Mumbai Several people living along the Waldhuni river bordering Kalyan and Ulhasnagar in the Thane district reportedly fell sick on Thursday morning due to invisible noxious fumes emanating from the river.
Mumbai A large belt of mangrove forest on the western bank of the Thane Creek has received a new lease of life after the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee suggested steps to preserve and develop it on Wednesday.
MUMBAI: All those who commenced construction on forest land between June 22, 2005-when the Bombay high court passed its judgment on the forest land case-and June 22, 2006, may get relief from the Supreme Court.
The Central Empowerment Committee (CEC) of the SC plans to recommend to the apex court "extension of relief" to residents and builders by a year.
Mumbai Asks district collectors to revoke permissions, inform civic body to cancel rights on such land.
In a bid to preempt any more construction on private forest land, the state government has ordered all non-agriculture permissions issued on such lands to be revoked.
Mumbai The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has sought proposals to start more bio-medical waste treatment plants in regions of the Thane district and other districts in the state.
Thane: Soaring mercury levels have apparently started taking a toll on the birds in the city, as the Society for Protection against Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) registered 10 cases of birds afflicted with sunstroke on Tuesday, almost a month before the onset of summer.
Mumbai: Four years after commencing the project, the flyover outside the Mumbra railway station would be open to the public in a few weeks. According to Pravin Papalkar, executive engineer, Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), only asphalt work and installation of electric poles are to be done.
