Mumbai: The state government has claimed to have increased power generation by 860 MW in the past one month. With this, they also claimed that load shedding in the rural and urban areas would be reduced by about an hour daily. However, activists have rubbished the claim and alleged that the government is diverting energy to select urban areas.

Mumbai: Mithi river, much abused by encroachment and pollution, is set to receive a fresh lease of life. In a bid to revive Mithi's pristine glory, a group of environmentalists from the city, inspired by Magsaysay Award-winning conservationist, Rajendra Singh, formed a core group, christened Mithi Sansad, with 60 members and a five-member coordination committee, for the purpose.

India needs to relook at its land acquisition acts

When the Nano and Ratan Tata were sent scuttling out of Singur by a rent-seeking Mamata Banerjee, they didn't make landfall in Gujarat at first go. They looked at various site alternatives to set up shop for the Nano, the Rsl lakh small car. Like Banerjee, other activists for farmers' rights moved into sabotage mode elsewhere.

Take afforestation fee and denotify our homes, forest land residents tell state governmentMumbai: Builders are systematically destroying mangroves in the Mira-Bhayander region, dumping debris and garbage on them and hacking and dredging the soil for illegal constructions, an NGO of environmentalists has alleged.

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Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to formulate a

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Trickling of leachate - pollutant that seeps through garbage - into the Thane creek from the Mulund dumping ground has become a major cause of concern for fishermen as well as environmentalists. The leachate, say environmentalists, has affected marine life and the day is not far when the ground water table will also be affected by it.