Pune In a bid to bring down the emission levels of Hydrochloroflurocatrbons (HCFC) in the city, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has shown its intent to initiate a meeting with the CEOs of the industries in Pune in March 2010. It will probably be the first time that an international agency like UNEP will be consulting the industry in the city on protection of environment.
Pune Seven slums in the city will be the first in the country to reap the benefits of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme.
Pune After the Bombay High Court restrictions on allowing any tree cutting without its approval, The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has issued notices to 43 persons for illegal tree cutting in its jurisdiction and warned the civic staff of facing action failing to keep a check on such activity.
Pune Launching a drive against those littering in public places, the civic administration on Monday took action against 69 pan stalls, 15 hand carts and 39 hawkers for creating unhygienic condition in the public places. Earlier, Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade had directed the civic administration to initiate action against citizens found littering, including spitting, in public places.
Pune Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagde on Thursday directed the civic staff to speed up the development work being carried out under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), so that new proposals could be sent to the union government for approval.
One week, 17 deaths and over 1,000 confirmed cases. You can count the days on your fingers, but not the victims of the new public health menace -the H1N1 flu. "Its speed is without precedent," says Dr Randeep Guleria, professor of Internal Medicine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Pune The row over garbage disposal that had reached a crescendo three months ago has been buried, at least for the time being, with the focus shifting on swine flu that has claimed 20 lives in the city.
