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 …
Around 30 volunteers will gather together on May 7 to save nearly 50 trees from mealy bug infestation at Santa Cruz (East). Over 80 trees in the area near Santa Cruz station have been found to have been infested by the bug. The infestation was noticed by Leena Prabhoo, who …
MUMBAI: One in four Mumbai schoolchildren possibly has poor lung function, according to a multi-city survey released on the eve of World Asthma Day on Monday. The outlook is grimmer if one considers the national average: 35% of the surveyed children had poor lung function. The survey, covering 2,000 children …
There is another agitation brewing in Phursungi, where the villagers had allowed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to continue dumping of waste after preventing it for months. The reason is lack of any forward movement in the civic administration’s proposal to set up several processing plants of smaller capacity within …
In what appears to be first such move by a state, Maharashtra, which has seen the most aggressive land acquisitions for Special Economic Zones (SEZ), is planning to introduce a SEZ Prevention of Land Speculation Bill to crack down on developers hoarding acquired land. The state government has proposed that …
Only three out of 11 chief ministers attended the first sub-group meet to discuss ways for its implementation Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project, does not appear to have enthused a majority of the states. Only three out of 11 chief ministers turned up on Thursday for …
Packaged drinking water may not always be your safest bet, going by a random survey conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA drew 95 water samples from packaged drinking water plants across the state from April 2014 to March 2015 and found 53% of them unsafe and …
State transport commissioner Mahesh Zagade on Thursday issued a circular banning the use of the phrase "Horn Ok Please" on the rear side of commercial vehicles, such as trucks and tempos, across Maharashtra. "But it gives licence to motorists to honk unnecessarily and there have been numerous complaints of excessive …
The city has around 1,500 general practitioners but just 250 of them have been registered with the firm appointed to collect and dispose of the biomedical waste generated in the city. And, the Satara-based firm has threatened to stop the service after May 5 since the doctors have been found …
Temples have a long history and tradition of keeping elephants. Some temples keep elephants as they have a significance associated with a specific deity. However, the actual time when temples started associating themselves with elephants is not very clear. Interestingly, the actual reasons for which elephants are kept in temples …
In a relief to several stalled development projects across the state, the Union environment ministry has reconstituted a crucial state committee that screens proposals in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), a little over a month after the previous panel’s tenure expired. As per official data, 117 project proposals, including sea-front …
PUNE: The problem of milk adulterated with sugar, glucose powder and edible oil persists in Maharashtra, with most cases registered in Pune in the last financial year. Food and drug administration officials have so far filed 36 criminal cases and recovered over Rs 25 lakh as penalty for various violations …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd Vs Ramdas Janardan Koli dated 21/04/2015 regarding environmental damages caused due to expansion of the Port activities of JNPT and development activities of CIDCO and the spillage of oil by …
Officials of various departments in the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), along with green activists, on Tuesday visited a stretch of the Godavari to check for sewage from nullahs released into the river. It was observed that at present, sewage from none of the 19 nullahs was being directly released into …
El Nino is not only expected to affect monsoon in India but also in neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal and some parts of Myanmar. The 6th session of the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF), a sub-regional body of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) devoted to specific monsoon …
Fancy falling for the allure of the dark and deep woods by going for a holiday there? The state government may soon make this possible for you, with its plans to promote eco-tourism in forested areas. This will also help locals and tribals gain employment, thus improving the quality of …
NAVI MUMBAI: Around 200 km south of Mumbai in the picturesque coastal town of Shrivardhan in Raigad district, a meticulous Vulture Conservation Centre is slowly but surely taking shape atop tall coconut trees. Forest officials of Roha taluka informed that at present there are 30 nests of white backed and …
Even as union health minister J P Nadda launched a nationwide TB Free India campaign in Delhi on Thursday, a survey conducted by a city NGO indicated that 47% of those surveyed in a Kurla East locality had tuberculosis. The Thakkar Bappa locality, which has many shoe-making units, is among …
Monsoon is expected to be below normal in central India as well, though the India Meteorological Department's region-wise monsoon distribution will be released only in June. A Met department source on Thursday said the experimental forecast has shown that monsoon may be below normal in Central India that includes central …
The district administration’s request for more stone quarries has led the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) to direct them to measure the air quality at sites before seeking for a green signal. With stone crushers likely to cause more air pollution, the SEAC has particularly asked the administration to carry …
Residents and business owners from Itwari have complained against gold and silversmiths in the area releasing residues that have choked the drainage lines. They say that blockage is leading to environmental as well as health problems. The complaint has been forwarded to Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) through two local …
