Mumbaikars show restraint in water usage
Mumbai: Mumbai seems to have answered BMC
Mumbai: Mumbai seems to have answered BMC
Mumbai: Sometimes religious fervour can transform an untended city into a model of development.
The Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program will address immediate coastal protection needs and coastal instability by implementing protection works in
A court order finally frees housing projects in Mumbai
Young farmers in Ratnagiri are successfully preserving the unique diversity of the region by integrating small scale agriculture with livestock production.
an expert panel of the Union environment ministry has justified the setting up of coal-fired power plants in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. It has said the thermal power plants may prove beneficial for mango plantations as the trees could draw sustenance from the oxides of sulphur and nitrogen emitted by them.
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority has finally given its consent for the Pedder Road flyover. It took 15 years for the approval to be given to the 4.4 km four-lane flyover. The proposal was approved by the MCZMA and will now be forwarded to the Centre for its consent. A decision to this effect was taken at a MCZMA meeting held in Mantralaya on Thursday.
Just when the Indian strawberry had begun going places, its journey looks all set to be cut short. Mahabaleshwar, the country
Based on established linkages between ferrimagnetism and heavy metal concentration of anthropogenic particulates, we attempt here to delineate pollutant residing domains and study the role of surface runoff and wind circulations over its redistribution in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) in Maharashtra.
Even as the swine flu scare fades, the civic-run Kasturba Hospital on Wednesday inaugurated a testing facility for H1N1 at its laboratory. However, civic authorities say that the facility would be useful for testing any kind of influenza virus or bacteria, not just H1N1.
MUMBAI: There will be no new small taxis in the city anymore. Alarmed by the exponential growth in the number of vehicles, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Transport Authority (MMRTA) headed by transport secretary C S Sangitrao has proposed a complete ban on registration of smaller vehicles
MUMBAI: The government is pushing the third line of the Mumbai metro on a public private partnership (PPP) basis and will finalise the financial model for the Rs 9,000-crore project in the next two weeks.
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is pushing hard the Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee to get a good deal for the state from the railway budget. The state wants to get maximum allocation for the 29 railway projects that it has proposed with the Centre. The proposal includes 21 new routes and expansion of two routes.
MUMBAI: 'Burn fat, not fuel' was the message that participants were trying to spread as Mumbai witnessed it's first ever Cyclothon. With over 7,000 participants at the Mumbai Cyclothon 2010, the event boasted of six different categories and each saw a decent flow of entries. "Finally, youngsters are inspired to take this sport seriously," said one of the senior participants.
MUMBAI: As Mumbaikars woke up to a lazy Sunday morning, 400-odd professional and amateur bird watchers across the city set their sights on the winged species at hotspots like the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Karnala Bird Sanctuary and even Sewri.
Barely a month after a study released by the Centre identified at least five industrial clusters in Maharashtra
Mumbai: The machine they rode was ordinary. So was their journey. And, so was their destination. But their mission was special: to spread the message that it
Mumbai: Hand sanitiser is a common household name, thanks to last year
Mumbai: Minister for irrigation Ajit Pawar highlighted the need for equitable distribution of water in times of changing weather patterns at the
Builders Face Fine If Society With Occupation Certificate Pays More For Water Sharad Vyas | TNN Mumbai: New water rules proposed by the BMC hydraulic department would make it mandatory for builders who have received an Occupation Certificate (OC) to ensure that the residents stop paying the higher rate for water and begin paying the regular rate.