PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The forest department has started surveying the scheduled trees along the Pune-Mumbai highway in Dehu Road Cantonment Board limits to identify trees that need to be cut or relocat

PUNE: The Alandi Municipal Council has started construction of a 3MLD (million litres per day) sewage treatment plant (STP) along the Indrayani river in Alandi to curb pollution.

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation will take a call on water cuts and conservation methods in the next couple of days.

A total of 194 species of birds were found in Pimpri Chinchwad in a recent survey conducted by Swastishree, an organization that works on conservation, public awareness and education on nature.

The residents of Moshi have opposed the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) proposal to dump garbage in a quarry near their village.

Sound levels in Pimpri Chinchwad were higher than permissible limits in all parts of the city in 2013-14, the environment status report (ESR) for the year has found.

Environmentalists have questioned the utility of sewage treatment plants (STPs) after the draft environment status report (ESR) of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) showed a rise in

Pimpri Chinchwad recorded as many as 20 malaria cases and 37 dengue cases from January to June this year.

A policy for construction of public toilets and bathing facilities has been framed as part of the city sanitation plan by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).

A common effluent treatment plant for small scale industries will come up in Pimpri Chinchwad, though it would take some time before the project takes off. Currently, effluents from these industries are released directly into the rivers without being treated, raising environmental concerns.

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and MCCIA will build the plant jointly.