Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …
Current trends and future climate projections for India indicate an escalation in the intensity, frequency, and duration of heat waves. Coastal cities like Thane face additional risks, with compounding factors such as humidity and urban heat islands. The interaction of these elements can elevate felt temperatures by 3-4 degrees Celsius. …
Reply by Thane Municipal Corporation in response to a news item appearing in Mid-Day dated October 15, 2023 titled "How residents of Maharashtra's Chauda Gaav are battling the ills of a temporary dumping ground". The dumping ground situated at Diva had already reached its peak capacity. The corporation was dumping …
Order of the Bombay High Court in the matter of Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) & Others Vs The Municipal Commissioner, Thane & Others dated 27/09/2023. The Municipal Corporation of Thane had conceived a 100 bedded hospital at Kausa, Mumbra in 2008 but till date neither construction of …
THANE: The citizens’ community has joined hands to spread awareness on the ban on plastic bags and products and have switched to social media to widen their reach and inform locals about the alternatives to plastic and the harmful impact of it to the bio-diversity. From forming WhatsApp groups to …
THANE: The punctures in the water distribution networks of the Thane corporation that is going unchecked since the last several years is reportedly leading to a wastage of water equal to the daily requirement of over eight lakhs residents. The municipal administration, on Wednesday, informed the general body that roughly …
Even Mumbai’s air remained poor, as the AQI was recorded 209 at Bandra Station of the MPCB at 8 pm. Mumbai : Thane recorded the worst air of the season with Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded 241 on Thursday as per the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board(MPCB). The recorded AQI comes …
THANE: Breathless, could be the one word that can describe the life in the lake city. A study by the municipal administration has revealed that more than 90% of the over 22 lakh population live in areas where the air pollution levels breach the quality norms. They are inhaling invisible …
THANE: The toxic fumes released due to the burning of illegally dumped garbage at Diva and its neighbouring areas has triggered a scare for thousands of families residing in the area as they have been complaining of uneasiness, burning sensation in the eyes and nauseating smell. This problem has been …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Pradeep Indulkar Vs Municipal Corporation for the City of Thane dated 16/03/2017 regarding tree cutting in the city of Thane under the garb of trimming and pruning the trees in contravention of provisions of the Maharashtra …
THANE: Bidding goodbye to the monsoon season equates bidding goodbye to clean and breathable air in the lake-city revealed the air quality index recorded on a daily basis by the municipal corporation. While the abundant rain showers had cleared the air pollution levels by over 70 per cent this year, …
THANE: With an aim to practice the traditional way of celebrating Durga Puja and limit the noise pollution, a city-based Durga Puja organising committee has shifted its celebration indoors. Instead of hosting the customary extravagant Durga Puja at Khevra Circle, the Fulcrum Cultural Foundation has arranged for a small-scale event …
THANE: Most Thaneites prefer purchasing a petrol or diesel-fuelled automobile, as only a handful from the city opt for the environment friendly CNG vehicle. Experts say high maintenance, inadequate filling stations and lack of lucrative sops for those opting for CNG-powered automobiles could be luring buyers to opt for the …
Thane: The rainwater harvesting initiative in the city has failed to garner a good response from residents as the Thane Muncipal Corporation (TMC) has not received too many proposals for installing the system, this year. Evironmentalists are also shocked with the tepid figures as residents had face acute water shortage …
If everything goes as per the plans then the city will soon have a way to recycle thermocol waste generated. The plan, being chalked out by the administration, will ensure nearly one tonne of thermocol is recycled daily to be molded into ingots that can be used for making CD …
Just a three minute halt at the dusty, noisy and congested Teen Hath Nath junction could possibly reduce three hours of your lifetime, say experts considering the toxic cloud created by hundreds of vehicles spewing smoke here. Data collected by the Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station (CAAQM) of the …
TMC pollution officer Manisha Pradhan shows Teen Hath Naka air quality data on the monitoring system Teen Hath Naka in Thane has earned for itself the notoriety of being the most congested and the most polluted traffic junction in the city after a recent study by the Thane Municipal Corporation …
THANE: A week-long awareness campaign against air poluution will be held at the traffic intersection of Teen Haath Naka junction by the city traffic police and the civic body from Wednesday. Vehicles will be checked for violations to pollution norms and the mandatory Pollution Under Check (PUC). Offials said the …
Thane: The need to tackle the growing waste issue in the city has encouraged many housing societies, schools and even colleges to go the zero-waste way .Proper waste disposal has been an issue since quite sometime. Even though the civic officials have taken adequate steps to tackle this problem, it …
At a time when the country's richest civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is struggling to find more space for dumping the garbage, a small municipal council in neighbouring Thane district is experimenting with organic way to tackle the problem. Vice president of Kulgaon-Badlapur municipal council Shridhar Patil told reporters …
Though Thane has grown as a city in the past decade, with many people choosing to make it their first home, public transportation is still a huge problem. To study and suggest a suitable mode of transport for the public, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) signed an MoU with Swedish …
