MOEF wanted VIDC to declare reservoir as reserved forest
It is not corruption alone, but official hurdles too hamper irrigation projects in the state. The union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) had wanted the entire reservoir, that will be created out
View ArticleSwine flu toll mounts to 155 in Nagpur circle
Nagpur: Swine flu death toll in the Nagpur circle of state's public health department has now touched 115. Two women who were undergoing treatment for the disease at Government Medical College and...
View ArticleItwari residents move MPCB against goldsmiths
Residents and business owners from Itwari have complained against gold and silversmiths in the area releasing residues that have choked the drainage lines. They say that blockage is leading to...
View ArticleNGT stays NH7 road widening
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in New Delhi on Wednesday stayed the working permission granted to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) by the state government for diversion of 49.246 hectare
View ArticleHC notice to civic bodies in Vidarbha on garbage burning
With a view to checking the menace of garbage burning in the open that pose serious threat to citizens' health, besides causing pollution, Nagpur bench of Bombay high court, on Wednesday, issued notices
View ArticleDespite NGT stay, felling on NH-7 continues
Nagpur: After the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi, stayed felling of trees on NH7 on Wednesday, the deputy conservator of forests (DyCF), Nagpur, did not order a stop to felling, which continued on
View Article21 forest officials may face action in Pachgaon illicit mining
Nagpur: In perhaps one of the biggest illegal mining scams in the country, at Pachgaon near Nagpur, at least 21 forest officials and employees may face action if the list submitted to the Nagpur bench
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand mining,...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Paramjeet Singh Kalsi V/s MoEF and Ors. dated 15/05/2015 regarding environmental degradation due to illegal sand
View ArticleStay on NH7 tree felling continues, next hearing on July 3
NAGPUR: Amid strong arguments, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Delhi, on Monday continued the stay on working permission granted to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for felling trees to divert
View ArticleCurrent heatwave in India is fifth deadliest ever in the world: Report
New Delhi: The current heatwave gripping India is the fifth deadliest ever in the world, as per a report in a leading Daily. Also, it is the second deadliest in India, the Daily said, quoting an...
View ArticleGovernment lifts stay on NH-7 tree felling
NAGPUR: After getting a rap from Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday withdrew its order that had stayed tree felling on the Mansar-Khawasa stretch of National...
View ArticleNo rains on horizon, farmers worried
Nagpur: Only negligible rainfall has been recorded across Vidarbha in the first fortnight of July. This has led to five out of 11 districts of the region, and the region as a whole, becoming rainfall...
View ArticleFarmers’ suicide numbers in 2014 crossed the earlier peak of 2006
NAGPUR: Farmers' suicide numbers over the last two years in Vidarbha have been worse than those recorded in the early 2000s, when the phenomenon first caught the nation's attention. Observers have so far
View ArticleTata Power plans 18,000 MW generation capacity by 2022
Tata Power has announced plans to grow its business by scaling up the generation capacity to 18,000 MW by 2022 from the current generation capacity of 8,750 MW and growing its value added businesses
View ArticleIn 90% cases, diarrhoea can be cured without medication
This entire fortnight paediatricians from the city will be focusing their attention on spreading awareness about the use of oral rehydration therapy (ORS) and benefits of breastfeeding. While they will
View ArticleNGO shows the way to harvest rainwater in small buildings
Though it is mandatory to install a rainwater harvesting system in any construction over 3,171 sq ft, hardly 10% such buildings in the city have followed the rule. Individual and small flat schemes rarely
View ArticleHC, green tribunal in conflict over NH7 felling
Justice Swatanter Kumar, chairperson of National Green Tribunal (NGT), principal bench, at Delhi on Wednesday squarely blamed respondents MoEFCC, NHAI, and Maharashtra Forest Department for the NH7 road
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding felling of trees for the...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Shrushti Paryavaran Mandal Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 07/09/2015 regarding indiscriminate felling of trees
View ArticleWhy forest, NHAI officials shouldn’t be imprisoned, asks NGT
NAGPUR: The principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Delhi on Monday issued show-cause to chief general manager (CGM) of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Nagpur, principal secretary
View ArticleChemical exposure a leading cause of diseases
Nagpur: Thirty per cent of diseases in the world are caused due to environmental factors. Unfortunately, the burden of these diseases is much higher in children. The exposure to various chemicals,...
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