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BMC offers white paper on water situation in city soon
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to formulate a
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Revamp at cost of greenery: World Cup to pack 36 trees off Wankhede
Mumbai: When Mumbai
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Thane creek at receiving end of Mulund dump pollutants
Trickling of leachate - pollutant that seeps through garbage - into the Thane creek from the Mulund dumping ground has become a major cause of concern for fishermen as well as environmentalists. The leachate, say environmentalists, has affected marine life and the day is not far when the ground water table will also be affected by it.
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Worlis water woes to end soon
Mumbai: Residents of the Worli area from Haji Ali to Prabhadevi have a reason to cheer. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is all set to redevelop a twenty-five-year-old reservoir keeping in mind the rising demand for water in the area. The planning for the redevelopment of this reservoir started in October. It is expected to be completed within two years.
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Gujarat govt sought Maha help in Nano land acquisition tangle
The Gujarat government may have scored over Maharashtra in bagging the Nano project, but Maharashtra has been of great help to Gujarat by providing documents vital for the project. The Ahmedabad collectorate procured documents from the Maharashtra State Archives last month that are important in establishing the land ownership of the Gujarat government.
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Wash car with purified sewage water
To tide over the shortfall of potable water in the city, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will fall back on sewage water - after being purified, of course - for non-drinking purposes like gardening, car-washing and fire fighting.
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Just go green
It appears that our understanding of the urban ecosystem in our cities will continue to limit our competence in providing environmentally and ecologically sustainable alternatives for urban habitats. One solution, experts argue, is to go vertical, while improving all the other needed services like roads, water and waste disposal.
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Soon, Navi Mumbai industries will use sewage water
Chittaranjan Tembhekar | TNN Navi Mumbai: Three sewage treatment plants, constructed in Navi Mumbai with sophisticated Austrian technology, have started converting the entire city
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City will face severe water crisis by 2011
Shortage Hits Western Suburbs Clara Lewis | TNN
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Maharashtra dithers over SEZ referendum results
Three months have passed, but the Maharashtra government has not been able to finalise its report on the results of the September 22 referendum it had organised in 22 villages of Raigad district that form part of the 10,000-hectare Mumbai Special Economic Zone (SEZ) developed by Jai Corp, a company promoted by Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani's close associate Anand Jain.
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City may get a unique endangered species rescue centre
Mumbai: If all goes well, the city might get a rescue centre for endangered animals in the new year. The proposal for the centre, to be built within the territory of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), is currently pending with the state forest department.
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Dust dispersion modeling using fugitive dust model at an opencast coal project of Western Coalfields Limited, India
This paper examines different sources of dust generation and quantifies dust emission rates from different point, area and line sources considering background dust concentration at one of the Opencast Coal Project (OCP) of Western Coalfields Limited.
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Rs 6,208 cr loan waiver announced for farmers
NAGPUR: The Democratic Front (DF) government on Tuesday announced a Rs6208-crore loan waiver and concession scheme for the over 40 lakh farmers in the state who were not covered under the Central loan waiver package announced earlier this year.
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Feeder mass transit - Network design using ACO
The two basic elements that critically determine the performance of any mass transit network from both the user and the operator point of view i.e. designing of bus routes and setting frequencies on these routes; have not been sufficiently investigated because of their inherent complexity and the difficulty of implementation. Besides, most the studies have focussed on a sequential approach i.e.
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Flamingos may stay away: Expert
Mumbai: A delay in the arrival of flamingos in the city has raised fears that the migratory birds might have shifted their place of settlement to another spot.
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Qualitative evaluation of soil and water conservation structures in Daregaon watershed
Study on qualitative performance of different soil and water conservation measures was carried during 2004-05 in Daregaon watershed, which is located in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state. Soil and water conservation structure namely continuous contour trenches, loose boulder structures, earthen nala bund and cement nala bund respectively were evaluated.
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Sea turtle conservation in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra
In the past 15 years, various groups of researchers, state Forest Department officials and nongovernment organisations have been involved in the conservation and monitoring of turtle populations in Maharashtra. Sindhudurg, the southern-most district of Maharashtra. This district has a rich coastal environment and has a site that has been identified for the creation of a marine park and sanctuary.
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Captive elephants of temples of India
Temples have a long history and tradition of keeping elephants. Some temples keep elephants as they have a significance associated with a specific deity. However, the actual time when temples started