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 …
Testing in Pune was conducted at an open ground recently. “We have submitted our report to the MPCB HQ for further analysis and the results will be declared soon,” MPCB officials said. Even as testing of samples of firecrackers in Mumbai showed a decline in noise levels as compared to …
PUNE: Several people stepping out of their houses eary in the morning were pleasantly surprised to see `dense vapour' in the air. Initially perceived as fog, it did not take much time for them to realise that it was smog. Pollution levels have escalated considerably over the past few days …
PUNE: This festive season, the Anti-Noise Pollution Committee is hoping more and more citizens will let go of made-up traditions and embrace the Diwali Oath instead. The committee, founded by Dr Yeshwant Oke, has been giving out the four-point oath to students for the past decade. It can help youngsters …
The report has recommended that the PMC consider alternative route options for this stretch. While the eagerly anticipated Pune Metro is being seen as an answer to the city’s traffic gridlock, a report by the Biodiversity Monitoring Committee (BMC) of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has suggested that the project …
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench here on Tuesday ordered a city-based developer to pay an environmental compensation cost of Rs 100 crore or 5% of the total cost of the project, whichever is less, for flouting environment clearance (EC) conditions relating to an integrated housing project at Vadgaon …
On the overall assessment in the environment status report (ESR) of 2015-16, the environment performance index has slightly decreased in the PMC despite conservation efforts. THE Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) general body Monday approved the Environment Status Report (ESR) for 2016 with corporators urging the civic administration to work towards …
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench has given two weeks to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and other respondents to file rejoinders on the contradictory maps showing the contour line, blue line and floodplain of Ramnadi river. The tribunal was hearing a plea against illegal constructions and encroachments along the …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Tanaji Balasaheb Gambhire Vs Ministry of Environment & Forest & Others dated 27/09/2016 regarding flouting of environmental clearance by a developer (M/s Goel Ganga Developers India Private Limited) of a housing project in Pune, Maharashtra. National …
PUNE: The Union government's decision to enforce particulate matter emission standards and on-board diagnostic system for bikes and three-wheelers for the first time might improve the air quality in the city choked with over 22 lakh two-wheelers. Union ministry of road transport and highways has notified implementation of the Bharat …
PUNE: Every Ganeshotsav, octogenarian Nana Puranik either stops stepping out of his apartment or goes out of the city to skirt the noise demon. Nana has undergone a bypass surgery and faces various ailments. His best bet during the festival is to visit his relatives in rural areas. He complains …
The presence of harmful chemicals and toxic paints in the idols, environmentalists point out, poses a major threat to aquatic life. As the 10-day Ganesh festival draws closer to its grand culmination, the immersion of Plaster of Paris (PoP) idols in the city’s water bodies has become a major point …
PUNE: Those who have made alterations to their vehicles so that it makes more noise may soon have to pay hefty fines as the government is looking at imposing heavy penalties on such modifications that exceed the prescribed noise limits. These alterations are usually made with the specific intention of …
PUNE: Weeks after the Bombay High Court ordered the state government to consider use of noise mapping and classify various zones in the maximum city, a Pune-based organization is voluntarily taking up the task here. The organization also seeks residents' involvement from the city's residents to help with the task …
PUNE: Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) aims to identify sites for successful development of tidal and floating solar power projects in the country with the help of Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water). SPPU signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with K-water for development of tidal and floating power generation projects …
PUNE: Sus Road resident Rajashree Kale has called police almost every night for the past few months. Her complaint is the same every day - the noise from the construction site in front of her house makes it hard for her family to sleep. Sometimes, it is so loud that …
PUNE: Hospital and educational institutions, where silence is really golden, are surrounded by noise at all times of the day, official data shows. The civic body's Environment Status Report (ESR) 2015-2016 says that the city's silent zones are anything but that. Pune Municipal Corporation has declared 1,195 silent zones in …
PUNE: Roses and 'thank you' cards were handed out to commuters on Monday morning as part of the ongoing 'No Honking Drive' in the city. Volunteers posted at eight busy intersections across Pune during the peak morning and evening hours distributed these as token gifts to those supporting the campaign …
PMC health officials have identified 71 mosquito breeding spots in Dhole Patil, which includes areas like Koregaon Park, Bund Garden and Pune Railway Station Every day, the city’s pest control department is identifying 45 fever cases from across 15 wards. In August itself, out of 265 suspected dengue cases, 67 …
Pune: An increase in the number of cases related to mosquito-borne diseases has finally jolted the civic administration into doing its bit to fix the spread. woken up the civic administration finally. To fix up the spread, A door-to-door visit is on cards along with a massive drive to stem …
KOLHAPUR: The Maharashtra pollution control board (MPCB) has swung into action to take immediate and time-bound steps to curb air pollution in 17 major cities in the state, including Kolhapur, Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad, Nashik and Nagpur, after a recent directive from the central agency. The central pollution control board (CPCB) …
