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 …
Pune: Scientists from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes, who recently surveyed the damage caused by hailstorms, have recommended raising of permanent windbreaks or shelterbelts on the windward side and growing genotypes to avoid failure of all crops. Windbreaks comprise a hedge, fence, or a row of trees …
The National Green Tribunal, while hearing the application of environmentalists on Monday, instructed the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) to follow procedure as per the law while felling trees. It asked applicants to submit their objections after the NMC issues notices about the trees. Justice V R Kingaonkar and Justice Abhay …
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 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 …
After Nagpur, Nashik and some other districts in Vidarbha, six districts in the Marathwada region were lashed by heavy unseasonal rain, claiming three lives while an Indian Army colonel suffered burns due to lightning in Aurangabad. The farmers suffered heavy loss as the crops in their fields were completely destroyed. …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), while hearing a petition filed by city-based environmental activists, ordered the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Tuesday not to cut any tree on Gangapur Road for road-widening purpose. The NGT also asked the NMC to maintain status quo of Gangapur Road till February 24. The …
Environmental activists have filed a petition in the National Green Tribunal(NGT) seeking its intervention to save the trees that are likely to face the axe for widening of the road from Jehan Circle to Gangapur village. Around 357 of the 645 trees on the Gangapur Road are likely to face …
The state government has decided to spend Rs 40.32 crore in Nashik district and Rs 123.12 crore in Nashik division as part of the drought alleviation programme to build chain cement weirs in various areas. Nandgaon, Sinnar and Yeola have been allocated Rs 3.6 crore each as part of the …
The ministry of road transport and highways has approved Rs 105 crore for the construction of various roads in the district in the current fiscal, with the condition that the works should be completed within two years and four months from the date of administrative approval. The ministry has given …
Noted water conservationist Dr Rajendra Singh has urged the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) to undertake urgent measures to curb water pollution in Godavari river. “Godavari river is getting polluted on a large scale, as the industrial effluents as well as domestic waste are being released into the river. Sewage is …
On the insistence of the petitioners of the river pollution case, mayor Yatin Wagh and other civic officials visited the banks of the Godavari on Wednesday evening to discuss about the orders of the Bombay high court with respect to the implementation of suggestions of the National Environmental Engineering Research …
The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), which is releasing untreated sewage into Godavari river, is expected to revamp its sewage disposal system by March 2014. The city gets around 390 million litres per day (MLD) drinking water, of which sewage of around 240 MLD is generated. The NMC is treating 200 …
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 Panchavati division of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) carried out a cleanliness drive at Ramkund, Laxmankund and Pataleshwar Kund in the Godavari river on Tuesday, extracting 40 tonnes of material used in rituals and garbage. The exercise was conducted to cleanse the river of all waste after three consecutive …
The Green Tribunal, Pune, has asked government officials concerned to be present for the hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Flyash Manufacturers' Association for complying with the directions of the Environment and Forests on fly ash. The PIL was admitted to the tribunal on October 28 …
A pilot project, "Kaam Maango Abhiyan', under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) will be implemented in the district from Friday wherein demand for work will be noted in advance and better schemes will be planned to give employment during the specified period. According to deputy collector, …
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 Nashik Zilla Parishad (ZP) will distribute 22,974 field testing kits (FTK) to upper primary schools in the district, enabling them to check the quality of water being supplied to their tanks and taps to prevent waterborne diseases. The state government has decided to supply the FTKs to Zilla Parishad …
