Power distribution firms may get to encash green energy initiatives
Setting in motion the trade of renewable energy, the government has launched a certification process for the clean energy sector.
Setting in motion the trade of renewable energy, the government has launched a certification process for the clean energy sector.
MUMBAI: Dumping grounds that evoke images of stench, smoke and mountains of garbage will soon undergo a makeover. The grounds as well as the solid waste are being eyed as potential sources of energy. The National Building Construction Corporation has asked the state government to identify dump yards across the state that can serve as ideal grounds for solar and bio-mass energy.
According to preliminary estimates from 19 district administrations, crops on nearly 1.5 lakh hectares of land have been damaged due to the untimely heavy rains across the state in the last few days. One third of the damage is in the Konkan belt alone where the state administration is expected to announce the interim relief in a few days. After the chief minister ordered the state administra
Reacting to voices being raised against the
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has issued a checklist for examining clearances to projects which attract the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1991. This comes in the wake of the controversy over the violation of ecological rules by the Adarsh housing society here, meant for widows of Kargil heroes and later taken by a combine of influential figures. The aim is to avoid a repeat of Adarsh-related scams and to ensure adherence to the notification by project developers. MoEF had already said Adarsh did not get CRZ clearance, either from the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority, the state government or from the Centre. Ministry sources told Business Standard any project developer needs to check if the relevant map was prepared by an authorised agency in line with the ministry
The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
MUMBAI: An expert committee of the Union housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry has pointed out in a report how some major states, including Maharashtra, have "grossly underestimated their slum population" by not using proper parameters. The report, submitted to the ministry recently, said Maharashtra and the other states did not use a comprehensive definition for a squatter and some ca
So far, the three BMC medical colleges and the state-run JJ Hospital were the only ones in the city that could register brain deaths and retrieve organs.
The Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) flagged off its mobile outreach programme in Trombay on Monday. The five-year programme funded by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) will screen women for breast, cervical and oral cancers.
The ambitious monorail project of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) may go for a Private-Public Partnership (PPP) model, after the third year of its commencement. The authority at present is constructing the project on a cash contract basis with Larson & Tubro and Scomi engineering being the consortium for the 21 km route.
After years of repeated pleas and a PIL in the High Court, residents staying along the sea shores in South Mumbai have finally got the BMC to take up the task of cleaning the shores.
The use of rare and endangered species in science laboratories at most schools will henceforth be prohibited. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked all affiliated schools to discontinue the use of rare species, dead or alive, in their science laboratories. After receiving a complaint from the director general of forest on the illegal use of such species, the board has iss
The controversial Adarsh Cooperative Society building in Mumbai
The Navi Mumbai airport is likely to get the green nod as an environment panel on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the revised proposal submitted by its project developer City Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO). The panel will soon submit its suggestions to the environment minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, who will take a call in the matter. The Head of the Expert Appraisal Committee
MUMBAI: A 10-member experts' appraisal committee (EAC) of the union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) will meet on Wednesday in New Delhi to finalize its recommendations on granting environmental clearance to the proposed airport in Navi Mumbai. Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh had said after the EAC's site visit in October that 65% of the environmental issues had been resolved
To help quench Mumbai
After a dip in 2009, Diwali noise levels in Mumbai have gone up by around 10 decibels this year, according to the data collected by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB).
Environment min ister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday assured that action against Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai for violating green norms will be taken in the next two-three days. He said the Maharashtra environment department had denied clearance to the controversial housing society, but it seemed the state urban department gave the nod.
The Experts Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the environment and forests ministry has pulled up City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) for not assessing the environmental impact of the proposed airport at Navi Mumbai properly. However, EAC has admitted that there was a need for a second international airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.