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 …
The Bombay high court on Monday directed the Thane collector to file a report stating whether it would be possible to give the 433 fisherfolk families displaced due to the Tarapur atomic power plant project a hectare of land each to cultivate. A division bench of Justice B H Marlapalle …
Mumbai: Deadlier than cancer, and called the silent killer, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects eight out of 100 people living in Mumbai and Thane district, said a city-based study. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Environmental Medicine (IIEM), who conducted the study concluded that the percentage of citizens afflicted …
When the small and medium-scale industries relocated to Konkan from Nashik, Thane, Pune and Belapur, they were not prepared to incur losses. Two years ago, the state drew up a policy to decongest the Nashik, Thane and Pune corridor by giving incentives such as cheap land and labour to small …
People power triumphed over corporate callousness about 10 months ago in Thane. Residents of Tarangan, a plush society off the Eastern Express Highway, were at their wits’ end when a mall opened in front of one of their buildings. The 24x7 hum of the 12 huge cooling towers of the …
Mumbai is India's most populated city with over 1.84 crore (18.4 million) people, followed closely by Delhi with 1.63 crore (16.3 million) and Kolkata with 1.41 crore (14.1 million), making these India's 'mega-cities', according to the preliminary Census 2011 results. In terms of urban agglomeration or spread as an extended …
Enough is enough, civic bodies should not have unbridled power, the Bombay High Court said on Wednesday. Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) on noise pollution in the city, the court said people are inconvenienced during festivals because of rising noise levels and pandals springing up in the middle of …
The Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it has no objection in providing land near sea to those fishermen who were rehabilitated farther from the seashore after setting up the Tarapur Nuclear Power Plant in neighbouring Thane district. "As per a government resolution passed on February 4, …
The state government on Monday informed the Bombay High Court that illegal mining in the 2 km radius of the Taloja Jail has been stopped by it. A report filed by the Raigad Collector was submitted to the court by Additional Public Prosecutor Madhavi Mhatre. It was filed pursuant to …
According to the Maharashtra government's own figures, 18,486 children in the age group of 0-6 years have died of malnutrition this year alone (Jan-August 2011). The figure is quite high, say health ministry sources. In 2010, 12,792 children had died of hunger and malnutrition during the same period. But this …
In a rare case, and probably for the first time in the state, a municipal corporation admitted that radiations from mobile towers cause health hazards, especially among pregnant women and children. The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), on July 5, had issued a demolition notice to Viom Networks Limited asking it …
India’s densely populated cities with poorly designed buildings makes 68 per cent of our urban population vulnerable to earthquakes. “There are 344 towns which fall in the Zone 5 category (high risk category) making them amongst the most damage prone cities in the planet,” pointed out Shashidhar Reddy, vice-chairman of …
The toxic gas leakage at Sequent Scientific Limited in the MIDC area of Boisar, which killed four persons on Tuesday evening, may have been caused by old, worn out pipes, workers alleged on Wednesday. “The pipes have undergone wear and tear over the years. Although inspection is done before every …
Four industrial workers died after inhaling hydrogen sulphide gas that leaked from a chemical factory in Tarapur on Tuesday evening. Seven other workers were taken to hospital, three of whom were unconscious till late at night. The other four were reported to be out of danger. The leak occurred at …
Police have booked three officials of a chemical firm in connection with leakage of poisonous gas at the company's plant in Tarapur Industrial Estate in Thane district, which resulted in the death of four workers. Thane district police said they have booked chief manager, production manager and plant supervisor of …
The state government plans to rope in more than 4,000 anganwadi workers across Maharashtra to play the role of whistleblowers against families and doctors misusing sonography machines to identify and abort female foetuses. The shameful drop in girl child ratio to 880 per 1,000 males has propelled the state to …
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 …
Concerned with tar balls washing ashore after the sunken MV Rak Carrier began puking oil, I’ve decided to stay away from seafood. But has the fish we consume been safe otherwise? I’m afraid not. In 2005, when dead fish shoals washed ashore Mumbai’s beaches, I’d collected samples of sea water …
Construction of a dam over the Kalu river in Murbad is crucial to address the water woes of Mumbai, the state government informed the Bombay High Court on Tuesday in response to a petition challenging the dam project. Assistant Government Pleader Vijay Patil told the court that the city’s population …
MUMBAI: The city's fishing community, glued to television screens since Thursday, when the MV Rak Carrier sank with over 60,000 tonnes of coal and 343 tonnes of oil, became extremely worried on Sunday as news reached them that the ship had started leaking and that an oil slick had been …
Forest Minister Patangrao Kadam announced in the state assembly on Friday that 200 acres of the Aarey dairy will be acquired for the international zoo at Goregaon. The project will be implemented by the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra on the build- operate -transfer (BOT) basis. He said that the …
