Mumbai: Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's message of Kar ke Dekho, a group of 10 women in Nashik have started a movement to encourage the use of cloth bags and reject plastic ones.

Mumbai: Leaving no stone unturned to reduce noise pollution in the city, the Mumbai Traffic police flagged off a 10-day campaign on Wednesday to reduce unnecessary honking by motorists. It has also roped in the Idea Academy of Actors to perform street plays to create awareness on the ill-effects of honking and noise pollution.

Mumbai: Water shortage is a prime concern for Mumbaikars. The municipal corporation had promised citizens 24x7 water supply by the beginning of 2012.

MUMBAI: With the July 26, 2005, floods still fresh in public memory, the civic body continues in its quest for a flood-free Mumbai. The Chitale Committee, set up immediately after the calamity, recommended that the existing network of Storm Water Drains (SWD) be augmented to cater to a rainfall intensity of 50mm/hour from the current 25mm as per the recommendation of Brimstowad report.

Mumbai: The drive to capture wild elephants from the forest in Sawantvadi has once again hit a road block following opposition from people from Dodamarg.

Pune, Feb. 3 Last year, it was unseasonal rains, this year it is late flowering. Consumers will have to wait for a longer time to enjoy the king of fruits, Alphonso mango, this year.

Cooper Hospital set for green makeover

MUMBAI: Dr R N Cooper Hospital in Vile Parle will be the city's first-ever green hospital. The BMC was forced to go back to the drawing table after the ministry of environment and forests insisted that it consider alternate sources of energy and other environmentally friendly technologies to run the hospital.

Mumbai: As many as 9,40,011 children were administered polio drops in the Pulse Polio Immunization Programme by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday. The civic body targeted a total of 13,13,370 children in the city on the National Immunization Day (NID).

Mumbai: International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC), an organisation headquartered in Japan is heralding a new approach to lake conversation