Sanitary landfill sites lost in notification
MMRDA Delay Leads To Reservation For Metro Sukhada Tatke | TNN
MMRDA Delay Leads To Reservation For Metro Sukhada Tatke | TNN
Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN Mumbai: New skywalks, footpaths and roads in Borivli and Dahisar may benefit lakhs of commuters in future. But even before they come up, they are inflicting irreparable damage on the thick mangrove cover located in Dahisar (West) along the New Link Road.
Lack of political will and vested interests have hindered earlier efforts Clara Lewis | TNN
Pune Seventy two-year-old Parshuram Patil says his fields are his experiment ground. Having tested several crops, including Indrayani, Bhogavati and Phule Radha (improved varieties of paddy) in his field, this farmer from Bhor taluka has a lot of success stories to share
Pune Koyna dam region has registered up to 20 aftershocks after Saturday
Pune Minister holds review meeting It has been estimated that at least 72,000 hectares of crops have been damaged in the untimely rain and high-velocity wind that lashed the state in the past few days. The preliminary reports indicate that grapes and pomegranate crops suffered the maximum damage in the district.
Mumbai The Central Zoo Authority on Thursday said it has issued notices to zoos and state wildlife departments across India to relocate captive elephants to sanctuaries, camps or animal reserves. However, the state wildlife warden and Mumbai zoo officials have said they are still awaiting the notice.
Pune With water cuts looming large over the city, Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade has introduced some reforms in the existing water supply system to ensure equitable distribution of water. One such way is by holding the staff accountable.
Pune The Green DP or the Balewadi-Baner plan is all set to be passed this year-end with the town planning department having submitted the report in August. Now that the Assembly elections are over, the state government is all set to clear the DP, paving way for the development plan for the 23 fringe villages.
The recent raid by CBI sleuths at Nagpur railway station and subsequent arrest of poachers and recovery of two tiger skins, one of them being fresh, and 40 kg of tiger bones has once again highlighted the severe threat to wild cat in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR).
Kolhapur: As many as 26 fishermen from the coastal district of Sindhudurg, along with eight boats, are missing in the Arabian Sea after Wednesday's Cyclone Phyan.
Cyclone Phyan may have spared the city, but the downpour it caused didn't. The unexpected showers have made the civic health authorities worried about a fresh spurt in cases of malaria, which, they say, is now bound to rear its head in the city again.
800 fishermen missing n High alert in 5 states, 3 UTs n Gusty winds, dowpour in Gujarat, Maharashtra, predicts Met n Mumbai shuts schools, govt offices Tribune News Service & Agencies Ahmedabad/Panaji/Mumbai, November 11 Nearly 80 fishing trawlers, with an average of 10 men in each, are missing in cyclone-hit Arabian Sea, organisations of fishermen along the west coast said on Wednesday.
New Delhi: Centre on Wednesday put on alert five coastal states and three Union Territories in view of the cyclone and sent National Disaster Response Force for their assistance.
Pune Destruction : Sugarcane crop flattened, immediate harvesting only way out Unseasonal wind and rain have flattened over 25 acres of sugarcane crop at the College of Agriculture, Pune.
Cyclone Phyan Spotted 307 Km South-South-West Of Mumbai At 8:30 P.M. On Wednesday Piyush Pandey & Pradeep Pandey MUMBAI DOMESTIC oil and gas companies have taken measures to protect their operations from a tropical cyclone, named Phyan by the Indian met office, approaching India
Mumbai To solve the water problem that plagues large parts of his constituency, BJP MLA Yogesh Sagar has a plan up his sleeve. The BMC corporator who won the Assembly elections from Kandivili will propose a separate, state-controlled board to ensure equal per capita water supply in the city.
Mumbai: Cyclone Phyan, which passed along the Mumbai and Konkan coasts, claimed four lives on Wednesday and caused massive damage to property in the coastal districts of Ratnagiri, Raigad, Sindhudurg, Thane and Palghar in Maharashtra.
Kaustubh Kulkarni & Pravda Godbole / Pune November 12, 2009, 0:04 IST
MUMBAI: Environmentalists are furious at the manner in which MMRDA has laid utility lines on pavements, as the contractor has dumped truckloads of the debris on the mangrove plantation in the Bandra-Kurla Complex.