Pune: The clock is ticking on finalising the details between the Centre and six states over the declaration of a large section of the Western Ghats into Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs).
However, only 20 to 25 per cent plastic waste is recycled, while the remaining 60 to 70 per cent either remains in the landfills or ends up in the city’s water bodies.
Pune: Fatimanagar's residents are up in arms against Pune Cantonment Board (PCB) for digging up both sides of a road to lay underground drainage pipes and for restricting traffic by closing the lan
Pune: After recent drowning of youths off the Vayri coast in Sindhudurg and Khadakwasla Lake, the state disaster management authorities have decided to review the safety of water bodies in the stat
An unusually high number of patients in the state suffering from the H1N1 influenza virus (swine flu), primarily known to attack the upper respiratory system, have shown gastrointestinal symptoms t
PUNE: The civic health department has instructed doctors to administer oseltamivir tablets to suspected patients of swine flu within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms.
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has stopped dumping of waste at the Uruli Phursungi garbage depot, where a fire has been raging since Friday night.