State govt to initiate criminal proceedings in Pune court, in line with earlier order; HCC chief says proposed action inexplicable.

Under criticism for the scanty green cover across the state and not utilising the Centre’s fund, the state government will plant 5 billion trees over next five years.

Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan announced on Monday that the state government would allow 4% construction in the proposed bio-diversity park (BDP) in the 23 villages merged in the Pune Municipal C

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.