Japan to make Saharas Aamby a green city
New Delhi: Sahara group
New Delhi: Sahara group
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has issued notices to 50 chemical companies in Ratnagiri district after a chemical was dumped on a national highway, polluting a dam supplying water to over 25,000 people in Khed sub-district, officials said.
Two research scientists were killed after a fire broke out in a photochemistry laboratory in the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay, on Tuesday afternoon. They were identified by the police as Umang Singh from Mumbai and Partha Pratim Bag from West Bengal, both PhD students in BARC
Mumbai: A high intensity explosion at a chemical laboratory inside the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) on Tuesday noon claimed the lives of two junior scientists. BARC, however, confirmed that no reactor, radioactivity or radiation was involved in the incident, which took place about a kilometre away from the nuclear reactor.
The major fire that broke out at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre at Trombay on Tuesday afternoon has sparked off fears of a radioactive gas leak, even though Barc has stressed that the explosion happened more than a kilometre away from the two nuclear reactors that are there in the campus. Access to the reactors is restricted to only a few people.
Two research scholars lost their lives in a major fire that broke out at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre at Trombay on Tuesday afternoon. Barc sources said scientists working there heard a loud explosion in the modular laboratory, which houses over 60 research scholars and assistants, and rushed to see flames and smoke billowing out of the third floor at around noon.
Mumbai: The multiplex monster has gobbled up yet another landmark single screen theatre in the city. The Aurora cinema in Matunga (East), considered to be a shrine by Rajinikanth fans, will soon make way for a 34-storey high-rise. The movie magic will continue on its first two floors, where there will be a four-screen multiplex. And above that, will be an 11-level automated car parking facility.
Mumbai: Following the civic body's drive to snap all illegal tap water connections and booster pipes due to water shortage in the city, desperate slum families in Northeast Mumbai are now digging wells to tap the ground water, which is allegedly contaminated with sewage residues.
Pune A major portion of the city will go without water on Tuesday as the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has undertaken maintenance and repair work at its four major pumping stations - Swargate, Wadgaon, Warje and Pune Cantonment.
Mumbai In the lobby of the Karnataka Sangh Auditorium in Matunga, several reasonably priced items
MUMBAI: Here's some good news for water-parched Mumbaikars. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which has sought additional water from the state government-run Upper Vaitarna and Bhatsa dams, will soon get it.
Pune A crop protection lobby, the Agrochemicals Policy Group (APG), has appealed to the State Agriculture Minister to crack down on spurious pesticide manufacturers. They have alleged that spurious chemicals have led to crop losses of over Rs 1,100 crore in the state.
Pune With nearly 44 SEZs at various stages of finalisation, Pune district has by far witnessed a smooth land acquisition process with rehabilitation packages being worked out amicably after discussions with landowners.
Pune Pune Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade recently handed over the Eco Housing Certificate to Vascon Engineers for its eco-housing Vascon-Willows project in Baner. The certificate was awarded in the presence of Rajendra Jagdale, Head of the Science and Technology Park in Chinchwad.
Mumbai: No haggling over thickness now. Mumbai is preparing to pack off polythene bags, lock, stock and barrel. Into a frustrating battle against the polythene bag menace for long, environmentalists now have an endorsement for their cause from the mayor's office. If everything follows the script and good intention manifests in action, the city may well be carrying the good old cotton bags soon.
Mumbai: Unhealthy living conditions claimed the lives of two kids of a family who died of malaria in Bhayander on Sunday morning. Their mother too is in the hospital with malaria symptoms.
Even sea water, which is in abundance around the city, may not be able help overcome the crisis. Most of the civic engineers are not betting on the realisation of sea water desalination plants.
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai December 28, 2009, 0:57 IST
MUMBAI: The BMC's war against mosquitoes notwithstanding, malaria has struck the city with a vengeance. BMC epidemiology cell head Dr Daksha Shah said malaria incidence is at least thrice more than that in last year. Figures suggest that this year, around 42,000 people were down with malaria, while the number was 26,021 in 2008.
Pune Of all the problems of the city that have consistently defied solutions, Pune traffic must rank right up there.