Registration of healthcare facilities mandatory
These rules aim to make available a database of clinical establishments which are authorised to function and thereby improve public health quality by eliminating quacks The Union Ministry of public
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
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Hippo death: PETA threatens to move HC
The death of a five-year-old hippopotamus at the Byculla zoo recently has agitated a key animal rights body which has threatened to move the Bombay High Court if the conditions in the cages did not improve.
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Local consent must to protect wildlife
Mumbai: The committee formed to formulate protection activities in non-protected forest areas of the state met at Nagpur on Wednesday, 10 months after its formation in July last year. However, the meeting concluded without any concrete output except for expressing the inability of the forest department to create sanctuaries and national parks without the consent of the local people.
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Institute adopts 200 acres of forest land
Mumbai: The Vipassana Research Institute, Igatpuri has signed an agreement with the state forest department to adopt 200 acres of reserve forest land under the Joint Forest Management scheme.
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Environment takes a back seat
Mumbai: While the ever worsening problem of global warming and climate change has already started showing its effects, future rulers of the nation have completely ignored it. Manifestos of political parties have all the colours, but green. Almost all the political leaders have conveniently forgotten the issue and no one is even talking about it.
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Four borewells sealed in Bhiwandi
Thane: Contaminated water from four borewells in Bhiwandi has triggered a spate of gastroenteritis. The Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BNMC) has sealed the borewells. Two were dug by BNMC and the other two by a local resident, Mamuchi.
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Byculla Zoo caught in tug-of-war
Mumbai: Veermata Jeejabai Udyan, also identified as Byculla Zoo, is among city's oldest heritage precincts. Difference in opinions has now emerged on how it began life.
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MMRDA toys with idea of underground Metro II
Mumbai: After strong protests from various residents associations between Juhu and Bandra, MMRDA is thinking of introducing a clause in the bidding process that some distance or the entire route might be made underground. But if the option doesn't turn out to be feasible, there are chances that Metro II might meet the same fate as Peddar Road flyover.
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BEST buses to be tracked on GPS soon?
Mumbai: BEST buses may soon have global positioning system (GPS). And this will help passengers know the exact time it would take to reach their destinations.
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Corpus will help maintain sewage plants
Mumbai: The Environment Impact Assessment Authority has made it mandatory for projects spread over more than 20,000 sq metres (built-up area) to set aside a corpus to maintain, operate a sewage treatment plant for three to five years.
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Heat wave leads to rise in water consumption
Mumbai: The water consumption in the city has increased by 20% owing to the unusual heat wave experienced in the first week of April.The shooting up of the demand of water has affected the already overburdened water distribution system being maintained by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).