BMC’s draft DP released in February had, however, proposed new development on the 1,009 hectares of Aarey land, leaving only 232 hectares of the pristine green cover intact.

The tribunal passed the order while hearing an by Right To Information (RTI) activist Mohammed Ishtiaque Bagban.

In October 2013, the Nation Green Tribunal had ordered all 239 ‘polluting’ industries on the banks to be shut.

Rapping the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for not collecting air samples in Chembur despite residents’ complaints of air pollution, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Board

Various symptoms exhibited by residents of Ambapada and Chereshwar in Chembur, including skin and eye irritation, breathlessness, choking sensation in the chest and frequent sneezing, match the lis

Black smoke from chimneys outside their windows, air thick with carbon particles, soot-covered furniture and the relentless drone of rock crushers are what more than 1,000 residents of NG Suncity P

A day after BMC commissioner ordered a probe into the issue of telecom towers coming up in gardens across the city, Bandra corporator Asif Zakaria has given notice of motion for raising the issue i

INDIA’s aviation regulator will now lend its ears to noise concerns in neighbourhoods surrounding airports.

The number of ‘trees’ in the island city and parts of Matunga, Parel, Malad, Goregaon areas totalling 12 wards has seen a 40 per cent rise from the 2008 census, according to the latest interim stat

For the first time in earth’s history, man is responsible for accelerating climate change but the extent of man’s activities on climate change is difficult to pinpoint, believed a majority of scien

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