MoEF sticks to no-work order at Lavasa site
Citing lack of clearance, largescale environmental degradation and
Citing lack of clearance, largescale environmental degradation and
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) is set to become the nodal agency for executing work of the Mumbai metro project in the city as part of the financial restructuring being initiated by the state government for infrastructure projects. The MMRC, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), was formed in 2009.
THE Environment Ministry is likely to decide on Tuesday whether or not to allow construction of Rs 3,000 crore-Lavasa hill city project in Pune which has been embroiled in a controversy for allegedly violating green norms. "In all likelihood, we will issue an interim order in this regard tomorrow as the Bombay High Court has set a deadline for us to decide on the matter by December 16 (the
The environment ministry is likely to decide tomorrow whether or not to allow construction of the Rs 3,000-crore Lavasa hill city project in Pune, which has been embroiled in a controversy for allegedly violating green norms.
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai December 14, 2010, 0:56 IST Suicides of despairing farmers continue in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, despite the claimed implementation of the Rs 3,000-crore Prime Minister
Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has announced a hike in compensation for the project-affected people from Jaitapur. While rubbishing the worries raised about the environment and security in regard to the nuclear project, Chavan said that the resistance against it was driven by the misconception spread due to vested interests. The issue related to the proposed project at Jaitapur in Ratnagir
Pune The Ministry of Earth Sciences has requested the state government to part with 17 gunthas of land in Mahabaleshwar for its cloud-seeding project, for which it had got a green signal early in the year.
If bamboo is a tree or timber, it belongs to forest dept; if it is a grass, then it would be classified as a minor forest produce The definition is contested as the answer has immense economic implications. If bamboo is a tree or timber, it belongs to the forest department and can be auctioned to the paper and pulp industry, often at throwaway rates.
Nagpur Deputy Chief Minister and Energy Minister Ajit Pawar urged Opposition leaders not to protest against power projects in the state, referring to the opposition to the upcoming nuclear power plant at Jaitapur from various quarters. The 9,900-MW nuclear power project in Ratnagiri district, for which a deal was signed recently between PM Manmohan Singh and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is
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Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is a man in a green hurry. On November 27, he dispatched a special official messenger from Delhi to serve a showcause notice to Lavasa City's promoters to stop construction for violating the Environment Act. The 25,000-acre Lavasa in the Sahayadri mountains near Pune is independent India's first planned hill town.
The controversial Adarsh Housing Society at Colaba in Mumbai has lost its water and electricity supply after the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority revoked its No Objection Certificate (NOC) to the society. Whether it will lose 25 illegal floors out of its 31 is giving sleepless nights to the owners of the 107 flats.
Obnoxious smell, piles of filth and garbage from the dumping grounds might soon disappear. The grounds will be transformed into green lungs of the city. After the successful closure of the Gorai dumping ground was recognised globally at UN Climate Change Conference, a similar project is set to be replicated at Deonar.
NEW DELHI: The Environment Ministry has given Lavasa Corporation one more day to submit maps and other data regarding its hill city project near Pune, which failed to get a green clearance from the central government.
The standing committee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Tuesday asked the civic administration to take initiative to implement the monorail project and invite an expression of interest from private parties for the project. Though the project was cleared by a relevant committee, to be developed on DBOOT (design-build-own-operate-transfer) basis, the PMC had not invited any tenders for
By Shailendra Paranjpe | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA Of the 2.67 lakh malnourished children below the age of five in the district, about 5,000 are severely malnourished.
By Abhay Khairnar | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is planning to introduce a full-fledged intelligent traffic system (ITS) with the help of private parties to keep a close eye on signal violations and those impinging on the exclusive BRTS (bus rapid transport system) routes in the city. Standing committee chairman Arvind Shinde and municipal commissioner Mahe
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India on Wednesday asked the Centre to take into account public demonstrations in Maharashtra against the setting up of nuclear power plants there and raised environmental issues connected with the Jaitapur project. It urged the government to make public the contract signed between French and Indian nuclear power companies. Demanding that the government revi
Pune Construction of the road from Shivane to Kharadi along the Mutha river, delayed after being initiated and stopped twice thereby pushing up the project cost by Rs 200 crore, will finally be started by the Pune Municipal Corporation.