Pune To mark the World Environment Day on Friday, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will undertake a tree plantation drive and distribute saplings in different part of the city.
The civic body has urged citizens, students and social organisations to participate in the drive.
Pune The revenue department officials of the collectorate have been assessing five sites in the city, which can be used for solid waste management, and thus ease pressure off the present garbage dump at Urali Devachi.
It may be recalled that Collector Chandrakant Dalvi has assured the villagers of Urali Devachi that an alternative site would be made available in seven months time.
Pune With efforts to reduce traffic congestion coming a cropper, a core mobility plan is on cards in the new development plan of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to decongest roads in the central parts of the city.
Pune After Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) decision to provide organic waste to villages around the city located up to 10 km, the standing committee on Tuesday decided to extend the limits up to 75 km.
Pune The Pune Municipal Corporation has come out with suggestions to push forward the state government bid to amend the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975. The amendment is to formulate a statewide policy on maintaining heritage trees and wildlife.
Parisar, together with Locomotives (an I-CE initiative), the Alliance for Global Education and Janwani, helped create a film to document the current state of Pune's pedestrian facilities. It aims to capture the sad state of pedestrian facilities in the city today and also interviews citizens about their views of the problem and solutions.
Pune After slamming the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for the increasing instances of tree-felling under its jurisdiction, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday denied permission to the civic body to fell trees, but allowed it to cut branches.
Pune The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will regularise the practice of providing organic waste from hotels and restaurants to farmers around the city.
During the recent agitation by Uruli Devachi and Phursungi villagers, some such waste had been provided to farmers. Now, the civic administration has decided to provide such waste regularly to farms up to 10km away.
