PUNE: The total estimated investment in renewable energy power projects during last three years is around Rs.

Samvatsar (Ahmednagar): People in Samvatsar and surrounding drought-hit villages in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar have been forced to illegally dig wells in the dry Godavari riverbed for water.

Maharashtra Pollution Control Board's (MPCB) decision to shut 106 stone crushing plants located on city's fringe areas is expected to bring relief to Wagholi residents, who had for long been battli

Pune: Water scarcity forces people to store water, which in turn, creates favourable conditions for the dengue mosquito to thrive.

Environmentalists and officials hailed the Union environment ministry's maiden rules to manage construction and demolition waste, terming it a significant step forward to stop degradation of land.

Multistorey public parking lots should not be located in congested areas and core city areas, but on outskirts of such areas, NGO Pedestrians First has said.

Pune: Most cities in India, including Pune, are choking on air pollution caused by the exhaust from aging vehicles, those that run on diesel, construction dust and smoke and particles from the burn

The Palghat gap is a low mountain pass in the Western Ghats that is located between Nilgiri Hills to the north and Annamalai Hills to the south.

Over the last six months, Laxman Ritapure lost ten of his cattle. Four cows, four bullocks and two calves.

PUNE: Even as cities plan for water supply sourced from locations that are far, they forget about managing the waste - the excreta and sludge that is generated.