dumping of waste at the Uruli Phursungi garbage depot, where a fire has been raging since Friday night. While the PMC administration has pressed fire tenders and other machinery into service at the landfill site to control the fire and smoke, it is …
MSEDCL officials admitted that few consumers had expressed an interest in the net metering system and more consumers ought to avail the facility The trend of powering one’s home at a low cost, by using solar energy, is yet to catch up in the city. However, authorities of the Maharashtra …
Mumbai, touted to have considerably cleaner air than most north Indian cities, has been recording far higher air pollution levels than Delhi for over two weeks now. The reason, surprisingly, may not be a sudden increase in Mumbai's emissions but a sharp improvement in Delhi's air quality, scientists said. The …
PUNE: As many as six swine flu patients admitted to various hospitals in the city are in critical condition and have been put on ventilator support. "A total of six patients detected with swine flu are currently critical. They have been put on ventilator support at different hospitals in Pune …
Pune: The recent diagnosis of two Japanese encephalitis (brain inflammation) cases in Pune has set alarm bells ringing with medical experts calling for a close watch on the situation. These two might just be the 'index cases' — earliest identified occurrence of a disease — and must be closely monitored …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Sarang Yadwadkar Vs. The Pune Municipal Corporation & Others dated 02/01/2017 regarding construction of Pune Metro route passing through the Mula-Mutha river bed. NGT restrains the Respondents (Pune Municipal Corporation & Others) from constructing any roads, …
PUNE: On most days, Priti Shahane's daughters, aged four and nine years, find it difficult to sleep beyond 6am, although they are not expected to be up for school before 7.30am. The reasonhigh decibel noise from the construction site of an upcoming residential-cum-commercial project across their residence at Kumar Shantiniketan …
A study conducted among 10 Indian metro cities investigates the impact of municipal solid waste and animal birth control programme on stray dog population and its menaces. Its results show statistically strong and positive linkages among the variables such as human population, municipal solid waste, per capita solid waste, food …
For those living in the city, one must agree that the last couple of days haven't been as bright as they used to be. While some termed the days as a `dull start to the week' on social media, some are delving deep into the ills of smog filled Pune …
The Air Quality Index (AQI) of certain areas in the city was as high as 367 micrograms of pollutant PM2.5 per cubic metre on Tuesday. Such high levels of fine particulate matter in the air have led to the air quality being categorized as 'very poor' by authorities. Experts say …
PUNE: Anti-noise campaigner Dr Taramati Pathak has written to various authorities in the city in an effort to ensure that no firecrackers are burst in residential societies. Pathak has pointed out that, according to a Supreme Court ruling, the activity is illegal. According to a order by the court, passed …
