The ongoing slum rehabilitation project in Yerawada for the urban poor has been awarded the first prize in the HUDCO Design Awards 2013 in the ‘cost-effective rural/urban housing including disaster
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court rapped the state government for not framing relevant rules under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 for proceeding against o
Nhava Sheva: Broken beaks, feathers and bones have been found on the outskirts of Phunde village in Uran taluka, about 25km from Vashi, raising fears of poaching of flamingos which migrate to the n
Pune: The air Pune’s residents breathe carries a rich dose of pollutants, too small to be filtered by scarves and masks that road users or even traffic cops use.
Pune: A decade after it was found that veterinary diclofenac had triggered a catastrophic decline in the vultures of South Asia, their numbers in the region appear to be stabilizing.
Pune: Only 50% of the biogas plants set up in the city with an aim to decentralize garbage processing system are functioning.
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has 27 biogas plants with a joint capacity to process about 133 tonne garbage.At present,only 65tonne is processed in 13 plants which are functional.
Pune: Newly-appointed PMC commissioner Vikas Deshmukh said on Wednesday that maximum utilisation of existing garbage processing units and increasing manpower to deal with related problems will be h
Tree activists in the city are up in arms because the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has advertised for felling or transplantation of hundreds of trees in just two months.
The National Green Tribunal, western zone bench, Pune on Tuesday,directed all collectors and police commissioners of the coastal zone areas and districts in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa, to instruc
