Order of the Bombay High Court in the matter of Adani Cementation Limited Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/03/2025. Adani Cementation Limited approached the Bombay High Court seeking issuance of an order directing the respondents/ authorities to permit the petitioner to carry out the work of construction of …
Amid reports that the Kondhane dam project in neighbouring Raigad district has been scrapped following complaints of "gross irregularities", Water Resources Minister Sunil Tatkare today clarified that the project has not been cancelled. "The project has not been cancelled. Additional work at the project site has been stopped. Its contract …
NEW DELHI, 10 JUNE: The National Green Tribunal has sought replies from the Centre and the owner of Panama-flagged cargo vessel MV Rak, which sank off Mumbai coast last year, on a plea for compensation for damages caused to the marine ecology due to an oil spill. The tribunal issued …
Hearing a petition against transportation of effluents from industries manufacturing H-acid, the Bombay High Court asked the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to specify particulars about such industrial units and details of sale price of their products. The MPCB has also been asked to furnish information on whether such industries …
The Bombay high court (HC) on Friday observed that anything affecting ecology and forests cannot be allowed. It was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) urging that work on the Kondhane irrigation dam, being built on the Ulhas river in Raigad district, be stopped. A division bench of Justices D …
Adivasis up in arms against ‘unauthorised dams' Faced with mounting criticism of the irrigation sector, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday ordered that a White Paper be brought out by the department, headed by Nationalist Congress Party Minister Sunil Tatkare. Speaking at the symposium on ‘Maharashtra – Kal, Aaj …
The government would bring out a white paper on irrigation projects in the past 10 years, said chief minister Prithviraj Chavan at a symposium on Maharashtra, Past, Present and Future, organized on the birth centenary of former chief minister Yashwantrao Chavan at Vidhan Bhavan on Friday. Chavan said irrigation projects …
On Monday, at 8pm, Bandra resident Benedict Suarez noticed a blood-stained carcass of a dolphin at the Bandstand promenade. Suarez, who is a member of the citizen’s group Eagle Brigade, informed local corporator Asif Zakaria who, in turn, alerted the civic officials about the dead dolphin. This is the eighth …
MUMBAI: At this restaurant, tables are reserved only for the unique and rare white-rumped vultures (Gyps Bengalensis). An endangered species, their numbers have increased after the state forest department launched the 'vulture restaurant' project a year ago in Phansad wildlife sanctuary near Murud, in Raigad district, in association with the …
GMR Infrastructure has put the development of its Rs 7,000-crore power project at Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, on the backburner, thanks to coal shortages. The company acquired this 1,370-Mw project from SKJ Powergen in 2009. It was to be commissioned in 2014. “Private power producers are so much bruised on Thursday, …
MUMBAI: The anti-Jaitapur nuclear plant pitch rose a notch higher on Sunday with demonstrations and rallies against the nuclear power plant being held at a number of places across the state. To mark the first year of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, demonstrations against Jaitapur project and other nuclear …
MUMBAI: Scientists in a quiet neighbourhood in Versova are testing the waters to see if Mumbai can be turned into a Gold Coast of sorts. Every morning, they try to map out areas in the sea where fishermen might find more schools of fish that day. Along the coastline of …
Owls are natural predators of rodents, of which seven species are agriculturally important pests. Conserving owls will not only result in better rodent control preventing huge crop losses, but will also prevent indiscriminate chemical use, thus preserving the ecological diversity. Educational programs will go a long way in achieving this.
The Centre's apathy over providing gas to the proposed 1,220MW project at Uran near Mumbai is becoming a headache for power-starved Maharashtra. “We are concerned about our proposed power projects. Today, we don't have the right kind of coal. We are uncertain about the future of our proposed thermal projects. …
To ensure steady growth, the state government has planned an integrated industrial corridor along with the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC). Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has given a nod to the master plan for the development of Dighi in Raigad, Sendra in Aurangabad, Nashik-Sinnar and Dhule for the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor …
City and Industrial Development Corporation ( CIDCO) has sanctioned a Rs 217.57 crore rehabilitation package for the villagers who would be displaced/ affected due to the construction of Balganga reservoir in Pen taluka of Raigad district. Decision was taken in the recent board meeting, said CIDCO chairman Pramod Hindurao here …
Just when the momentum picked up for the Navi Mumbai International Airport after a two-year delay over environmental clearances, there’s a brand new threat to the mega project. Local farmers, who collectively own more than 1,000 acres of land that’s earmarked for the airport, are now demanding a whopping Rs20 …
At least 15 people were killed across Maharashtra over the last two days due to heavy rains, which continued to lash large parts of the state for the fourth consecutive day Monday, officials said. While one person was killed in a minor landslide in Tardeo, south Mumbai, four persons were …
NAVI MUMBAI: Environmentalists in Raigad district have demanded that the government should take action against a steel major for the destruction of mangroves on the premises of its plant at Dolvi in Pen taluka. "On August 5, we, along with Raigad deputy collector Vitthal Inamdar and other officials, carried out …
As the oil spill from the sunken MV Rak carrier continues to threaten fisheries and mangroves, the question being asked all around is why did the authorities not take prompt and adequate measures to plug the source of the leak. A thin layer of lubricant oil was first spotted at …
