Pune If rains continue to stay away from the catchment areas, the water for Pune city will last around 20 days. The water storage in Panshet, Khadakwasla, Temghar and Warasgaon dams have dipped to a low of 0.9 TMC. Irrigation officials say such a delay in rains over dam sites and catchment areas was last observed in 1982, more than 27 years ago.

Pune As rains remain elusive in the city, the irrigation department has decided to implement 20 per cent water cut for areas in Pune Municipal Corporation limits from Sunday. However, there will be no cut in Pimpri-Chinchwad for the time being.

Pune In order to create awareness on environment issues, the district social forestry department on Wednesday started distributing 20 lakh seedlings to be planted all over the state.

Pune. Mumbai: Swine flu in India is not yet pandemic, but it is certainly creating panic in parts of the country. Fear is mounting as the number of infected persons continues to grow -- though only 20 cases of the disease have been confirmed nationwide, so far -- and worried people are doing the rounds of hospitals.

* H1N1 spreads: Case count 20
* H1N1 has been around for years

Pune The wastelands, called padik zameen in the local parlance, on the outskirts of Pune are just pieces of degraded lands that do not fulfil their life-sustaining potential for many. But not for environmentalists who for the first time have studied and located eight species of scorpions in these lands, which are rapidly being utilised for construction and other purposes.

Gram Gaurav Prathisthan, an NGO in Naigaon region, strives for equitable distribution of water and sustainable development in rural areas of the state

Pune The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued notices to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to come up with multiple sites to address the issue of garbage dumping in Uruli Devachi and Phursungi villages. However, the PMC is yet to discuss the issue with the district collector.

Although District Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar had called on a meeting on Thursday to address the water woes in different areas, many feel that it was too late a step, as the monsoon is just a week away.

A member from Velhe taluka said that the administration took up the issue very late.

Pune Nearly 89 villages in the district have been identified as flood-prone by the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA). Of them, eight villages have been named highly vulnerable.

Pune It has taken 13 years but a definite step has finally been taken towards setting up the second phase of the Chakan airport - a move that could result in more automobile and ancillary companies setting up shop in Pune.