NGT Worried About Illegal Dealers Selling Packaged Water

The western zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Pune has passed an order prohibiting unauthorized extraction of groundwater for commercial use after it was found that the presence of large quantities of fluoride in it is affecting villagers in 12 districts.

On the occasion of World Earth Day, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) carried out a river cleaning drive in Mutha river where nearly 10 tonne of waste were removed from the riverbed on Tuesday.

A report by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India says that Pune is one of the major e-waste generator cities in India.

Pune: Scientists from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes, who recently surveyed the damage caused by hailstorms, have recommended raising of permanent windbreaks or shelt

At 5.6%, State’s Prevalence Rate On Borderline

Pune: Cases of paediatric tuberculosis (TB) have gone down in Pune city and Pimpri Chinchwad but the number has risen in rural parts of the district. Of the 7,275 cases registered in the state in 2013, about 400 were found in Pune district. While the city reported 201 cases in 2012, the number dropped to 147 a year later.

Pune: As many as 337 villages in Pune district have been included in the eco-sensitive area (ESA) of the Western Ghats, as per the draft notification the ministry of environment and forests issued on Tuesday.

However, experts pointed out that the authorities will have to take several measures, particularly involving locals, to ensure that declaring the area as eco-sensitive translates into the conservation of its biodiversity.

Pune: Concerned citizens, organisations and environmentalists want political parties to come out with an agenda for environment protection in their Lok Sabha election manifesto.

The Green Pune Movement has objected to the scrapping of the biodiversity park (BDP) proposal, as it will open up the hilltops and slopes for construction. The group wants parties to clear their stand on BDPs.

Pune: Bird lovers gathered at the Pashan lake on Sunday to discuss ways to deter people from indulging in tree-felling and fishing in the water body.

“I visit the lake regularly. In some of my recent trips, I was witness to a lot of disturbing activities around the lake. Others like me too had similar experiences. We thought it was time something was done about it,” said Arvind Patole, a bird watcher, who organized the meeting.

Pune: Thirty-five-year old Subhash woke up one morning with intense abdominal pain. He thought it could be just a cramp or a result of indigestion. But the pain kept getting worse.

200 Were To Be Lopped Off For Road Widening

Pune: The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) western zone bench, Pune, stayed the Talegaon Dabhade Municipal Council’s decision to cut over 200 trees from Jijamata chowk to Talegaon station road, by way of adinterim relief on Monday.