Pune, September 24 Medical waste packed offto Satara
Pune, for long struggling with its garbage, has found a solution to get rid of its hospital waste, at least. For the last couple of days, the city

Pune, September 23 Pointing out the lack of sufficient experts in the Pune Tree Authority (PTA) not providing enough voice in stopping the loss of green cover, non-governmental organisations Pune Tree Watch and Parisar have urged Municipal Commissioner Praveensinh Pardeshi to appoint an expert in the vacant post in the PTA as per the directions of the Bombay High Court.

Pune, September 21 A day after floodwaters swept into hutments in Pimpri and Sangvi, irrigation officials ruled out rehabilitation support to the dwellers as the slums were encroaching the riverbed. On Saturday, it was the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation that had to evacuate people from the flooded hutments in Sangvi and Pimpri.

Pune, September 19 A new machine for autorickshaws is set to serve a three-fold purpose: raise fuel efficiency by 30 per cent, reduce pollution levels and increase the driver

Pune, September 19 Inaugurating the seminar on

Pune, September 16 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Pune Zilla Parishad Secondary School Section will hold a special programme to celebrate the International Day for the Preservation of Ozone Layer on Wednesday.
An educational tool for creating awareness about Ozone depletion and climate change among students will be launched on the occasion.

Pune, September 16 Army hurdle over, natural gas by first week of October
Pune is all set to get piped Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in time for the Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG).

With the Army having given clearance for the Dehu Road stretch of the pipeline project, Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) and Maharashtra Natural Gas Limited (MNGL) are hopeful that 50 city buses would be able to run on CNG by October, as scheduled.

Pune, September 15 The Pune Municipal Corporation

Pune, September 15 Used syringes, needles, bandages, body parts pile up at city hospitals, with no place to dump the waste in
It was a crackdown on a racket involved in the disposal of spray cans, but it is hospitals that are suffering

Pune, September 10 The latest to join the green brigade in the city, the jewellers may gift every customer, who purchase gold from them on Dassera (buying gold on Dassera is considered auspicious), a Shami tree sapling.
The Department of Social Forestry has proposed to distribute about one lakh saplings of Shami tree to the Pune Jewellers Association, which is considering gifting the saplings to those who buy gold from them on Dassera which will fall on October 9. The idea is to urge people to plant more trees and save the dwindling Shami trees from vanishing.