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 …
The KG-D6 field off the Andhra coast will almost double India's gas production and could change the face of gas usage in cities Natural gas from Reliance Industries Ltd's (ril) Krishna Godavari (kg)-D6 field has just begun commercial production. With this, India's need for natural gas will increasingly be met …
Pune Improvement of public transport has been mentioned as his focus by BJP candidate Anil Shirole in his manifesto which was released on Thursday. Projecting this as the major concern before the Pune Lok Sabha constituency, he said that transport issues need to be addressed as Pune was growing with …
Pune It was seen as a move to reduce pollution in the city when the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) set an April-end deadline for all city autorickshaws to convert from petrol to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). It was a trade off for not reducing the …
Pune Activists and residents living along Paud Road have alleged that in order to widen the stretch of road between Paud Phata and Chandani Chowk, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has chopped off no less than 40 trees of different varieties along the way. They have asked why the PMC …
Pune In a bid to bring about a solution to the garbage crisis in Uruli Devachi and Phursunhi, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is pondering over creating ward-wise garbage processing units in all the 14 wards of the city, through which energy would also be created. The PMC says that …
Pune Much to the relief of the Pune Municipal Corporation officials, as well as the citizens who have ben negotiating garbage heaps on the roads for the last five days, villagers of Uruli Devachi and Phursungi today allowed the civic body to dispose of the city
Pune Venting his ire on the Regional Transport Office and the Pune Municipal Corporation, Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh on Tuesday said that these bodies were responsible for the traffic problems in the city and not the traffic police. Singh said that in transgression of all development and parking rules, the …
This paper outlines the integrated approach in decentralised planning, designing and execution of master plan 2025 for the treatment and disposal of sewage of Pune city.
Pune The Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) has blamed the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML), private bus operators and rickshaw drivers for the traffic chaos in the city. They called on the DCP Traffic Manoj Patil and the CMD of PMPML to take stringent action against …
Purulia The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) has started Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus service with luggage cabinet from airport to Pune railway station and Deccan. From Airport to Pune station, the fare will be Rs 25 and to Deccan Rs 40, said a press release issued by the …
Pune Whether he wins or loses, Pune can hope to be a lot more green if Bahujan Samaj Party candidate for the Lok Sabha constituency, D S Kulkarni, keeps his word. He has promised a tree for each vote he gets.
Pune On Thursday, the BEE and Prayas Energy group conducted a day-long seminar among stakeholders on the successful implementation of the recently announced 'Bachat Lamp Yojana' scheme by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). The scheme seeks to promote the replacement of incandes cent bulbs by much more efficient compact …
Pune As the Pune Municipal Corporation has proposed to take over the Peshwe Energy Park from the Maharashtra Energy Development Authority (MEDA), the famous Phulrani train, which will be completing 53 years of operation on April 8, will be back under PMC
Pune A month after 27 trees were illegally cut by the Survey of India (SOI) in its Maharashtra and Goa Geo-spatial Data Centre on Alandi Road, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is about to serve them a second notice indicating judicial action against them. Activists, however, term it as delay …
Pune The pollution display boards across the city could soon look different. Instead of indifferent numbers that report the pollution and the air quality levels at various points in the city, the Air Quality Management Cell (AQMC) of the Pune Municipal Corporation has been working on an alternative way to …
ANURADHA MASCARENHAS PUNE, MARCH 19 THE child sex ratio (below six years) has been on the decline in the country and villages and districts are now hitting a new low. Pune city, and district, has clearly made its choice and opted for the male child. Biith registrations at Pune Municipal …
This paper describes the development of poverty lines in India, from the 19th century to the present, and assesses their limitations as an indication of poverty. It demonstrates that use of the official poverty line results in considerable underestimation of the extent of urban poverty, and oversimplifies the nature of …
A national mission to make investments in 63 Indian cities over seven years has run half its course, but there are concerns about how projects are being chosen and whether all the money and effort will finally deliver an improved and inclusive urban environment. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal …
