Mumbai: The state is all set to get its first leopard safari. Theforest department has decided to set up such safaris at three places in the state -- near Belwandi in Ahmednagar district, at Manikdoh in Pune district and at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai.
Ranjani Rajendra & Madhavi Rajadhyaksha I TNN Mumbai: Alarmed at the poor health of women and children in Maharashtra, chief minister Ashok Chavan on Thursday announced the setting up of a task force to improve their condition. Chavan made the announcement at the release of UNICEF
Shibu Thomas I TNN Mumbai: The Bombay Environmental Action Group (BEAG) on Wednesday complained to the Bombay High Court about what it called
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FALLOUT OF FESTIVAL Vijay Singh | TNN Mumbai: Close to 80 birds in Mumbai were treated for injuries by various animal rights organisations on Makar Sankranti when people enthusiastically flew kites, oblivious to the hazard it posed for birds.
Mumbai: Bombay Environmental Action Group (BEAG) on Wednesday informed the Bombay High Court that despite the court
Mumbai: The tanker lobby that operated in Mira Road, Bhayander and Vasai till a few years ago has now spread its tentacles to the western suburbs. Taking advantage of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) water crisis, tanker owners are doing brisk business.
Mumbai: Several senior government officials could be in legal trouble for permitting MLA Gopal Shetty of BJP to fill up a natural pond at Eksar Road in Borivili.
Hail those who bail themselves out Move over, Dwalpment. Beyond boom-and-bust cycles, there exists the exponential effect of growing grass to bind the soil, planting trees once the soil is so held, catching every drop of water clouds supply, accounting for every drop of water demanded, and so prospering. The US Treasury cannot fathom contour-trenching, gully- plugging, grass-cutting,
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Mumbai: Environmentalists take a leaf out of Magsaysay winner
Mumbai: Ten years after acquiring a 45-acre plot for solid waste management, Kalyan and Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) continues to dump garbage in a small plot, which has outlived its capacity and utility.
Mumbai: The state government has claimed to have increased power generation by 860 MW in the past one month. With this, they also claimed that load shedding in the rural and urban areas would be reduced by about an hour daily. However, activists have rubbished the claim and alleged that the government is diverting energy to select urban areas.
Mumbai: Mithi river, much abused by encroachment and pollution, is set to receive a fresh lease of life. In a bid to revive Mithi's pristine glory, a group of environmentalists from the city, inspired by Magsaysay Award-winning conservationist, Rajendra Singh, formed a core group, christened Mithi Sansad, with 60 members and a five-member coordination committee, for the purpose.
India needs to relook at its land acquisition acts When the Nano and Ratan Tata were sent scuttling out of Singur by a rent-seeking Mamata Banerjee, they didn't make landfall in Gujarat at first go. They looked at various site alternatives to set up shop for the Nano, the Rsl lakh small car. Like Banerjee, other activists for farmers' rights moved into sabotage mode elsewhere.
Take afforestation fee and denotify our homes, forest land residents tell state governmentMumbai: Builders are systematically destroying mangroves in the Mira-Bhayander region, dumping debris and garbage on them and hacking and dredging the soil for illegal constructions, an NGO of environmentalists has alleged.
BICYCLE DIARIES Sharmila Ganesan & Nitin Yeshwantrao I TNN
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