The mean sea level along Mumbai’s coast is likely to rise by around 4 cm while warmer nights, increased rainfall, decline in crop productivity and health issues stare Maharashtra in the next 100 years, finds a study on “Assessing climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation strategies for Maharashtra”.
The finance ministry has stepped in to rescue the Dabhol Power Project, which is struggling to collect Rs 400 crore dues from Maharashtra's power utility.
Cypermethrin is a synthetic pyrethoid mainly used against mango insect pests. Clams are good indicators of pesticide pollution and are known to be tolerant to pesticide accumulation. Acute toxicity experiment of Cypermethrin is carried out on estuarine clam, Marcia opima. The clam exhibited significant increase in protein content of gill in LC0 and LC50 group of clams while foot, male gonad and female gonad exhibited considerable decrease in protein content. Whereas, in LC0, mantle showed high protein content. In LC50 group, hepatopancreas exhibited high protein content.
Mumbai : The Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) has picked pace with 61 per cent of the project affected persons (PAPs) accepting the additional land compensation package of Rs 22.5 lakh per hec
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pandurang Sitaram Chalke & Anr Vs. State of Mah.& Ors dated 19/12/2013 regarding stone mining activity in Chiplun, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra.
The nuclear power plant at Jaitapur village in coastal Ratnagiri district won't have any impact on fishing, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar today said.
Civil nuclear liability regime, slow decision making also impacted negotiations between NPC & Areva
The 9,900-Mw Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra is caught in a cobweb of mandatory legislative requirements due to the civil nuclear liability regime, slow decision-making, a surge in cost due to the weak rupee and more safety applications.
Pune: The notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) last month declaring about 60,000 sq km area of the Western Ghats as an eco-sensitive area (ESA) has been further ame
The National Green Tribunal has said that it is no longer mandatory for the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to refer to Gadgil panel’s report while deciding applications for clearance for projects in permissible areas of the western ghats.
