The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will dig deep into its pockets to ensure clean and pristine beaches in the western suburban regions of the city. It has decided to spend Rs30,500 per day on the clean-up of three major beaches of Versova, Madh-Marve and Gorai-Manori, all of which are inland tourist attractions.

The BMC is pulling out all the stops to ensure that beaches in the city are clean.

The civic body will spend a little more than Rs 7 crore over the next five years to spruce up three major beaches

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The Centre has once again cleared the 141 hectares of land at Kanjurmarg for a dumping ground, lifting the forest tag that was mistakenly given to that plot. However, it will be a while before the BMC can use the place to dump debris as the state is yet to give the nod.

Pune Tells civic body to seek public opinion on non-motorised transport component

Mumbai The tiger safari at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) got a new attraction on Sunday. Two royal Bengal cubs born in captivity were released into safari cages, creating a lot of excitement. Over a thousand visitors reached the park to catch a glimpse of the cubs on the first day, SGNP officials said.

Pune The Pune Division of the Central Railways has been celebrating

Pravda Godbole / Pune December 17, 2008, 0:46 IST

Abhinav Farmers

Winter may not have set in yet, but the first flock of our migratory pink guests

Maharashtra coal mining EIA dumps people, wildlife COAL mining is set to replace 3,350 hectares (ha), and perhaps more, of reserve forests in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. This will affect people who are dependent on such forests for everyday needs like firewood. The Centre has given mining leases to three companies, of which Adani Enterprises has got 1,600 ha for its opencast mining

Local non-profits have highlighted the following lacunae: Information on extent of deforestation misleading No information on project