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 …
NAVI MUMBAI: Mumbai and Konkan Division Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) carried out a special drive at Airoli, Vashi, Thane and Mulund check posts to crack down on carriers transporting adulterated milk. The drive started at 10pm on Tuesday and lasted till 6am on Wednesday. The 100-member-strong team conducted surprise …
Besides this, the website also contains presentations, posters and youth resource guides dedicated to climate change. Mumbai-specific carbon footprint calculator, a first-of-its-kind, was launched by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s Mumbai Metropolitan Region- Environment Improvement Society (MMR-EIS) on the eve of World Environment Day, celebrated world-wide on June 5. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vanshakti Vs MPCB dated 12/05/2014 regarding solid waste disposal in Ulhasnagar city. The Tribunal also noted that some of the municipal sewage is discharged in Valdhuni river, Ulhas river, Ulhas creek, without treatment, ranging between zero …
THANE: The green tax collected from 15-year-old vehicles by the Thane Regional Transport Office (RTO) lies unutilized with regard to curbing rising pollution levels. The RTO has collected nearly Rs 20 crore as green tax. "In 2010 the state government imposed environment tax on 15-year-old vehicles running in the state. …
Mumbai: Mumbai may no longer be among the world’s top-ranking cities in the quality of life it offers, but there is reason for hope yet. The latest decadal review of the human development index (HDI) in the state by the Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA), Pune, has revealed …
The Bombay high court on Monday directed the state government to issue a circular to all civic bodies to ensure that no construction or reclamation is permitted on wetlands in Maharashtra. Adivision bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice S C Gupte also directed the government to state if …
Mumbai: Why is the state government sitting on the policy guidelines to regulate cell tower installation across Maharashtra though they were drafted two years ago, ask citizens from Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan-Dombivli. After the BMC recently drafted a policy to regulate such installations in Mumbai, other cities, second-rung towns …
Residents have dubbed Thane as a “garbage city” since it generates nearly 92,000 kg of plastic trash daily and there is little scope proper disposal. The city’s population has crossed the 20-lakh mark. Rising economic prosperity and rapid urbanization have inadvertently resulted in huge piles of plastic waste. A major …
The “Development of Solar Cities” programme by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India, is an immense opportunity for contributing towards a sustainable India in the coming years. This programme is a crucial step towards supporting Indian cities for the development of renewable energy and energy …
The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) wants the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority to make a few changes in the proposed route of monorail to avoid congested areas. According to the TMC officials, the MMRDA had suggested that the alignment start from Teen Haath naka as well as Thane station. If …
Trip-end models for the city of Thane in Maharashtra have been developed based on data from Thane Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) study carried out in 2000. Each zone in the study area was either classified as a Residential or a Central Business District (CBD) zone, and separate models were developed …
After stiff opposition from activists, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has scrapped its ambitious project of conducting the tree census through Global Positioning System (GPS) and Global Information System (GIS). Instead, it is now planning to opt for the manual census done with the help of digital photography.
Mumbai After Mumbai, its satellite cities like Thane, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan that are opting for low-floor and air-conditioned (AC) buses. Low floor buses which are handicap-friendly were first introduced by the BEST in June 2005 following a High Court order in response to the PIL pertaining to the problems …
80 children fall unconscious after playing festival of colours jayalakshmi Kore, a six-year-old girl living with her parents in the central suburb of Ambernath, Thane, complained of stomach ache and fell unconscious after playing with colours on the day of Holi, March 11. She started frothing at the mouth and …
Mumbai System enables real-time monitoring of water parameters in the supply network Automation and innovation are the new buzzwords in the water supply department of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC). Housed in the ground floor of the civic head office, the central control room regulates the TMC
Who will foot the bill Rs 275.70 crore: cost of 52 km cycle track Rs 96.50 crore: expected assistance from the Centre Rs 41.36 crore: Maharashtra government
An 82-km cycle track to connect residential areas of the Mumbai suburb, 52 km in the kitty Pravin Pandurang Mandavkar, 24, serves vada-pav in the Thane Municipal Corporation canteen. Everyday, he commutes from his house in Kharegaon, seven kilometres away, on his bicycle. The daily commute, he said, is cumbersome …
