Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
THANE: The city of lakes has enough alternate sources of water to ackle the non-potable usage till next rains. The hidden underground springs across Thane district have accumulated enough water, which could be equal to the drinking water stock to be supplied till he next rains, according to a study …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Nagri Hakka Sangharsha Samiti & Others Vs. Mira Bhayander M.C. & Others dated 20/10/2015 regarding growing menace of municipal solid waste (MSW) dumping within the limits of Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation, Thane District, Maharashtra.
Around 47 tonnes of dried flowers, leaves and decorative plants used during the last five days of the Ganpati festival have been collected from the Nirmalya bins set up at immersion ghats and all over the city by the civic authorities. The floral waste has been sent to TMC's waste …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Paryavaran Dakshata Manch & Ors.Vrs. Union of India & Ors. dated 01/09/2015 regarding re-classification of CRZ by MCZMA/NCZMA. NGT diirected Sushilkumar Srivastava, Scientist to remain present in person alongwith relevant file and be prepared to give …
The Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra government to confer power on its officers to take action against those found guilty of violating noise pollution laws during the forthcoming religious festival celebrations in the state. In a related development, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation informed the High Court in an affidavit that …
THANE: Following the recent controversy surrounding the ban on Maggi noodles, city doctors, environmental activists and field experts have said that anything that is considered a green and healthy diet could be drowned in pesticide and insecticide or irrigated by waste water along the railway lines. and field experts have …
Despite a two-year-old public interest litigation (PIL 87 of 2013) on wetlands in the Bombay High Court and a report of the forest department detailing illegal activities on protected wetlands, environmentalists say private structures are mushrooming on the Dive-Anjur stretch along Thane-Bhiwandi road. In July 2014, following a Bombay High …
THANE: In Mumbai's backyard of Diva, a survival battle is underway for several families struggling for the most basic of their needs - water. Household taps here sputter to empty air and drinking water is sourced from the roadside taps either outside Diva station or take the train to Mumbra …
A month back, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) department in Thane had collected 81 samples of milk from Mumbai and Thane division after there were complaints about adulteration. After analysing the samples, it was found that six well-known companies are involved in this act. According to an officer from …
Almost nine years after the Bombay high court ordered notification of mangroves on government land in the state for better protection, mangroves in Thane, Raigad, Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts are yet to be notified as “reserved forest”. Moreover, groundtruthing in Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts have reduced the proposed mangrove area …
Thane: Around 80 people, aged between 5 and 77 years, are learning to make their own eco-friendly Ganesh idols out of clay at a workshop organized by Thane's Visual Art Academy with the help of NGO, Prerana Pratishthan. "The workshop aims at teaching people how to make eco-friendly idols on …
THANE: After deciding to monitor noisy Dahi Handi celebrations, the city police have shifted their attention to loudspeakers at religious places in Thane, Kalyan, Dombivli and Mumbra. According to sources, V V Laxminarayana, the joint commissioner of police (Thane), has instructed police stations within the Thane commissionerate to survey religious …
While certain people appreciated the court order and subsequent police directive to keep the sound levels below 65 decibels, it has not gone down well with another segment. This came to the fore during the Kranti Daud, organised by local NGO Apan Sare at Khewra Circle on Sunday. The event …
THANE: The Thane police have deployed a flying squad for every three police stations to monitor decibel levels during Dahi Handi in the city and Kalyan, Dombivli, Bhiwandi and parts of Badlapur. Sources revealed that joint commissioner of police (JCP) of Thane, V V Laxminarayana, has asked his subordinates to …
KALYAN: Many low-lying areas in Kalyan and beyond areas like Ulhasnagar, Badlapur and Bhiwandi have been flooded due to heavy rain for the last 36 hours. On Wednesday morning, around 200 families living close to Waldhuni river in Kalyan were shifted to safer places after water in the river started …
Thane, Vasai and Vaitarna creeks are three of the 17 sites in Maharashtra that have been identified as “Important Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Areas (ICMBA)” by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), which is set to publish next week an atlas on ICMBAs in the country based on a study …
More than a year after the state’s decision to notify all mangroves on public land as ‘reserved forests’, around 5,482 hectares of mangroves on government land in Thane and Raigad districts will be notified as reserved forests. Around 4,478 hectares of mangroves in Thane (Dahanu division) will be declared reserved …
An expert committee set up to ascertain whether the wetlands at Kopri in Thane have been reclaimed for an upcoming Special Economic Zone (SEZ) were denied entry to the area on three occasions. The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), which is part of the committee, said the members were prevented …
Similarly, none of the waste generated from Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli and Ulhasnagar civic bodies is treated. Two thirds of the municipal solid waste generated in the state is disposed in an unscientific manner, found a report on the status of municipal solid waste management in Maharashtra. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board …
Wants To Protect Green Cover But Residents Upset In a move that may spell trouble for more than 3 lakh people who bought property on land deemed private forest, the government has filed a review petition against a Supreme Court order that allows residents to live there. But those residing …
