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 …
Lanco has received 2-year extension of environment clearance validity, with certain conditions, for its 1,320 MW thermal power plant in Maharashtra. After detailed deliberations, the Environment Ministry panel (Expert Appraisal Committee) "recommended extension of validity of EC (Environment clearance) for two years and ...Amendments in EC subject to the additional …
NAGPUR: The 138.12 sq km Bor Tiger Reserve (BTR), 60km from here in Wardha district, will have a buffer zone of 661.16 sq km. This is nearly five times the tiger reserve area itself. Bor (61.10 sq km), New Bor (60.69 sq km) and Extended New Bor (16.31 sq km) …
In a rare sighting, a king vulture, also known as red headed vulture, was sighted in Bor Tiger Reserve, 60km from here in Wardha district on Saturday. At a time when vulture numbers have dwindled to almost a point of no return in the last 15 years, the sighting of …
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, country's 47th tiger reserve has been started in Maharashtra and a new tiger protection force has also been constituted by the government. Javadekar was speaking at a press conference, where he listed …
Even as Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had raised his voice against undue favours extended to the Adani group, it has transpired that the UPA government had quietly cleared a proposal for allotment of 25 hectares of protected forest land for laying transmission lines from Tiroda to Warora in the Vidarbha …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a statutory body under ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) monitoring tiger reserves, has gone against its own guidelines by recommending 138.12 sq km Bor tiger reserve, 60km from here in Wardha district. It will be the smallest tiger reserve in the country. The …
Vidarbha Environmental Action Group (VEAG), a local voluntary organization, has opposed setting up of a thermal power plant in the region by Vidarbha Industries Power Ltd (VIPL), a Reliance group company. The plant will be second in the region. The case for allowing a 900 MW coal-fired power plant at …
Pune: The number of dengue cases surged in 2013 in the state, but there were fewer deaths compared to last year. More deaths and cases were reported from rural areas indicating the rapid urbanization of these parts and the new health conditions emerging due to it. Until November this year, …
Heavy rains this monsoon has taken a toll on the road between Butibori and Wardha. Minister of state for public works Ranjit Kamble has taken up the matter with the State Road Development Corporation. Kamble, who represents Deori seat in Wardha district, has announced that 12 crore have been sanctioned …
At a time when tigers are crying for inviolate spaces - and forestry concepts are changing in the advent of climate change and carbon credits- demand for 63,000 hectare (630 sq km) reserve forest area by the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM), a wholly state government owned company engaged …
The forest department will send fresh proposals to the state government for planning two more tiger reserves to boost the population of big cats in the state. Maharashtra, which currently has four tiger reserves in Melghat, Pench, Tadoba-Andhari and Sahyadri, is among the few states directed by the NTCA to …
The six-member committee set up to discuss draft proposal of Bor Tiger Reserve on Monday recommended that Bor and New Bor wildlife sanctuaries, 60km from here in Wardha district, be treated like extension of 257 sq km Pench Tiger Reserve. The panel headed by SS Mishra, additional principal chief conservator …
The State has four major tiger reserves, six national parks and 36 wildlife sanctuaries, which adds up to 15,732 sq km. MUMBAI, APRIL 11: For the long-term sustenance of forests across Maharashtra, the State government has decided to adopt the eco-tourism model that has been implemented in the Tadoba-Andhari tiger …
Mahagenco, the state-owned power generator that meets almost half of Maharashtra’s demand for electricity, has cried foul that its units were asked to back down or temporarily suspend power supply on several occasions last two winters (2010 and 2011) and that the state’s distribution company MahaVitaran instead bought more expensive …
The Nirmal Bharat Yatra “to make the country open-defecation-free and to ensure proper sanitation in rural India” began on Friday from Sevagram in Wardha district of Maharashtra in presence of the Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh. The Yatra has been organised by Wash United and Quicksand Design Studio jointly …
The ‘Nirmal Bharat Yatra’ to promote the message of making the country open defecation-free and ensuring proper sanitation in rural areas will begin from October 3, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday. Accompanied by actor Vidya Balan, the brand ambassador of the Ministry’s campaign for improving sanitation, Mr. Ramesh …
Mumbai: Deputy CM Ajit Pawar of the NCP may find himself embroiled in the controversy surrounding the large-scale and arbitrary increase in the costs of irrigation projects in the state. During his stint as water resources minister, Pawar “hurriedly” granted project approvals totalling Rs 20,000 crore during an eight-month period …
1 Irrigation Plan Estimate Revised On I-Day Holiday. Mumbai: Maharashtra’s mega irrigation scam, which strained relations between Congress and its alliance partner, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), is getting murkier. In another explosive revelation, TOI has learned that costs of 38 irrigation projects in Vidarbha were increased from Rs 6,672 crore …
In one of the most virulent attacks in recent times, the Chandipura virus is suspected to have caused 13 child deaths in eastern Vidarbha in the past 25 days, with Bhandara (5), Nagpur (3), Chandrapur (3), Wardha (1) and Gadchiroli (1) being the worst affected districts. Together, they have reported …
An internal probe by the coal ministry into the allotment of blocks between 2006 and 2009 has found cases of obscure firms allegedly merging with other firms after getting their hands on the resource, or allegedly diverting excess fuel in violation of norms. The ongoing inquiry began after a CAG …
