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MPCB recommends road repair, maintenance & plantation to curb air pollution in Wagholi

The western bench of the NGT in its latest hearing on December 3 accepted the MPCB’s recommendation, and directed the MPCB to conduct periodic inspection to check whether or not the recommendation is being followed, and to check work progress to control air pollution in the said area

The MPCB said that it also received a response from the Lonikand traffic division stating that they had banned heavy vehicle entry between 7 am and 10 am and 5 pm and 9 pm, and taken action against 2,275 vehicles between February and September 2024 for violating rules. (HT FILE)

Pune

Updated on Dec 07, 2024 06:56 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Nearly 468 rescued turtles find safe haven at Bavdhan’s transit treatment centre

The saved reptiles will undergo a structured multi-phase rehabilitation process at the centre, said a senior Pune forest department officer

Pune

Updated on Dec 06, 2024 08:32 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Pune sees drop in air pollution due to cloudy weather

With cloudy weather for the last 24 hours, the air quality in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad cities has improved slightly

Pune

Updated on Dec 04, 2024 08:46 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

NGT expresses dissatisfaction with MPCB’s response to sugar factory in Kolhapur district

In May 2023, Shahu Mokashi, a resident of Kolhapur district, filed an application with the NGT regarding pollution in the Hiranyakeshi River

The NGT in its order dated May 12, 2023, said that the river was being polluted by two industries namely Hiranyakeshi SSK Niyamit located in the state of Karnataka and ‘Appasaheb Nalawade Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana’ located in the state of Maharashtra. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

Pune

Updated on Dec 03, 2024 10:54 PM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Pune sees a 7.7°C rise in minimum temperature in 48 hrs

Following its landfall, cyclone Fengal swiftly weakened, allowing moisture to scatter. According to an expert from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), this precipitation is also making its way to Maharashtra, causing temperatures to rise significantly

the minimum temperature has risen dramatically since then, reaching 13.4 degrees Celsius on December 1 and 17.4 degrees Celsius on December 2. (MAHENDRA KOLHE/HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Dec 03, 2024 07:56 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Pune forest dept to hand over food stalls at Sinhagad Fort on December 5

In an anti-encroachment drive on November 18, 2022, at least 135 stalls were demolished by the forest department at Sinhagad Fort

In a programme held on December 5, at least 32 people will be handed over the food stalls by the forest department, said officials. (HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Dec 03, 2024 05:32 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Citizens demand solution to protect the urban forest in Warje

Awarded as one of the country’s role model urban forests, the Warje urban forest has recently experienced five incidents of forest fire allegedly set by the people living in the nearby slum

During the visit to the affected area, activists demanded that a compound wall be built to protect the forest areas. (HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Dec 02, 2024 05:20 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

NGT imposes ₹3.11 cr fine as green damage compensation on Pune-based construction firm

The construction company in 2005, started a project titled ‘Brahma Exuberance, Elite’ at Kondhwa Khurd

The project spread over a 17,433.10sq m area, involves five buildings, four of which stand completed, with 249 flats (194 completed) and an overall built-up area of 41,500sq m. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

Pune

Updated on Dec 02, 2024 05:04 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

12 Maha cities show reduction in PM10 concentration

In MoEFCC annual performance assessment 2023-24 to review effectiveness of NCAP, 12 of 19 cities in Maharashtra have shown reduction in PM10 concentration

Pune

Updated on Nov 30, 2024 09:54 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Hadapsar, Mundhwa, Aundh, Baner and Wanowrie see max open waste burning cases: Report

Citizens’ forum ‘Pune Air Action Hub’ report on open waste burning cases is based on citizen survey covering 15 wards in Pune city

Pune

Updated on Nov 30, 2024 09:50 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Maha AWB to submit action report on Bibwewadi pet parent harassment case

Following complaint about pet parent harassment in a Bibwewadi housing society, AWBI official has written to MAWB directing the latter to submit an action report on the alleged case

Pune

Updated on Nov 29, 2024 09:56 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

At 9.9 degrees Celsius, Pune records season’s lowest temperature

The formation of cyclonic storm Fengal in South West Bay of Bengal will result in moisture depletion from Maharashtra and the temperature is likely to drop further in the next 24 hours, said officials

Pune

Published on Nov 27, 2024 10:32 PM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

IITM disdrometer in Himalayan region to understand unique precipitation patterns

IITM has installed a cutting-edge disdrometer at Dharamshala’s Kangra Airport Campus in Himachal Pradesh to study the area’s unique precipitation patterns and complex weather phenomena

Pune

Updated on Nov 27, 2024 10:22 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

MPCB to estimate damages to be levied on Dehunagar panchayat for polluting Indrayani river

NGT directs MPCB to estimate the environmental damage compensation to be levied on Dehunagar Panchayat for polluting Indrayani river

Pune

Updated on Nov 27, 2024 09:38 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Fires destroy around one hectare urban forest in Pune’s Warje area

Warje urban forest faces fire threats from nearby slum residents, damaging over one hectare. The forest department plans to raise the boundary wall for protection.

In June 2020, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) declared Warje urban forest, also known as Smriti Van, as the country’s role model for setting up the green belt under public-private partnership. (HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Nov 27, 2024 08:14 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

At 28.4°C, Pune sees season’s lowest max temp

After minimum or nighttime temperature, Pune city is experiencing a significant drop in maximum or daytime temperature

Pune

Updated on Nov 26, 2024 08:54 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Celebrations in Mahayuti camp, sombre mood at MVA offices in Pune

Pune celebrated as the Mahayuti alliance won seven of eight assembly seats, with BJP claiming six. In contrast, MVA faced a somber aftermath.

For the Mahayuti, the triumph translated into grand festivities, particularly among the BJP and NCP supporters. (MAHENDRA KOLHE/HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Nov 24, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Big cat spotted in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve highlights need for corridor conservation

The tigers sighted in the STR are largely male tigers that have migrated from other areas and not the ones that have been born in this tiger reserve. For this, it is necessary to introduce a female tiger in the STR, says expert

On October 28, 2024, a camera trap set up in the Chandoli National Park captured images of a tiger. Field workers too noticed fresh tiger tracks in the area while patrolling. Upon analysing the images in the tiger reserve’s ‘Tiger Cell’, the research team confirmed that this tiger was different from STR-T1. (HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Nov 23, 2024 08:12 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Efforts underway to sensitise farmers, migrant workers in leopard-prone sugarcane belt

Junnar forest department has reached out to sugarcane farmers, labourers and sensitise them about the situation on ground and the dos and don’ts of staying in leopard-prone areas

Pune

Updated on Nov 22, 2024 09:06 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Elated first-timers, elderly cast votes in Pune

First-time voters and senior citizens actively participated in assembly elections, highlighting the importance of civic duty and addressing local issues.

A first-time voter shows his inked finger. (HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Nov 21, 2024 08:50 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

At 12.9 Pune records season’s lowest temperature

The city has been experiencing a dramatic temperature change for the last few days, especially the minimum temperature

After experiencing below normal level minimum temperature of 14.6 degrees Celsius on November 13, the city then saw an increase in minimum temperature up to 20.5 degrees, which was above normal by 5.8 degrees Celsius. (HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Nov 20, 2024 06:46 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Day after, three cages & eight camera traps installed to capture leopard in Daund

While no such activity was traced, the department is hopeful that the leopard responsible for the attack will be captured in the next two to three days

30 hours after the leopard attack incident, forest department managed to capture leopard just 100 metre away from the incident site. (HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Nov 19, 2024 06:14 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Over 250 citizens demand tree authority to free trees from artificial lights

This not only works as a slow poison for the trees but also an illegal act under the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975

Many shops and commercial establishments across the city have decorated trees with objects like banners, wires, and nails that disrupt a tree’s natural day-night cycle, potentially affecting its growth and reproductive patterns. (HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Nov 19, 2024 06:10 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Baby boy dies in leopard attack in Daund tehsil

As per the information shared by the forest department, Karan Dilip Gaikwad, who works as a labourer in the sugarcane fields and is from Jalgaon district

On Sunday, Karan and his family were working in the sugarcane field. (HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Nov 18, 2024 07:24 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Pune likely to experience dry weather on voting day

Also, in the next two to three days, the temperature in Pune is likely to reach to season’s lowest level

Pune

Updated on Nov 18, 2024 05:54 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Forest dept to establish base camp at Mandavgan Farata

The recent incident of the leopard sightings as well as the two human deaths due to a leopard attack has raised concerns among the villagers in Shirur

Considering the urgency of the situation, and to reduce the response time in conflict incidents in Junnar, the forest department came up with the idea to set up another base camp for Shirur since the region required additional measures. (HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Nov 18, 2024 05:52 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Four-year-old dies in a leopard attack in Shirur, eighth fatality in district since March

The incident occurred in an area just one and half kilometres away from the earlier attack site in the same village in which Vansh Singh, a seven-year-old boy killed in a similar attack on October 19

Shivtej Samadhan Tembhekar, a Four-year-old boy died in a leopard attack at Tembhekar Vasti in Mandavgan Farata village of Shirur tehsil on November 15. (HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Nov 17, 2024 06:44 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Shirur becomes another hotspot of man-animal conflict

In Shirur, Jambut and Mandangaon Farata villagers are emerging as the crucial hotspots for human-leopard conflict

Pune

Updated on Nov 17, 2024 06:40 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

Increase in bird sightings at Pune’s Vetal Tekdi

Nearly 140 different kinds of birds were spotted during a bird-watching event from November 5 to November 12, 2024, compared to 111 species spotted during the same period last year

More than 50 checklists were created during this week along with exhaustive trip reports as participants undertook multiple trails on the tekdi. (HT PHOTO)

Pune

Updated on Nov 17, 2024 06:18 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

MPCB issues notices to 12 stone crusher units in Pune, Satara

Most of the violators run units at Sanjaynagar cluster area in Karad of Satara district. One notice was issued to a unit at Ravet area in Pune district

Among the norms violated by the stone crusher units include lack of water sprinklers, not covering the conveyor belt, absence of wind breaking wall and absence of proper roads at unit premises. (REPRESENTATIVE PIC)

Pune

Updated on Nov 13, 2024 05:06 AM IST

ByGayatri Vajpeyee

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The western bench of the NGT in its latest hearing on December 3 accepted the MPCB’s recommendation, and directed the MPCB to conduct periodic inspection to check whether or not the recommendation is being followed, and to check work progress to control air pollution in the said area

The saved reptiles will undergo a structured multi-phase rehabilitation process at the centre, said a senior Pune forest department officer

With cloudy weather for the last 24 hours, the air quality in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad cities has improved slightly

In May 2023, Shahu Mokashi, a resident of Kolhapur district, filed an application with the NGT regarding pollution in the Hiranyakeshi River

Following its landfall, cyclone Fengal swiftly weakened, allowing moisture to scatter. According to an expert from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), this precipitation is also making its way to Maharashtra, causing temperatures to rise significantly

In an anti-encroachment drive on November 18, 2022, at least 135 stalls were demolished by the forest department at Sinhagad Fort

Awarded as one of the country’s role model urban forests, the Warje urban forest has recently experienced five incidents of forest fire allegedly set by the people living in the nearby slum

The construction company in 2005, started a project titled ‘Brahma Exuberance, Elite’ at Kondhwa Khurd

In MoEFCC annual performance assessment 2023-24 to review effectiveness of NCAP, 12 of 19 cities in Maharashtra have shown reduction in PM10 concentration

Citizens’ forum ‘Pune Air Action Hub’ report on open waste burning cases is based on citizen survey covering 15 wards in Pune city

Following complaint about pet parent harassment in a Bibwewadi housing society, AWBI official has written to MAWB directing the latter to submit an action report on the alleged case

The formation of cyclonic storm Fengal in South West Bay of Bengal will result in moisture depletion from Maharashtra and the temperature is likely to drop further in the next 24 hours, said officials

IITM has installed a cutting-edge disdrometer at Dharamshala’s Kangra Airport Campus in Himachal Pradesh to study the area’s unique precipitation patterns and complex weather phenomena

NGT directs MPCB to estimate the environmental damage compensation to be levied on Dehunagar Panchayat for polluting Indrayani river

Warje urban forest faces fire threats from nearby slum residents, damaging over one hectare. The forest department plans to raise the boundary wall for protection.

After minimum or nighttime temperature, Pune city is experiencing a significant drop in maximum or daytime temperature

Pune celebrated as the Mahayuti alliance won seven of eight assembly seats, with BJP claiming six. In contrast, MVA faced a somber aftermath.

The tigers sighted in the STR are largely male tigers that have migrated from other areas and not the ones that have been born in this tiger reserve. For this, it is necessary to introduce a female tiger in the STR, says expert

Junnar forest department has reached out to sugarcane farmers, labourers and sensitise them about the situation on ground and the dos and don’ts of staying in leopard-prone areas

First-time voters and senior citizens actively participated in assembly elections, highlighting the importance of civic duty and addressing local issues.

The city has been experiencing a dramatic temperature change for the last few days, especially the minimum temperature

While no such activity was traced, the department is hopeful that the leopard responsible for the attack will be captured in the next two to three days

This not only works as a slow poison for the trees but also an illegal act under the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975

As per the information shared by the forest department, Karan Dilip Gaikwad, who works as a labourer in the sugarcane fields and is from Jalgaon district

Also, in the next two to three days, the temperature in Pune is likely to reach to season’s lowest level

The recent incident of the leopard sightings as well as the two human deaths due to a leopard attack has raised concerns among the villagers in Shirur

The incident occurred in an area just one and half kilometres away from the earlier attack site in the same village in which Vansh Singh, a seven-year-old boy killed in a similar attack on October 19

In Shirur, Jambut and Mandangaon Farata villagers are emerging as the crucial hotspots for human-leopard conflict

Nearly 140 different kinds of birds were spotted during a bird-watching event from November 5 to November 12, 2024, compared to 111 species spotted during the same period last year

Most of the violators run units at Sanjaynagar cluster area in Karad of Satara district. One notice was issued to a unit at Ravet area in Pune district

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