Bird flu scare in Telangana, active surveillance put in place in city
After the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) in Bhopal confirmed H5N1 (avian influenza or bird flu) from samples of dead birds found at a farm in Telangana, Maharashtra has been
View ArticleAdaptation, not relocation, solution to animal-human conflict: Experts
The recent cases of leopards attacking small children in Junnar taluka of Pune once again brings to light the problem of man-animal conflict. Experts point out that such incidents have historically...
View ArticleHalt ‘illegal’ Statue of Unity: Activists to NGT
The Gujarat government’s ambitious ‘Statue of Unity’ project now faces a legal hurdle as a group of activists from Gujarat has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT), demanding a stay on the construction
View ArticlePune dist admn told to measure air quality before seeking clearance for stone...
The district administration’s request for more stone quarries has led the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) to direct them to measure the air quality at sites before seeking for a green signal. With
View ArticlePanchayat rues delay: No progress on garbage units irks villagers
There is another agitation brewing in Phursungi, where the villagers had allowed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to continue dumping of waste after preventing it for months. The reason is lack
View ArticleEco-sensitive zones: 337 villages issue ‘no-objection’ certificate
Proposals to be forwarded to state govt by May 15: Collector. As many as 337 villages across nine talukas of the Pune district have issued their ‘no-objection’ certificate, paving the way for them to
View Article‘New GR on land acquisition to help speed up 1000 cases in Pune’
The May 12 Government Resolution offering at least 25 per cent more compensation to land owners than what was envisaged in the central land acquisition Act of 2013 will help speed up at least 1,000...
View ArticlePune wakes up to Maggi debate, mixed response in stores from buyers
For some store owners, though, the controversy has not majorly impacted the sale of the product. While the Pune division of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will confirm whether Nestle’s product
View ArticleEnvironment Day: Panel seeks frequent checks on industries
After the SEAC was constituted on February 14 last year, it has cleared as many as 200 projects, of which nearly half are industries. Even as the BJP-Shiv Sena government is keen on bringing more...
View ArticleYet another Environment Day, but ‘deadly’air rules
Aim to set up real-time air quality monitoring stations defeated: Draft audit inspection report. Needless delays in executing projects have led to the worsening of air quality across several cities
View ArticleWaste Management: PM shows interest in PMC initiatives to keep city ‘clean’
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is gearing up to make a presentation before Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its solid waste management and sanitation management initiative after representatives of
View ArticleMIDC says all well with CETP, data shows otherwise
Constructed at a cost of over Rs 8 crore, the Central Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) in the industrial area of Kurkhumb (Daund taluka of Pune) leaves much to be desired in terms of its performance. While
View Article85 cases of hill cutting in five years, offenders pay fine in only nine
Quarrying could affect environment, should be regulated, say experts. In the past five years, Pune city and surrounding areas have registered as many as 85 cases of hill cutting, of which penalty has
View ArticleProtecting Pune: 4 years on, Centre sits on Gadgil report on Western Ghats
Report highlights massive hill-cutting in region; Gadgil says previous and present govts do not care. It is been four years since experts panel on the Western Ghats ecology led by Madhav Gadgil...
View ArticleState, PCMC ignore MPCB line over Moshi buffer zone
The state government’s decision to reduce the buffer zone around the landfill site of Moshi in Pimpri-Chinchwad was prompted by the report submitted by Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering...
View ArticleTackling TB: It leaves a person with depression, no energy, recalls survivor
Of all the ills that kill the poor, none is as lethal as the bad govt: Experts Life came to a standstill when Marzia Dalal, a city-based corporate legal consultant and mother of two children, was...
View ArticlePCMC asks for buffer relaxation even before commissioning landfill site
It was revealed that the PCMC had asked the NEERI to submit a document about buffer zone at the Punawale site. Strange as it might sound, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) plans to
View ArticlePMC to advise other cities in state on solid waste management
Civic chief says the state govt has asked it to act as a consultant. To leverage the good work done by the civic body in solid waste management, the state government has urged the Pune Municipal...
View ArticleMaharashtra: State to study early warning system in Kerala
The Kerala model will have to be adapted for Maharashtra where rocks and soil are different. A year after the July 30 Malin landslide that left 151 people dead, the Maharashtra government is set to
View ArticleNew study blames obesity, diabetes on ancestors’ diet
12-year-old study shows middle-class in developing countries more susceptible. Poor diet followed by ancestors is among the reasons why people in India and other developing countries are more susceptible
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