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 …
A Forest Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has stated that the state government project to build a dam on river Kalu in Thane district should be scrapped. The Bombay high court had asked the committee to submit its report/suggestions/recommendations about the dam to the central …
Over 10,000 villages and 15 of Maharashtra's 35 districts face a drought-like situation. Malti Palvi, a 27-year-old housewife from Sakhare, a village in Thane district around 80 km from Mumbai, stands in a queue to take water from a nearby well at 6 a.m. Her turn comes only after 2 …
Environment Ministry rejected forest clearance to Kalu dam in Thane district While irregularities were surfacing in irrigation projects around Mumbai in early April, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) rejected forest clearance to the Kalu dam in Murbad taluka of Thane district, which …
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 …
Namrata Hingorani, an ex-business consultant who spent 22 years in the US and UK and has recently relocated to Mumbai wanted to celebrate her 40th birthday in a special way. She met with the Project Chirag team and decided to "light up" a village. It takes INR 3000-4000 to light …
A group of agriculturists from Raigad and Thane districts has written to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan that the expansion of Mumbai city has adversely affected the quality of agricultural land in these areas. The farmers demand that the state government should direct the collectors of both the districts to examine …
Puducherry residents will soon “sell power”. The ministry of new and renewable energy is planning with the state government to install solar panels on rooftops of houses in Puducherry and excess power generated would be fed to the common grid. Residents would get paid for excess production in summer and …
Takes it to task for lands allotted to undertakings lying idle over years, also for lack of maintaining data base The Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) has rapped the Maharashtra government for lack of a mechanism to carry out a periodic review of the lands allotted to Maharashtra Industrial Development …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has fined 59 industrial units for unlawfully storing and disposing large quantities of hazardous waste on their premises. The industries have been asked by MPCB to pay the fine (amount not specified) and have been directed to send the hazardous waste to common treatment …
This study of the operation of the Accredited Social Health Activist programme of the National Rural Health Mission in one of the tribal blocks of Thane district in Maharashtra fi nds that incentives given to ASHAs generate a bias in their work activities and shift the attention of these community …
The Bombay high court on Thursday stayed the construction of a dam being built on Kalu River in Thane district because necessary permissions were not obtained by the state government from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). The stay would continue for three months until the ministry decides on …
Jaipur, Mysore and Thane have come forward to do pilot projects for grid-connected rooftop solar, Mr Tarun Kapur, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, told Business Line. “Talks are on with one or two more (cities),” Mr Kapur said. Grid-interactive rooftop solar power plant is the ‘big story' …
MUMBAI: A Thane-based consumer has alerted the food and drug administration about iron pieces being found in a medically-prescribed iron tablet. The content of elemental iron in the tablet, prescribed for anaemia or lack of red blood cells, was way above permissible limits. FDA commissioner Mahesh Zagde has directed the …
Opposing the land acquisition bill proposed by the Centre, the state cabinet on Wednesday decided to review it thoroughly before arriving at any view that has to be submitted to the Union government. The state plans to appoint a sub-committee of senior ministers to study the provisions in the proposed …
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court, in an interim order, has called a halt to the dumping of solid waste on wetland and mangrove plots in the Mulund-Thane belt which was earmarked for a SEZ.. Hearing a PIL filed by an organization 'Vanashakti', a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah …
MUMBAI: The coming year will bring some relief to the city motorists as six major road projects totally worth Rs 1,512 crore are slated to be completed. "These projects are part of the initiative to provide better infrastructure for the city. They include three flyovers at Panvel, Thane and Mumbai, …
After having fought a lonely battle against the state in their protest against the illegal Kalu and Shai dams in Murbad tehsil of Thane district, locals were surprised to find BJP, Shiv Sena, MNS and Congress representatives turning up in large numbers at a dharna against the dams at the …
The environmental campaign in Dahanu near Mumbai against the capacity MW plant started in the 1980s and ultimately led to the setting up of the Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority. Even as competing lobbies continue to push for the de-notification of its status as an ecologically fragile region and removal …
The environmental campaign in Dahanu near Mumbai against the capacity MW plant started in the 1980s and ultimately led to the setting up of the Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority. Even as competing lobbies continue to push for the de-notification of its status as an ecologically fragile region and removal …
Ambernath: Two workers died and another two were left critically ill following a leak in a newly-opened chemical plant at the Anand Nagar MIDC in Ambernath. The police said the incident occurred on Tuesday morning when the four were working in the chemical unit situated on plot number 4. A …
