The civic administration will take another day to clear the city’s garbage. On Tuesday, a total of 1,500 metric tonnes of garbage was collected from across the city and sent to Urali Devachi.

Pune: A decade after it was found that veterinary diclofenac had triggered a catastrophic decline in the vultures of South Asia, their numbers in the region appear to be stabilizing.

Mumbai: Action has been recommended against several developers by the state environment appraisal committee (SEAC-2) for undertaking construction without prior environment clearance (EC).

Ravi Budhiraja, chairperson of SEAC-2, which scrutinizes construction proposals for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, said there were nearly100 cases over the last year.

A common effluent treatment plant for small scale industries will come up in Pimpri Chinchwad, though it would take some time before the project takes off. Currently, effluents from these industries are released directly into the rivers without being treated, raising environmental concerns.

The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and MCCIA will build the plant jointly.

The next time you are disposing off garbage in an inappropriate place, think twice.

In State, 40,000 Contracted Infection, 67 Died Between January And November Last Year

Pune: Not just dengue, but malaria too has claimed a sizable number of lives in the state last year. As per the latest report of the state health department, as many as 40,000 people contracted the mosquito-borne infection, and 67 of them succumbed to it between January and November, 2013.

The Maharashtra Government has received Rs 489 crore to improve the rural road network under the Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana–II .