Committee Report in OA No.46/2018 (WZ) (Joint Forest Management Committee V/s The Principal Secretary, Revenue & Forest Deptt. & Ors.) There is environmental destruction caused due to dumping of debris of the rocks cut for establishment of statue of Jain Tirthankara, Rishabhanatha. The statue has been carved out of the …
The National Green Tribunal, Western Zone, Pune, has given the Trimbakeshwar Municipal Council two weeks from October 14 to treat puja material generated in the town to curb river pollution. The tribunal said it would direct the district collector to take actions against the chief officer of Trimbak and attach …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Lalita Shinde & Anr Vs. Trimbakeshwar Mun. Council & Ors dated 14/10/2014 regarding shifting of bio-degradable Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated on account of ‘Pooja Vidhis’ at the site of Trimbakeshwar pilgrimage places to Nashik Municipal …
Most Deaths Recorded In A Month This Yr; Scientists Say Virus Unpredictable. Scientists at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) say the H1N1 virus has not undergone any change, but its behaviour pattern remains unpredictable. As a result, people are still dying of the infection with 35 casualties across the …
Seven villages in the district, that were earlier issued red card by the Zilla Parishad (ZP) for poor water quality, have now been given the green card after a recent pre-monsoon water testing drive. The bacteriological tests carried out by the Zilla Parishad in June had revealed that 10 drinking …
India Gears up for a revolutionary change in the fuel industry with launch of India’s first revolutionary bio- diesel station at Lonikand, Pune. Bio Diesel from My Eco Energy ’s Lonikand pump will cater to people in Mumbai, Pune and Nashik. In line with the commitment to make India energy …
As many as 1,556 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have got permission to set up units that are expected to provide employment to 27,487 people in Nashik district. The total investment is expected to be around Rs 621.50 crore. The MSMEs have obtained EM-1 (Entrepreneurs Memorandum part-1) certificates from …
NASHIK: The state government has approved 11 water supply schemes worth Rs 12.88 crore. These Zilla Parishad schemes required special sanction as the per capita expenditure was beyond the prescribed administrative limit. "The water supply department of the Zilla Parishad here had sent 11 proposals to the state government for …
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 …
NASHIK: The process to cut 46 trees to widen the Lam Road in Deolali has been halted considering the application made by activist Ashwini Bhat to the district collector to stay the tree cutting. On Thursday, the contractor marked the trees that would be visited by the district collector before …
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) …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will for the first time keep a watch on the noise levels at major junctions in the city on the first day of the Ganapati festival that begins on Friday. MPCB sub-regional officer R B Andhale said that the noise levels will be continuously …
NASHIK: Plans are afoot to make Nashik the first solar city in Maharashtra by making solar panels mandatory in buildings with over 10 flats. For this, the state government is mulling a change in the Development Control (DC) rules of the city's draft Development Plan (DP) that would provide builders …
With just a few days to go for the Ganesh festival, many citizens are not planning to have eco-friendly idols but also opting for plastic-free decorations. Gauging the public mood, the shopkeepers have also kept less than the usual stock of the thermocol decorations. Citizens are opting for greener methods …
NASHIK: The diarrhoea outbreak in Niphad was barely four days after the Nashik Municipal Corporation had collated the city's health report, which showed as many as 882 cases of diarrhoea in the month of July alone, which means that on average 30 cases of diarrhoea were reported on each day …
NASHIK: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone, Pune, has ordered the respondents in the fly-ash case to comply with its orders within three weeks or else face consequences. The tribunal passed the order while hearing the contempt petition of the applicant on August 1. On March 21, the NGT …
NASHIK: To help create awareness among people about planting and conserving trees, the Social Forestry Department in association with Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India (Credai) and various NGOs, will be organising a 15-day campaign of distributing saplings in various parts of the city for nominal rates or …
NASHIK: The Trimbak civic body has proposed treatment of waste produced from various religious functions at the compost plant run by the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC). Based on the May 15 orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone, Pune, the Trimbak Municipal Council (TMC) had on May 26 …
NASHIK: The largest slaughter house in the city at Bhadrakali has finally been provided with an effluent treatment plant (ETP), completing the civic body's plan to provide such plants in all the three slaughter houses in Nashik. The decision to install the ETPs was taken two years ago in compliance …
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 …
The district court on Saturday interrogated Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) regional officer S Fule, while hearing a criminal case related to the pollution of Godavari filed by activist Rajesh Pandit. The case has been filed under section 431 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against former municipal commissioner Sanjay …
