Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
NAGPUR: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), Mumbai, has ordered closure of two meat processing units at Taroda near Shegaon and another at Nandura in Buldhana district. The recent MPCB order comes after western zone bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune, blasted the pollution board for not following Supreme …
PUNE: The civic body will approach the Supreme Court against the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) recent order of demolishing a recreational facility built by the civic body at Sambhaji Garden. The facility is also used by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) as office space. A PMC circular issued in 1999 …
Nagpur: In perhaps one of the biggest illegal mining scams in the country, at Pachgaon near Nagpur, at least 21 forest officials and employees may face action if the list submitted to the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court is considered. On April 20, a bench of justice AB Chaudhari …
PANAJI: Barely four days after Maharashtra government officials point blankly stated that Goa would not get a drop of water from the Virdi Dam, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis tried to downplay the situation saying that the two states would work something out. "It is not about Goa or Maharashtra, …
Nagpur: After the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi, stayed felling of trees on NH7 on Wednesday, the deputy conservator of forests (DyCF), Nagpur, did not order a stop to felling, which continued on Thursday. The NGT's principal bench headed by Justice Swantanter Kumar, and expert members DK Agrawal and BS …
NASHIK: Animal activists agitated in front of the office of the chief conservator of forests (territorial) Nashik Circle on Thursday demanding action against the officials, who they claimed were responsible for the death of a leopard in Chandwad. The one-and-a-half-year old leopard fell to its death inside a well in …
Nagpur: In response to a recent change suggested in the draft wildlife policy by ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) regarding distinction between hunting and use of wildlife for cultural practices, the ministry has been urged to drop the new clause by leading NGOs. Bombay Natural History Society …
The rising leopard population in the region has resulted in frequent human-animal conflicts over the past five years. Leopards straying into farms have claimed 12 human lives and caused 6,603 animal deaths since 2010. Foresters said there have been 10 incidents of leopard straying and/or attacking human beings or animals …
Proposals to be forwarded to state govt by May 15: Collector. As many as 337 villages across nine talukas of the Pune district have issued their ‘no-objection’ certificate, paving the way for them to be covered under the proposed eco-sensitive zones. At a meeting convened by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis …
The state coastal regulatory panel had sent the undertaking. The ambitious project of constructing a coastal road by reclaiming land in Mumbai is yet to be cleared by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), as the ministry still fears it could in the long run open up the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi on Wednesday stayed the working permission granted to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) by the state government for diversion of 49.246 hectare forest land for the four-laning of NH7 between Mansar and Khawasa on MP border. However, by now 3,394 of …
Varous organisations in Nashik led by Ganga Godavari Panchkoti Purohit Sangh in association with the Nirmal Goda Abhiyan staged an agitation on Tuesday. The agitators sat at the holy "Ram Kunda" (a sacred pond) near Godavari river, holding banners and posters, demanding that the river should be made pollution free, …
Govt considering per tree fee to replace prior permission, also plans to exempt MSMEs from seeking nod to draw water up to a certain limit from dams. The Maharashtra government is considering scrapping of the norm for industries to seek permission by for tree felling as part of efforts to …
The state government's efforts to stop the diversion of water by Maharashtra got a boost after the Maharashtra government on Wednesday gave an undertaking before the Mhadei water disputes tribunal that it will not commence any work on the gorge portion of the Virdi dam. During the hearing of the …
With a view to checking the menace of garbage burning in the open that pose serious threat to citizens' health, besides causing pollution, Nagpur bench of Bombay high court, on Wednesday, issued notices all municipal corporations and councils in Vidarbha. A division bench comprising Justice Arun Chaudhari and Justice PN …
The Bombay High Court Tuesday asked the state government to look into suggestions of making small waste disposal units mandatory in residential societies and townships by amending building by-laws and development control regulations. A division bench of Justices N H Patil and V L Achliya was hearing a public interest …
PUNE: The civic standing committee on Tuesday approved six small garbage processing units to be set up in Bhavani Peth area. A private company will install four units with a capacity of processing five metric tonne garbage daily and two units with a capacity of three metric tonne. The company …
District collector Saurabh Rao on Tuesday told the authorities concerned to prepare a disaster management plan for 24 villages located in the landslide-prone areas in Pune district. Every village will have a separate set of standard operating procedure depending on its location, approach to human habitats and tool of communication …
PUNE: A recent change suggested in the draft wildlife policy by the ministry of environment, forest and climate change regarding distinction between hunting and use of wildlife for cultural practices has faced strong opposition from non-governmental organisations (NGOs). A memorandum sent by the Bombay Natural History Society, Aaranyak, Wildlife Protection …
NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) is planning use private tankers to supply water to various places and routes in case of an emergency during Kumbh Mela. Close to 1.25 crore people, including 30 lakh sadhus, are expected to visit the city during the event beginning from July 14. The …
