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 …
Mumbai Twelve villagers from Kathai, Dhondi and Talodi villages in Bhiwandi were admitted to the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital on Thursday afternoon after they complained of burning eyes, breathing difficulty, nausea and vomiting out blood. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the above were the effects of a chlorine leak from …
Mumbai After taking a decision to construct two dams to quench the thirst of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region(MMR), the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is now planning to construct three more dams in Thane and Raigad. According to Metropolitan Commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad, the infrastructure agency is planning to construct …
Mumbai The lakes that feed Mumbai will bank once again on an experiment that helped induce rain 17 years ago. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will carry out cloud seeding in the next eight days, hoping to bring artificial rain in its catchment areas, lakes in Thane and Shahapur district, …
Pune No gain from 2-month delay to enforce fare cut Three months after the state government asked Mumbai, Thane and Pune RTAs to reduce autorickshaw fares in tandem with the petrol price cut, Pune is still grappling with the problem. The belated effort to get auto drivers to follow their …
Thane: Contaminated water from four borewells in Bhiwandi has triggered a spate of gastroenteritis. The Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BNMC) has sealed the borewells. Two were dug by BNMC and the other two by a local resident, Mamuchi. Prakash Borse, civic commissioner, Bhiwandi said, "Laboratory tests of water sample collected from …
Mumbai Several people living along the Waldhuni river bordering Kalyan and Ulhasnagar in the Thane district reportedly fell sick on Thursday morning due to invisible noxious fumes emanating from the river. Rukmini Municipal Hospital at Kalyan treated ten people from the slums of Ashok Nagar and Shivaji Nagar after they …
Mumbai A large belt of mangrove forest on the western bank of the Thane Creek has received a new lease of life after the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee suggested steps to preserve and develop it on Wednesday. The committee, in a hearing on the private forest issue, has recommended …
MUMBAI: All those who commenced construction on forest land between June 22, 2005-when the Bombay high court passed its judgment on the forest land case-and June 22, 2006, may get relief from the Supreme Court. The Central Empowerment Committee (CEC) of the SC plans to recommend to the apex court …
Mumbai Asks district collectors to revoke permissions, inform civic body to cancel rights on such land. In a bid to preempt any more construction on private forest land, the state government has ordered all non-agriculture permissions issued on such lands to be revoked. The state Revenue and Forest Department issued …
Mumbai The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has sought proposals to start more bio-medical waste treatment plants in regions of the Thane district and other districts in the state. MPCB senior regional officer, A T Phulmali, said that there are 24 bio-medical waste treatment plants in the state, the highest …
Thane: Soaring mercury levels have apparently started taking a toll on the birds in the city, as the Society for Protection against Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) registered 10 cases of birds afflicted with sunstroke on Tuesday, almost a month before the onset of summer. "We normally get cases of birds …
Mumbai: Four years after commencing the project, the flyover outside the Mumbra railway station would be open to the public in a few weeks. According to Pravin Papalkar, executive engineer, Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), only asphalt work and installation of electric poles are to be done. The 523-metre long flyover …
Mumbai: About 84 children from Ambernath in Thane district were hospitalised after they took ill reportedly due to the use of adulterated colours on Holi. The children were treated for nausea, headache and breathlessness on Wednesday and are stated to be stable now. Thane district civil surgeon Dr P M …
Mumbai: Jidnyasa Trust has also been promoting eco-friendly Ganesh festival A Thane-based organisation, which has been promoting eco-friendly Ganesh festival, has received an award for popularising science among children. On February 27, the Jidnyasa Trust received a prestigious national award for popularising science and technology among children. The 16-year-old organisation …
The two basic elements that critically determine the performance of any mass transit network from both the user and the operator point of view i.e. designing of bus routes and setting frequencies on these routes; have not been sufficiently investigated because of their inherent complexity and the difficulty of implementation. …
Mumbai could learn a lesson or two from this: 20 dying fresh water lakes in Thane have got a new lease of life, after the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) embarked upon a drive for environmental conservation of its lakes. Funded by the Central Government
