The Maharashtra government is set to initiate criminal proceedings against top Lavasa Corporation Limited (LCL) bosses including its chairperson Ajit Gulab-chand for alleged environmental violation

Diwali may have been quieter this year, but toxic fumes from firecrackers pushed air pollution levels in the city way above the permissible limits on all three days of the festival.

According to initial data obtained from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for the Ambient Air Quality monitoring station at Bandra, the average respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) levels in the area on October 26 were 358 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3). This is more than three times the permissible limit of 100 µg/m3. In fact, this is the second highest value of RSPM recorded on Lakshmi pooja in Bandra from 2007 to 2011.

The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has extended the moratorium imposed on projects in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra till December.

The much-awaited Navi Mumbai Metro Rail (NMMR) project is on track and foundation works for the first phase of line between Belapur and Pendhar has commenced, State-run planning agency CIDCO said t

New Delhi: The Bombay high court’s order giving a tight deadline to the Union environment and forests ministry to take a final call on Lavasa by November 10 has put the hill town’s future in jeopar

The Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules are usually relaxed during festivals, but only for the deadline and not the decibel levels.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule has taken up the issue of malnutrition of children in Melghat area of Vidarbha.

26 skywalks worth Rs600 crore have eaten up the crucial roads near stations, making them narrower and creating gridlocks

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is in talks with the World Bank for funding the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), which will provide connectivity between Sewri and Nhav

After facing a space crunch in the dumping grounds of the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has requested buildings to dispose or manage the garbage they generate within its premis