Bhopal haunts Dow R&D unit
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai September 09, 2010, 0:09 IST Dow Chemical Company is once bitten, twice shy.
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai September 09, 2010, 0:09 IST Dow Chemical Company is once bitten, twice shy.
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai September 9, 2010, 0:26 IST The signboard at Kopra-Panvel, about 35 km from the existing Mumbai airport at Santa Cruz, was put up with much fanfare in 2004 after the site was finalised for the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport. Six years later, time seems to have stood still at the site
The Environment Ministry has assured the Prime Minister that it will help in finding an early resolution to the deadlock over the Navi Mumbai airport project but has also requested the Maharashtra government and the Civil Aviation Ministry to show some flexibility on the issue. The assurance has come in response to a communication from the PMO asking the Environment Ministry to expedite its dec
THE Navi Mumbai airport project is back on track. With the Maharashtra government and the civil aviation ministry agreeing to address ecological concerns, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has conveyed to the prime minister that things were moving forward on the project.
Pune: It is curtains for Dow India
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: Is the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance SEZ more important to the Maharashtra government than mangrove conservation? Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has suggested that if the State government and the Union Civil Aviation Ministry want Mumbai's second airport to come up at the proposed site in Navi Mumbai, they should use some of the land allotted to the Specia
Pune Green Build Products, a city-based company that manufactures eco-friendly products used in the construction industry, launched its website on Tuesday. Shashank Paranjpe, MD, Paranjpe Schemes Constructions launched the website.
The cabinet on Wednesday gave its consent to the amendments proposed by the centre on organ transplant. As per this amendment, the grandparents, grandchildren and extended family members can play the role of donors for any person. As per the norms in the past, only the closest relatives of the person, that is, either the husband, wife, brother, sister, son or daughter would be considered ac
The state government is under pressure from the Centre to stay the release of 2,177 hectares of saltpan land in Mumbai for redevelopment, fearing it would lead to trouble in the flood-prone city. The state government had planned to give this land to private developers for slum rehabilitation projects in lieu of incentives. Sources in the ministry of urban development told DNA,
The Environment Ministry has assured the Prime Minister it will help find an early resolution to the deadlock over the Navi Mumbai airport project but has also requested the Maharashtra government and the Civil Aviation Ministry to be more flexible. The assurance has come in response to a communication from the Prime Minister's Office asking the Environment Ministry to expedite a decision on
Pune As Dow India conveyed its intention to return the 100-acre land in Shinde village allotted to it for a technology research and development project, residents of Shinde and Vasuli who have been agitating against the project for three years heaved a sigh of relief. On Wednesday, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) submitted an affividavit before the Bombay High Court re
Amitabh Sinha With the Prime Minister
Amitabh Sinha New Delhi: With the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) stepping in again, it is now becoming increasingly clear that the second airport for Mumbai will, in all probability, be built at the proposed location in Navi Mumbai that is facing a host of environmental objections.
ECO-FRIENDLY Viju B & Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN Mumbai: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has asked Ganpati mandals to return to the festival
Raghavendra Kamath / Mumbai September 7, 2010, 1:49 IST While activists claim the Lavasa hill-town project has flouted several environmental norms, the company insists it has all the necessary permissions from the state government. The township of Lavasa, spread over 25,000 acres, is embraced by seven hills that girdle its 60-km lakefront.
Contrary to the belief that women in their reproductive age die more due to maternal reasons, a study conducted in Maharashtra has found that tuberculosis, cancers, suicides, injury and poisoning are the major killers of women in the 15-44 age-group. The study was conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) through its National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumba
The steering committee of the state government on Monday took the desalination plant proposal for Mumbai forward by setting 2013 as the deadline for the first phase. The government plans to set up two plants of 100 mld each at south Mumbai and the suburbs to tackle the city
The office of Food Corporation of India
Pune Around 150 people, allegedly tried to
Mumbai Two seawater desalination plants, to be commissioned by 2013, will help augment the metropolitan region