As graveyard space gets constricted and concerns grow about the environmental costs of lavish funerals, a Thane church is encouraging the idea of funerals without coffins.
St John the Baptist Church, which dates back to the sixteenth century, has asked its members to choose shroud burials and cremations.
The buying and selling of the flats in buildings standing on notified private forest lands in Mumbai and Thane is going on uninterruptedly.
The fate of nearly 5 lakh families in 15,000 buildings with several thousand apartments in Borivli, Mulund, Nahur and Thane is hanging in balance for the past few years as the case is being heard in the Supreme Court.
A slight intensity earthquake measuring 2.6 on the Richter Scale hit Thane district in Maharashtra early today.
The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at 1.07 am, was at 19.3 degree North latitude and 73.3 degree east longitude, the meteorological department said in New Delhi.
No loss of life or damage to property has been reported so far.
CPCB has published a report on Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of Industrial Cluster in December 2009. In respect of industrial estates in the Maharashtra Chandrapur, Dombivali, Aurangabad, Navi Mumbai & Tarapur have been designated as critical /severe from environmental pollution angle. This is the action plan for Tarapur industrial areas.
MUMBAI: A team of senior forest officials and environmentalists were heckled, abused and threatened on Tuesday in the presence of police personnel when they went for an inspection of the Dahisar site where mangroves were being systematically destroyed over the past few weeks.
Two years ago, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) had a leaking water supply system and defunct meters. It decided to launch a pilot project in the Dharampeth area, and put in new pipes and meters. Today, over 6,000 connections there have water round the clock— and are happy to pay for this privilege.
