Pune mall allows people to walk in, cycle out
Hrishikesh Joshi / Pune February 02, 2010, 0:31 IST A price tag of Rs 3.5 lakh is not what one expects to see on a bicycle. But that is what you will find when you walk into Lifecycle
Hrishikesh Joshi / Pune February 02, 2010, 0:31 IST A price tag of Rs 3.5 lakh is not what one expects to see on a bicycle. But that is what you will find when you walk into Lifecycle
C hief Minister Digambar Kamat chose the right forum on Sunday to announce that Goa would never bow down on the Mhadei
When Gadchiroli Collector Atul Patne and his predecessor Niranjankumar Sudhanshu accept a special medal from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tomorrow in New Delhi for their NREGA performance, they will rebut a widely held belief that good government work can't be done in Naxal-affected areas, a belief that's often used as an alibi for inaction.
After the general body of the Pune Municipal Corporation
Following a visit by civic officials to Chennai that has set up a 100 mld plant to treat sea water with the help of the Centre, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) also now wants the Centre
Mumbai Even as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation mulls raising the permissible thickness of plastic bags in the market from 50 to 70 microns, several major markets in the city are adding momentum to the no-plastic drive by replacing plastic bags with environmentally friendly options.
Pune For the first time in six months not a single case of H1N1 virus has been reported at Sassoon General Hospital in last two days. There has been a positive drop in the number of cases at the government hospital.
A snag in a region's water supply system led to civil unrest in 13 municipalities impacting the lives of 17 million people. The author finds out how Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran resolved the crisis and won the be inspired award in the 'Innovation in water, wastewater and stormwater networks' category.
The Government of Maharashtra has given a go ahead to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) thirteen proposals for multi-level parking lots in Mumbai. These lots that would provide parking space for about 21,000 cars will be coming up on mill lands in the city's Worli-Parel area.
This is the second interim report of the committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (vide O.M. No. 3-87/80-IA-I, dated 09.7.2008 superseded by O.M. of even number dated 02-09-2008 ) for assessing the status of compliance of environmental conditionalities and requirements to be fulfilled by project authorities of Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) and Indira Sagar Project (ISP).
Maharashtra is one of the six states of India where Great Indian Bustards are still seen. The Jawaharlal Nehru Bustard Sanctuary of Maharashtra is located in Ahmednagar and Solapur districts which are drought prone and semi-arid. In 1975 the Drought Prone Areas Programme (DPAP), financed by the World Bank was initiated in Solapur District.
An account of the anti-SEZ movement and people's struggle in Maharashtra for their livelihood rights especially land, water, forest and employment rights. Also describes opposition of the affected people to the concept of Special Economic Zone, which is anti- poor, anti- labour, anti-farmers, and anti-people in general.
Mumbai: The city is facing its worst ever water crisis, and its citizens like Dr Ajit Gokhale who are braving it head-on. While many have adopted traditional methods of conserving water, Gokhale has a unique idea to save water. He is recycling bath waste water in housing societies and giving it a second life.
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The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has launched a series of short-term plans as well as long-term surveys to curb contamination in critically polluted regions of Maharashtra, including Dombivali and Navi Mumbai. This follows a study by the Central government which calculated a Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) for 88 key industrial clusters in India.
Mumbai City doctors are noticing a new variant of influenza affecting patients these days. In the past six months, patients have reported shorter bouts of influenza in repeated cycles. Doctors say this shorter version of the seasonal flu was noticed during the initial H1N1 scare.
<p>The occurrences of iron and manganese, in the present study was carried out from Manar dam (Nanded district, Maharashtra). Two sampling stations were selected for present study.</p>
This EIA report on 10,000 mw Jaitapur nuclear power plant being set up by NPCIL in Ratnagiri says that, this project will have no impact on ecology of the region. However it has not been shared with affected villages and the project has met with strong protests. <br /><br />
Despite a complete ban on sand mining on beaches, illegal mining is continuing at Alibaug, as confirmed by TOI during a visit to the beach on Monday.
The historic Panvel (or Ulve) creek gets special mention in the Bombay Gazette records. Centuries ago the creek used to have pearls on its sandy bed and was a focal point of trade and commerce with Persia. Today, the creek is mined for a different kind of treasure