Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vanashakti & Others Vs Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Others dated 15/04/2024. The matter related to removal of debris (construction and demolition waste) dumped at Mithi river, Mumbai. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), February …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vanashakti & Others Vs Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Others dated 15/04/2024. The matter related to removal of debris (construction and demolition waste) dumped at Mithi river, Mumbai. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), February …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vanashakti & Others dated 03/07/2023. The matter related to dumping of debris at the bank of Mithi river near Tapeshwar Mandir, Aarey forest, which is prohibited as per the Management of Construction and Demolition Waste Rules, …
The MPCB carried out the assessment at 12 locations in the city in May this year. Mumbai: According to the water quality assessment by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), the water quality at 10 locations in Mumbai were found to be polluted. While the Mithi remains the most polluted …
Dayanand has also written to the Mumbai suburban collector, the MPCB and the Environment Secretary regarding the dumping of mud in the Mithi river. Environmentalists have alleged that there was a planned attempt to destroy wetlands in Mumbai and that the Mithi river in Powai and a lake in Aarey …
According to a survey by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) the water quality index of Mumbai is bad much like air quality index. According the survey Mumbai’s expensive real eastate is surrounded by polluted water. Water quality index at Malabar Hill, Nariman Point, Gateway of India, Worli sea face, Juhu …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jalbiradari & Others Vs Ministry of Environment & Forests & Others dated 31/05/2016 regarding grant of CRZ Clearance for construction of retaining wall, service road along with the banks of the river Mithi, Mumbai by M/s Mumbai Metropolitan Region and …
In order to prevent further pollution of the city's rivers, such as the Mithi, Poisar and Dahisar rivers, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is planning to construct additional sewer lines around these rivers. The pollution levels in the city rivers have increased in the last few years, thanks to an increasing …
In October 2013, the Nation Green Tribunal had ordered all 239 ‘polluting’ industries on the banks to be shut. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has recently issued closure notices to 100 industrial units along the Mithi river for releasing pollutants into the water bodies. Level of water in the …
MUMBAI: The state government has decided to set up a plant to treat water from the polluted Mithi river before it reaches the Mahim bay area. This is despite the concrete embankments to stop sewage from entering the river. "The 18km Mithi has a wall along its 12km stretch, while …
With the pilot effort at cleansing the Mithi River using a microbial technology having purified a considerable amount of water and drastically reduced its odour, the city’s development authority has decided to continue the process and is scouting for newer technologies that may have come up in the market. In …
The city’s development authority’s plans of roping in corporates to beautify the Mithi river promenade inside the plush Bandra-Kurla complex are losing steam, as coastal regulation zone (CRZ) norms are likely to prove as a roadblock to the ambitious designs of the private company it had picked. After inviting expressions …
NEERI scientists believe continued efforts by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to take action against polluting industries will improve the quality further in the coming years. The Mithi river seems to be inching very slowly towards revival as the Water Quality Index (WQI) recorded at most of the discharge points of …
The corporation has narrowed down on a consortium of Indo-French consultancy firm STUP Consultants Pvt Ltd and multinational consultants Ernst & Young. In a major fillip to the ambitious coastal road project which envisages building a road along Mumbai’s Western sea front, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said that his ministry …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Jalbiradari & Anr. Vs. The MoEF. dated 07/03/2014 regarding pollution of Mithi river caused by industries. The Tribunal has come down heavily on Municipal Corporation, Mumbai for action not being taken for installation of STP, inspite …
Mumbai: The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the state pollution board to ensure that the Mithi, Waduli, Ulhas and Patalganga rivers be restored to pure forms. “It has directed the MPCB to submit a plan to the state government and also directed it to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jalbiradari & Anr. Vs. The MoEF. dated 15/01/2014 regarding industries, which are within proximity of 30 metres distance from the both side walls of ‘Mithi’ river. NGT order also states that National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has accepted the …
Dutch Firm To Assess Impact And Feasibility Mumbai: A governmental body is resuscitating plans needing large-scale reclamation of land from the Arabian Sea—including expansion of the financial centre at Nariman Point—by commissioning studies to assess their environmental and social impact. The Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU), which was set up …
The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal has ordered a stay on blasting on the Mithi riverbed till an environment impact assessment (EIA) report is prepared. The report, the bench said, is necessary in order to locate whether blasting on the riverbed is likely to cause adverse impact on …
All the 239 polluting industries on the banks of Mithi river are to be shut down with immediate effect, said the Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday. The tribunal also stayed any further blasting on the Mithi riverbed until an impact assessment report is prepared and submitted …
