BMC to buy more trees to increase city green cover
Seven months after the plantation of fully-grown trees
Seven months after the plantation of fully-grown trees
Pune Though the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) had taken the requisite measures to tackle monsoon-related grievances in the Cantonment area, water-logging was reported from various parts of the cantonment jurisdiction due to heavy rain.
Pune After water logging in the parking lot of Pune district and sessions court, the Pune Bar Association (PBA) has asked the public works department (PWD) to fit inter-locking blocks at various locations on the court premises. Heavy rain has resulted in waterlogging in parking lots, near the main building and near Pune lawyers consumer society.
Pune Even as the city is witnessing heavy rainfall only since the last five days, many societies in Kondhwa and NIBM road are facing water logging.
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra): A cholera-like epidemic is widely spreading in Bhingar and the adjoining camp areas in Ahmednagar and about 500 persons have fallen sick of it, the district civil hospital sources said today. Contaminated water supply and lack of cleanliness said to have caused the epidemic.
Mumbai: The Mahim coastline is fast disappearing, claim fishermen residing by the seafront. On Monday afternoon, sea water came gushing in and claimed portions of the land.
Sinking their differences, the ruling Congress and Opposition TDP on Monday knocked on the doors of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking his intervention to force Maharashtra to stop construction of the Babhali project.
RASHME SEHGAL Minister of civi July 26: Minister of civil aviation Praful Patel has launched a fresh salvo against minister of environment Jairam Ramesh whose delay in granting clearance to the Navi Mumbai airport will adversely impact the economic growth of Maharashtra.
MUMBAI: Mosquito bites aren't just sucking out blo-od
Mumbai: Senior BJP MLA Devendra Fadnavis has alleged that the government had conspired to hand over nearly 44 acres to Pratibha Industries, a single bidder for the water transport project proposed for Mumbai. DNA was the first to expose this report last week.
Mumbai: Water levels in the catchment areas are rising gradually, with the Tulsi lake, now at the 139.02m mark, expected to overflow on Monday night. The lake provides 18 million litres of water to Mumbai daily.
Mumbai: Heavy downpour over the last three days has pushed up the water levels in the lakes in Mumbai. The lake levels saw an increase of 82,622 million litres of water in the last 24 hours starting 8.30 am yesterday to 8.30 am today, civic officials said. Presently, there is 4,68,633 mld of water in all the city lakes as compared to 6,34,144 mld last year, they said.
New Delhi, July 25: Ahead of the all-party delegation meeting with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, on the Babli project, the TD president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, is meeting national leaders to take up cudgels against the Maharashtra government.
As many as four H1N1 deaths over the weekend
Pune Industries Minister Rajendra Darda has assured the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) to take up their demand of an independent airport in Pune, free of IAF restrictions, with Chief Minister Ashok Chavan.
Mumbai In the wake of allegations that mangroves were hacked to beautify MMRDA staff quarters, the state environment department has decided to initiate an inquiry into the matter and take action if necessary. The MMRDA staff quarters also houses commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad.
Mumbai The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has urged the Forest Department to declare the critically-endangered forest owlet, a diurnal owl said to be found only along the state
Pune As many as four H1N1 deaths over the weekend
Mumbai The Mumbai Metropolitan Region development Authority (MMRDA) has moved a step closer to Mithi River development with the construction of a wooded bund on its banks as per the recommendations of the Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune. The Rs 50-lakh development of the wooded bund on Mithi River is expected to complete by August end, MMRDA officials said.