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". …
Residents across the city have complained about the lack of clean public toilets and have demanded that the Nashik Municipal Corporation take up the issue. "There are not enough public toilets in the city and it is a problem especially for women," said Vijayalakshmi Manenikar, director of a private school. …
NASHIK: The action plan for a green Kumbh Mela that focuses on eliminating use of plastic, treating nirmalya and other bio-degradable waste, banning washing in the Godavari and an aggressive awareness drive was officially released on Saturday. The city mayor and the revenue commissioner released the plan at a function …
As part of the Green Kumbh campaign, around 200 students of KN Kela School on Monday formed a human chain and performed street plays from the school at Jail Road to Sant Janardan Bridge to spread awareness about the environment and river pollution. While hearing the public interest litigation (PIL) …
NASHIK: Around 200 citizens came together on Saturday evening to form a human chain from Tapovan to Ramkund in protest against the concreting of the ghats of the Godavari. The movement was initiated by environmental activist Shekhar Gaikwad. A stretch of the 1.2-km and 20-metre wide ghat from Tapovan to …
NASHIK: City-based environmental group, 'AplaParyavaran - NashikSamuh', has threatened to organize a human chain agitation if the administration fails to stall the idea of constructing new bathing ghats along the Godavari river for the Kumbhmela. The group has also urged city MP Hemant Godse and district guardian minister Chhagan Bhujbal …
Hyderabad: Rajendra Singh, the “Water Man of India”, is currently on a parikrama of the Godavari river to make it pollution free. The river that flows through five states, is degrading by the day, and Mr Singh has been protesting against organising any form of gatherings or kumbhs on the …
Mumbai: Every Indian has a fundamental right to live in a pollution-fee environment and at the same time every citizen has a fundamental duty to protect and conserve nature, the Bombay high court has said. Hearing a public interest litigation to save Godavari river in Nashik—considered to be sacred, a …
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has formed a committee headed by a divisional commissioner to monitor works of authorities concerned who are responsible to check pollution of Godavari river in the pilgrim town of Nashik, which is to host Kumbh festival in July-September next year. The order was passed by …
The expert committee in the Trimbakeshwar river pollution case on Sunday visited the place to study the situation to suggest solutions. The committee, appointed by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, consists of Mahesh Shindekar, Mahadev Randive, Ravindra Thanedar and Suhas Pathkar from the College of Engineering, Pune. Lalita Shinde, a …
The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Sunday invited expressions of interest (EOI) from private agencies in the city to provide portable toilets/urinals on rental basis for the forthcoming Simhastha Kumbh mela. Around 75 lakh pilgrims are expected to visit Nashik during the main Parvani days of Kumbh scheduled in August …
NASHIK: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune, on Monday instructed state government officials to be present for the next hearing on the petition filed for Godavari river's revival, failing which it has warned of prohibitory orders against them on the forthcoming Kumbh Mela. On January 16, the NGT had asked …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Smt. Lalita Shinde & Anr Vs. Trimbakeshwar Mun. Council & Ors dated 10/02/2014 regarding Godavari river's revival. The Pune Bench of the National Green Tribunal has asked the "State Government, particularly the Chief Secretary of the State of Maharashtra and …
Taking into account the rising pollution levels in Godavari river especially during Kumbh Mela, the Bombay High Court Wednesday suggested the state government to build artificial ponds for immersion. It also asked the state to decide on pending proposals on implementing various schemes for cleaning the river. The HC asked …
The Bombay high court (HC) on Wednesday while hearing the PIL filed by NGO Godavari Gatarikaran Virodhi Manch against government officials for pollution in Godavari river, asked the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) to comply with National Environmental Engineering Research Institute's (NEERI) recommendation to convert sewage treatment plants from 30 BOD …
The Bombay high Court on Tuesday said that it was the statutory duty of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) to set up chemical effluent treatment plants in the industrial areas managed by it. A division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Guatam Patel directed the MIDC to initiate …
ALLAHABAD: After Maha Kumbh, the 22 crossroads of the city are set to wear a new look, as officials of Allahabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) have decided to take up solar powered traffic signal system with the help of a Delhi-based firm under the public-private partnership (PPP ) model. As part …
Long-term measures needed as livelihood of farmers being seriously affected, says Sushma Pilloried by Parliamentarians in both Houses over the state of the Ganga and the Yamuna, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan promised that the government would ensure no domestic effluents pour into the two rivers. “We are making efforts to …
ALLAHABAD: Indian culture propagated and developed due to Ganga, and it is unfortunate that reduced water levels and discharge of effluents has polluted it immensely, said noted social activist and thinker Avinash Dharmadhikari at the Ganga Yamuna Water Pollution Removal Exhibition at the ongoing Maha Kumbh on Sunday. However, he …
The Ganga Action Parivar (GAP) has taken primary steps towards constructing the first zero-waste, “bio-digester” toilet in Uttar Pradesh along the banks of the Ganga. The initiative is part of GAP’s drive to build 5,000 eco-friendly toilets in villages along the 2,500-km stretch of the Ganga and also integrates its …
KANPUR: It is the time of the year when hundreds of turtles make their way to the banks of Yamuna to lay their eggs. However, heavy release of water from Tajewala dam and Hathnikund barrage in Haryana for bathing purpose at Kumbh mela in Allahabad has delayed the mass nesting …
