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 …
Thane: In an affidavit submitted to the high court on Thursday, the civic administration indirectly admitted about the absence of a designated dumping ground facility to dispose solid waste generated in the city. In the cleverly worded affidavit, Sanjay Herwade, deputy municipal commissioner, who heads the solid waste management department …
The TMC has signed a pact with a NGO for converting garbage and solid waste into fuel. The city generates around 700 MT of waste daily and a section of the same will be used to generate fuel. Officials said they have taken the measures to convert the solid waste …
THANE: A study undertaken by the Thane Municipal Corporation's pollution control board has revealed that the lake city residents inhale highly toxic air mixed with construction debris and fuel emission for major part of the year. The city apparently remained polluted for ten out of 12 months last fiscal. The …
NAVI MUMBAI: City based activists have urged CM Devendra Fadnavis to consider implementing odd-even traffic formula of Delhi in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Mumbai, to curb the rising air pollution. "I recently wrote to the CM on behalf of various activists and citizens to have the odd-even formula in our …
From January 1, small and big hotels, hospitals, shops, malls and other commercial establishments will have to pay solid waste tax. "The decision has been taken by civic chief Sanjeev Jaiswal as the process of solid waste management is expensive," said Ashok Burpulle, deputy civic chief. While people await New …
While the Bombay High court (HC) has asked the state government to give a data on the number of decibel meter required for every police station in Maharashtra, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) became the first to provide the meters to Thane cops. On December 22, the TMC handed over …
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court, irked with the zero noise violation figures of major cities during Navratri and Diwali, told the state government on Wednesday not to release such laughable data. "If all this data is made public people will laugh at you," said a bench of Justice Abhay Oka …
THANE: Unchecked dumping of debris and waste at the isolated stretch beyond Mithbunder Road is destroying the mangroves and greenery skirting the creek here. The Thane Municipal Corporation has failed to check this unrestrained activity here as tempos unabashedly offload the debris at various spots along the stretch under the …
The continuous barrage of loud music, dazzling light shows and bursting of fire crackers during the Ganeshotsav seem to be harming the health of Thaneites who have been complaining of sleep disorders. Doctors and child psychiatrists said there definitely was a link to suggest that the growing incidents of sleep …
THANE: The BJP-Sena government's 'gift' of additional floor space index (FSI) for the city has invited sharp criticism from town planners. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis approved an additional 0.3 FSI for construction projects in Thane recently to end the monopoly of certain builders and traders controlling the transfer of development …
The city administration has warned Ganpati mandals of stern action on flouting traffic norms and noise pollution limits. The authorities have issued rules for construction of mandaps on roads and noise levels to be maintained during the festival. Violations will invite spot cancellation of licences and also attract a jail …
MUMBAI: The state government has decided to declare 17 sq km area along Thane Creek as Flamingo Sanctuary. Also the government will approach to the UNESCO to get the stretch of Thane Creek as Ramsar Site. The decision has been taken at the State Wildlife Board meeting held in Mantralaya …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Shafi Mohammed Meer Vs State of Maharashtra &Ors dated 20/03/2015 regarding vehicular pollution caused by auto-rickshaws in Mumbai and Thane region. The advocate appearing for the MPCB, states that inspite of correspondence with the concerned authorities, …
It takes less than an hour from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to reach Thane, the low profile neighbour of glitzy and glamorous Mumbai. But you sure are in for a shock by the end of that 45-minute train journey, and another few minutes in a taxi or an auto-rickshaw: far from …
The India Disaster Report 2013 documents the major disasters of the year with focus on the Uttarakhand Flash Floods and the Cyclone Phailin. Other disasters like building collapse and stampede have also been covered besides the biological disaster (Japanese Encephalitis). The lessons learnt in these disasters provide us a bench-mark …
The Thane Municipal Corporation's (TMC) pollution control department in collaboration with a local non-governmental organization - Samarth Bharat Vyaspeeth (SBV) has initiated a Rs 1.5 crore project for generating organic manure from all the floral waste that shall be collected from immersion sites across the city. The manure will be …
THANE: After almost two years of its conceptualization, the Thane Municipal Corporation's (TMC) proposed waterfront development project, along the 31-km Thane creek line, from Kopri to Gaimukh, got the green signal from the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) recently, subject to a few conditions. The approval has come as …
Thane: Noise pollution beyond the permissible time, especially at nights, is reportedly back in city causing inconvenience to the ailing elders. Senior citizens from Rutu Park, Devashree Garden, Vrindavan Society and adjoining housing societies have started complaining yet again about noise pollution due to construction work on Kapurbawdi flyover's Mumbai …
Thane: A recent census of the tree population in Thane has revealed that the green cover here has exceeded 4.55 lakh. The tree tally in the city has recorded an impressive growth by more than 1.23 lakh trees as compared to the numbers recorded in the previous survey conducted in …
THANE: Four years after an agency submitted a detailed report on tree census to the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), the civic body is yet to make it public. The TMC had awarded the contract to a private agency to conduct a tree census using the sophisticated Geographic Information Systems (GIS) …
