First flock of flamingos flies to city
Winter may not have set in yet, but the first flock of our migratory pink guests
Winter may not have set in yet, but the first flock of our migratory pink guests
Maharashtra coal mining EIA dumps people, wildlife COAL mining is set to replace 3,350 hectares (ha), and perhaps more, of reserve forests in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. This will affect people who are dependent on such forests for everyday needs like firewood. The Centre has given mining leases to three companies, of which Adani Enterprises has got 1,600 ha for its opencast mining
Local non-profits have highlighted the following lacunae: Information on extent of deforestation misleading No information on project
Villagers protest relocation residents of a village in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra
P. Sainath MUMBAI: Suicides by farmers of Maharashtra crossed the 4,000-mark in 2007, for the third time in four years, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). As many as 4,238 farmers of the State took their lives that year, the latest for which data are available, accounting for a fourth of 16,632 farmer suicides in the country.
Pune The World Bank on Thursday approved Rs 160 crore to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for executing the non-motorised transport projects on the pilot Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) lanes along with showing interest in the ambitious Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) initiative by the civic administration for improving the public transport in the city.
Pune With nearly 5,000 tonnes of electronic waste generated in Pune every year and about 23,000 tonnes in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is preparing fresh guidelines for e-waste management for the two cities that generate maximum e-waste in the state. Environment secretary Valsa Nair, who is also the chairperson of the MPCB, has already issued a notice to this effect.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has promised that
Dec. 9: Ruling out pre-ponement of Assembly polls in the state, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Tuesday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in stopping the construction of 11 barrages across the river Godavari in Maharashtra.
Mumbai The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) launched the Environment Resource Centre
Pune The outcome of the study, Strategic Environment Assessment, will be incorporated in future development plans
Pune Water woes of the residents of the northern part of the city are likely to end soon, as they will start receiving regular water supply from next week. The Pune Municipal Corporation is currently carrying out necessary trials at the Holkar water pumping station. This new pumping station would provide 40 million liters of water per day.
Organic farming is a system of farm management to create an eco-system which can achieve sustainable productivity without the use of artificial external inputs such as chemo-synthetic
Assessment of landfill gases (LFG) with appropriate methodology for control of green house gas emission as well as possibility for waste to energy conversion are the prime objectives of the study. Generation of LFG from a particular heap of wastes can not be interlinked with the potential of LFG generation.
The present communication deals with the traditional knowledge of tribals of Toranmal region of Maharashtra regarding the use of plants for treating wounds. The tribals of this region use plants/plant parts or their suitable preparations for treating various ailments.
The broad objective of this study is to examine various issues related to irrigation potential creation, its utilization, gross and net irrigated areas, including definition, reporting practices and consistencies in estimates.
Maharashtra is the first state in the country to launch state-wide reforms by empowering communities represented by Village Panchayat and VWSC to plan, design, execute and manage investment in drinking
Dow in trouble again: The Maharashtra government has ordered setting up of a committee to look into Dow Chemical
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Mumbai Project is further delayed as MMRDA is still to get a report from the consultants it had roped in The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority