NH-7 felling continues despite NGT issuing contempt notices
Nagpur: Even as the principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) at New Delhi on Monday initiated contempt proceedings against the forest department and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI),
View ArticleNGT notice jolts state into giving land for NH-7
Stung by the contempt proceedings admitted by principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Delhi, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday issued final permission to NHAI to divert 49.246 hectares
View ArticleTree felling to continue as NGT adjourns NH-7 matter to Oct 19
Nagpur: The principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Delhi on Monday adjourned the hearing on road widening of NH-7 between 37km Mansar and Khawasa. The Maharashtra forest department on Monday
View Article60 bird species sighted during Ambazari bird race
Nagpur: Over 60 bird species were sighted by the watchers during the five-hour long Ambazari bird race jointly organized by the forest department and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) on Sunday. The
View ArticleRamdaspeth residents' complaint against noise pollution falls on deaf ears
Not the chirping of birds but it is the cacophony of hammering, drilling, stonecutting, loading and unloading and grinders to which residents of Ramdaspeth wake up. With a spurt in construction activities
View ArticleNGO moves SC, green tribunal afresh on NH7 widening in Nagpur
NAGPUR: Even though the entire 37-km forest stretch along NH7 between Mansar and Khawasa has been cleared of trees for four-laning, a Mumbai-based environment protection NGO has filed a fresh petition
View ArticleCentre plans public-private participation to revive country’s degraded forests
THE Centre plans to revive 2.5 crore hectares of degraded forests through public-private participation (PPP) to meet its climate change plan target of reducing carbon emissions by about 35 per cent by
View Article4 swine flu deaths reported on Wednesday
Nagpur: Deaths of four patients suffering from swine flu were reported by the authorities in the city on Wednesday. Another patient undergoing treatment at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH)
View ArticleSand mafia threatens Painganga sanctuary
Nagpur: The 400 sq km Painganga Wildlife Sanctuary spread in Yavatmal and Nanded districts is facing sever threat from politically backed sand mafia. On Sunday, the sand mafia tried to run over three
View ArticleEven doctors are ignorant of genital TB causing infertility
NAGPUR: Having the highest number of population affected by tuberculosis, India also has the highest incidence of genital tuberculosis. The number of Indian women suffering from the condition is...
View ArticleMPDA to be invoked against illegal sand mining
Nagpur: Revenue minister Eknath Khadse informed the lower house on Wednesday that state government would impose Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act, 1981, on those involved in...
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding unabated over-exploitation...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Asim Sarode & Others Vs District Collector Nanded & Others dated 11/01/2016 regarding environmental concern
View ArticleMaharashtra saw 3,228 farmer suicides in 2015
With 610 deaths in just two months, State records highest ever number of suicides by farmers Suicides by farmers touched a grim high in 2015. The year that had recorded 2,590 suicides until October
View ArticleMinister’s directive on Koradi pollution enquiry ignored by Mahagenco
Nagpur: There seems to be no sign of relief from air pollution for residents of north Nagpur and the adjoining rural areas as Mahagenco is yet to act on the directive issued by energy minister...
View ArticleMaharashtra govt to deploy special force for tigers outside reserves
The move is expected to control poaching in non-tiger reserve areas, which account for a sizeable tiger population. While the recent deaths of tigers in Maharashtra sparked off concerns, the state...
View ArticleJungle resorts turn into wedding destinations, disturb wildlife
Nagpur: Adding a wild touch to weddings, tying the knot at luxurious resorts surrounding the core tiger habitat has become the newest fad for many Nagpurians. But little heed is being paid to the massive
View ArticleCPCB note on city pollution misleads MPs’ panel
Nagpur: The Vadodara zonal office of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) seems to have provided half-baked information to the parliamentary standing committee on environment and forests regarding...
View ArticleNGT: Cut water supply with fluoride content
Nagpur: Taking serious note about prevalence of fluorosis in most parts of Vidarbha, Marathwada and Western Maharashtra, the Pune-bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the collectors from
View ArticleCM doesn’t want anti-pollution device at Koradi
Nagpur: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis seems to have gone on an overdrive to keep power rates down in the state. He is ignoring the health hazard created by thermal power plants in his own hometown in
View ArticleBawankule does a U-turn on Vena River pollution
Nagpur: Guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule seems to have lost his zeal for reducing pollution of water bodies in the district. After first refusing to accept the clean chit given to industries
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