MOST firecrackers in Mumbai violate noise pollution rules. In a recent test the noise levels of 24 firecracker brands were found between 89 and 134 decibel. Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000, specify that noise levels in residential areas should not exceed 55 decibel and the Central Pollution Control Board prohibits the sale, manufacture or use of firecrackers generating noise

Four others severely malnourished SEVERE malnutrition has claimed the life of a five-year-old boy at a charitable hostel in Jalna in Maharashtra. Four other boys, between five and 11 years of age, are in a serious condition. All the boys are mentally impaired and abandoned by their parents. Doctors at the civil hospital they were admitted to confirmed that all the five boys had not

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Because it sends its garbage to pollute a nearby village SINCE 1983, all the municipal garbage from the city of Pune in Maharashtra has travelled 12 km to be dumped in the village of Urali-Devachi. More than 1,000 tonnes each day. Spread across 43 hectares, the dump pollutes the area. Leachates contaminate the ground

A LEOPARD fell into a forest department trap early on Tuesday morning at Chandrapur district's Sarandi village, close to Vejgaon village where leopard attacks have been frequent.

Nagpur, November 12 The Forest Department is considering closing down the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) for tourists owing to lack of staff and a large number of vacancies.

Mumbai, November 12 Rail Vikas Corporation MD writes to authority head, urban development secretary about possible

V1VEK DESHPANDE, NAGPUR, NOVEMBER 11
EVEN as the leopard attacks in Vejgaon have the Forest Department on edge, more trouble is brewing over the shooting down of a tiger in the Talodhi range north of the Tadoba-Andheri Tiger Reserve last November.

Pune, November 11 For the first time, the government machinery in the district

Mumbai, November 11 Two newly born royal Bengal tigers, currently being raised with utmost care in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), will soon become the star attraction of the park