Pune, July 30: A mild tremor was experienced in Pune and parts of Maharashtra with its epicentre at Koyna dam region in Satara district, the Met office said on Wednesday morning.

The tremor, felt past midnight at 12:40 am, lasted for around seven seconds and measured 4.2 on the Richter scale. According to sources at Koyna, there was no damage to the dam where a power generation plant of the state electricity distribution company Mahavitaran is located.

The police said there were no reports of any kind of damage to life or propert

Makarand Gadgil / Vasuli Shinde (pune) July 30, 2008, 0:51 IST

Battle lines are drawn here in village Vasuli Shinde on the banks of river Sudha, near Chakan

Pune, July 27 After a long gap, the monsoon has made its reappearance in the city, but its delay has hit the ambitious "Green Pune campaign' of the Pune Municipal Corporation. During the campaign, the PMC had planned to plant 1.85 lakh saplings.
"The campaign was planned keeping in mind the entire monsoon season, but the poor rainfall in the first half of the season has hampered the Green Pune campaign,' civic tree officer Balasaheb Jagzap told this paper on Sunday. He said the survival of trees is maximum during the monsoon and the drive was planned keeping that in mind.

Pune, July 24 In view of the rising tree-felling, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator in Pune Municipal Corporation, Anil Shirole, alleged that the civic body itself is failing to plant more trees against each tree cut during the road development work. This way, the PMC is yet to plant 9,909 trees against 3,303 trees cut on 18 different roads.

Pune, July 24 32 tankers now serving 60,000 hit by drought-like situation; 25 more to be pressed into service in a week

With most parts of eastern Pune facing a drought-like situation, Pune district collector Chandrakant Dalvi has sought Rs 3 crore from the state government to address water scarcity issues. With an affected population of nearly 60,000 in the district, at present 32 tankers with a minimum capacity of 10,000 litres, are being sent to these areas.

Pune, July 22 Taking cognisance of the health hazards and problems caused by biodegradable, non-biodegradable and construction waste being dumped into the Pavna river, the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation started removing debris from Pavna River on Tuesday. The work was started on the Pavna River near Zulelal temple in Pimpri. Around 70 persons are part of the initiative and a JCB machine has been pressed into service.

Pune, July 20 The Indian Society of Lighting Engineers (ISLE) in association with MIT Lighting Research Academy and CIRT. held a national workshop on street Lighting at CIRT Bhosari
The workshop was held to discuss various aspects of street lighting and suggest effective solutions for the benefit of the public at large.

Pune, July 16 Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar today sounded a word of caution to officials and citizens vis-a-vis the depleting water levels in dams. Pointing out that the water levels in dams in the district are fast sinking, Pawar said that if it does not rain by July 31, the Irrigation Department will be forced to introduce a 50-60 per cent water cut.

The chinkara hunting case in Pune that eventually led to the resignation of Maharashtra's Transport Minister Dharmaraobaba Atram, has brought to the fore worrisome aspects of wildlife governance in the country. With the kind of evidence that has surfaced over the past few days, the plot seems to have thickened for Atram.

Pune July 08 Tata Johnson Controls Automotive, Tata Ficaso plan to shift units in time to meet November deadline