The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) has asked Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to send an action-taken report within 15 days after observing a kachha bund obstructing the fr

After noticing Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) violations such as blockage of tidal water by dumping of debris in the creeklet and dumping close to mangrove patches in the City and Industrial Develop

Miffed at the lack of details in the report submitted by the civic gardens department on the number of trees cut, transplanted and newly planted from June to December 2013, a member of the Tree Aut

Maharashtra fared the second best in the country after Kerala on maternal mortality rate (MMR) during 2010-12, but Mumbai has recorded a worrisome MMR of 158 this year.

At present, dumpers, cement mixers and earth movers are being used in the area just outside the STP at Jesal Park.

Although the Bombay High Court (HC) has banned reclamation and construction on wetlands across the state, the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has undertaken drainage work in mangrove areas next to its sewage treatment plant (STP) and allowed the construction of a concrete jetty at Jesal Park in Bhayander.

Officials will begin surveying the reserved mangrove forests and adjoining mudflats between the Vashi and Airoli bridges Wednesday. The survey is being carried out to ascertain the boundaries of the proposed protected area (PA) in the Thane creek.
The team will verify boundaries along with the forest surveyor over the next few weeks to decide locations where pillars, if need be, can be erected for clear demarcation.

In a bid to devise more accurate traffic management plans, the BMC is now using traffic count machines to get real-time data of traffic on roads and study traffic patterns in the city.

Using the machines, data will be gathered for purposes such as traffic studies, and basic proposed projects for road-widening and other major infrastructure projects.

A private agency appointed by the BMC to develop and maintain the Kanjurmarg landfill, recently filed a petition in the Bombay High Court urging it to set aside orders of the National Green Tribuna

Taking objection to the state cellphone tower policy that bans installation of base station antennae within the three-metre radius of schools, colleges and hospitals, the Telecom Enforcement Resour

Around 1,471 hectares of mangroves on government land in Navi Mumbai have been notified as “reserved forests”.