Action taken report in the form of affidavit on behalf of the District Magistrate and Collector, South 24 Parganas District dated February 22, 2025. The matter related to a newspaper report which appeared in the Hindu, January 15, 2024 titled "Rising sea, shrinking sands erode vibrancy of Ganga Sagar mela". …
NASHIK: Maharashtra's efforts to make the Godavari clean have earned accolades from Madhya Pradesh, the host of next year's Kumbh Mela. "I appreciate the efforts taken by the government departments for having a green Kumbh. If people bathed in the river and even drank its water, it was the duty …
NASHIK: Bouyed by the 'Green Kumbh' idea, civic officials carried out extensive cleanliness campaigns for a couple of days before the first holy dip while environment activists distributed cloth carry bags to pilgrims. That did not prevent pilgrims or sadhus from using plastic, an environmentally hazardous product. The Kumbh was …
NASHIK: A former Filipino diplomat-turned-climate activist is set to visit Nashik on August 31 during the Kumbh Mela. Currently in India, Yeb Sano, who started the People's Pilgrimage walk from his homeland in the Philippines in May, is expected in Nashik soon with the motive to reach out to the …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on pollution in rivers during Kumbh Mela, 06/08/2015. Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and UP State Pollution Control Board monitor the water quality of river Ganga and Yamuna at identified locations at Sangam, Allahabad during Kumbh Mela to ensure that water quality at Sangam meets …
NASHIK: It's only been six months into the year but Nashik district has already surpassed last year's figures of the highest number of deaths from swine flu. The maximum number of deaths were reported in Nashik city followed by the rural parts of the district and then the adjoining districts. …
Maharashtra government has set aside a Rs 2,500 crore budget and engaged 22 departments in planning to provide water, power, lodging, security and transport in the Kumbh Mela starting in Nashik on July 14. The Maharashtra government has set aside a Rs 2,500 crore budget and engaged 22 departments in …
NASHIK: Pilgrims feeling under the weather on their visit to Nashik during the Kumbh Mela must not take it lightly and immediately head to the nearest first-aid centre to get themselves screened for swine flu. With 12 H1N1 deaths registered in the district so far this year, the swine flu …
NASHIK: As part of the district administration's Green Kumbh initiative, citizens, educational institutions, environment groups and social organizations, along with employees of various government offices, came together on Wednesday to plant over 8,50,447 lakh trees in the district. A cleanliness drives were also carried out. Guardian and water resources minister …
Expressing serious concern over pollution in Godavari river in view of the forthcoming Kumbh Mela in Nashik, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra government to inform it within a week what contingency plans it had formulated to clean the river water. A bench headed by Justice Abhay …
NASHIK: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will kick-start the Clean Godavari campaign as part of the Green Kumbh in Nashik on June 27. The drive in Nashik and Trimbakeshwar is part of the green mission initiated by the Green Kumbh Committee as directed by the Bombay high court. The first such …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is planning to set up an online water checking facility at the Godavari soon in a bid to control pollution in the river. MPCB's member secretary P Anbalagan, who was in the city on Thursday, said besides the Godavari, a similar project will be …
The state-level documentary film competition as part of the Green Kumbh has been organised for creating public awareness about river pollution. Of the 17 films, eight have been selected and will be screened on Thursday at Kusumagraj Pratishthan. The documentary films that will be in the possession of the government …
Varous organisations in Nashik led by Ganga Godavari Panchkoti Purohit Sangh in association with the Nirmal Goda Abhiyan staged an agitation on Tuesday. The agitators sat at the holy "Ram Kunda" (a sacred pond) near Godavari river, holding banners and posters, demanding that the river should be made pollution free, …
NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) is planning use private tankers to supply water to various places and routes in case of an emergency during Kumbh Mela. Close to 1.25 crore people, including 30 lakh sadhus, are expected to visit the city during the event beginning from July 14. The …
NASHIK: The National Green Tribunal, Western Zone, Pune on Tuesday gave an ultimatum of May 28 to the Trimbak Municipal Council to separate the Godavari water from sewage and install a biomethanation plant. A bench of Justice VR Kingaonkar and judicial member and expert Ajay Deshpande on Tuesday heard the …
HARIDWAR: Matri Sadan's Swami Shivanand on Tuesday went ahead with his threat, which he made on Sunday, to sit on an indefinite hunger strike against mining along the Ganga. This is the second such protest by seers of the Haridwar ashram in the last month and a half. "The state …
The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has accepted the action plan of the district collector on the usage of fly ash bricks. The tribunal bench comprising Justices VR Kingaonkar and Ajay Deshpande accepted the plan while hearing the application of Nashik Fly Bricks Association against the ministry …
Students from various colleges in the city on Tuesday pledged to avoid and reduce the use of plastic materials in college premises and daily life. The resolutions were made during a day-long event called Sinhastha vighnaharta organised jointly by Dr Moonje institute of Management and Computer studies and Akhil Bharatiya …
NASHIK: The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the municipal commissioner and the district collector to come up with an action plan for Kumbh mela for managing solid waste. The divisional bench of NGT comprising Justice V R Kingaonkar and judicial member Ajay Deshpande passed …
Irked over high pollution level of Godavari and Shipra rivers, Shankaracharya of Puri Swami Adhokshyanada has shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a plan for the purification of both rivers and a written assurance in this regard. The next Kumbh would be held on the banks …
