Phyan: IMD blames lack of data, equipment
Two months after warnings about cyclonic storm
Filters
- Maharashtra
Search Results
-
-
Oil spill in Mahul creek grounds kills flamingo
Mumbai: The oil spill in Mahul creek a couple of weeks ago has taken its toll. The city has lost a winged visitor. While the flamingo died on Tuesday, another bird is battling for life at the SPCA hospital, Parel.
-
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board cracks down on chemical units
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has its guns set on the chemical factories at the Lote Parshuram industrial area in Chiplun. These factories, which are blatantly violating environment protection norms, have been issued show cause notice for allegedly polluting water at the Borje dam near Khed.
-
MMRDA 'pays back' IIT-Bombay by bridging its campus
Mumbai: It could be termed as a payback gesture by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) towards the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B). The authority will construct a motorable bridge connecting the southern and northern sides of the IIT-B campus.
-
Plastic ban: State holds up changes proposed by BMC
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had plans to curb the plastic bags menace that date back to 2008. The civic body had asked the state government to make a provision for stringent action to discourage the manufacturing and circulation of plastic bags.
-
State mulls ban on import of plastic bags
Mumbai Following the clampdown on illegally manufactured plastic bags below 50 microns, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is planning to ban large scale import of plastic bags into the state.
-
Panel to untangle Dharavi project
Mumbai The Committee of Secretaries discussing the Rs 15,000-crore Dharavi Redevelopment Project on Wednesday decided to appoint a subcommittee that will submit a report within 15 days on how to take forward the project that has been caught in a series of tangles.
-
Sewage treatment project: condition of Mutha river to indicate success
Pune Following the implementation of five projects for the treatment of sewage in the city, Pune Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade has set the level of cleanliness of Mutha river water as the benchmark for deciding whether sewage treatment is complete.
-
Maha SEZ plan put off
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai January 6, 2010, 0:57 IST Mukesh Ambani and Anand Jain promoted Mumbai SEZ Ltd has suspended, for an indifinite period, its land acquisition for the MahaMumbai special economic zone (SEZ) in coastal Raigad. The company may drop the project altogether, as it was not able to acquire
-
Traffic cops come up with graded parking system proposal
Pune To reduce congestion on several roads in the central commercial district of the city, the traffic police have proposed a
-
Proposed Special Economic Zone rolled back, farmers rejoice
Pune For Manikrao Satav, a farmer from Wagholi, it is celebration time after a two-year long struggle to get back his 25 acres of land from the government which was notified for a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for Videocon.
-
No toilet blocks: Show-cause notices likely to 40 sarpanchs
Collector Chandrakant Dalvi, who had decided to crack the whip on gram panchayats and members, who have not constructed toilet blocks, have asked the block development officer to issue show-cause notices to erring sarpanch's in the villages.
-
No fresh polio cases in city since 1997, say civic officials
Pune Pune has not recorded a single case of polio since 1997, claim Pune Municipal Corporation(PMC) health officials as they undertake preparations for this year's first round of pulse polio immunisation to be held on January 10. Maharashtra has not recorded a single case since November 2008.
-
First hospital in pipeline, Bhor villagers celebrate
About 90 kilometres from Pune, Salungan village in Bhor taluka has a population of about 300 people. Add to this the families living in the 35 villages surrounding the area, and the total population easily crosses a few thousands. Yet, there are no medical facilities to speak of, with the nearest health centre being at least 35 kilometres away.
-
New in 2010: Civic body promises a city free of garbage containers
Pune An issue that really kept the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on its toes in 2009 was the solid waste management, which came under attack for the lack of proper collection and processing systems. But come 2010, and the civic body is all set to roll out an ambitious plan of a garbage container-free city in tandem with reforms in solid waste management.
-
Fresh lease of life for Karnala Bird Sanctuary
Bird watchers and conservationists can heave a sigh of relief as the Centre has shot down a road-widening proposal that would have caused death of the Karnala Bird Sanctuary, some 60 km South-west of Mumbai.
-
Dange satisfied with Mithi progress
Mumbai Chief Secretary J P Dange reviewed the progress of desilting, deepening and widening of Mithi river on Sunday along with Metropolitan Commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Swadhin Kshatriya. Dange said,
-
6-day water week: leaders keep move pending
Mumbai More than a month after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) stressed a zone-wise,
-
No one heard cries for help from research students
LAB FIRE: Cops doubt victims died even before they had a chance to scream