Fearing that their only source of livelihood is under threat, the tribal fisherfolks of Nauxi have come together to oppose any development by M/s Kargwal Constructions Pvt Ltd, which has signed 30 years lease deed with MPT for construction and operation of marina on the waterfront of Nauxi.
At a meeting held at Nauxi village, which comprises 100% tribal population with fishing being a primary sou

Hindustan Construction

Says it had clarified stand to the state govt in October.

Lavasa Corporation, an arm of Hindustan Construction Corporation (HCC) engaged in development of a hill city in Maharashtra, moved the high court here today with a plea that the showcause notice served on it by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) be stayed.

Amruta Byatnal

Pune: In its reply to the show cause notice issued by the Environment Ministry, Lavasa Corporation Limited has accused Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh of acting with mala fide intent.

Social activists have moved court to scrap the Lavasa township project near Pune. The public interest petition filed in the Bombay High Court says the project does not have the mandatory environmental clearance from the Union environment ministry, and hence is liable to be cancelled.

The present laboratory study reports the results of various engineering properties, such as compressive strength, tensile strength, flexural strength and impact strength of fibre reinforced concrete produced from waste plastic fibres and flyash which are the two environmental pollutants.

Mumbai In the wake of recent Bombay High Court order imposing a state-wide ban on sand extraction from river-beds, developers in Mumbai have asked the state government to allow them more time to switch to some other alternative means.

The Builders

Sanjay Jog / Mumbai October 05, 2010, 0:25 IST

The real estate sector in Maharashtra foresees a loss of Rs 2,000 crore due to the ban on extraction of sand by the Bombay High Court.

It

Builders' Association of India (BAI), Mysore Chapter and Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India (CREDAI), Mysore Center is organising a seminar on ''Alternatives to sand and recent trends in appropriate technologies for constructions'' on September 30 from 10 am to 5.30 pm at Jaganmohan Palace.

Speaking at press conference in the city on Monday, Chairman of the organising

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