Pune: People working for river conservation have claimed that thousands of dead fish were found floating in Mula-Mutha river, at the banks of Naik Bet, an island situated on the river at Bund Garden. People working for river conservation have claimed that thousands of dead fish were found floating in Mula-Mutha river, at the banks of Naik Bet, an island …
PUNE: After the recent flooding, experts and civic activists have alleged that the Pune Municipal Corporation is ignoring the dumping of debris on the Mula and Mutha riverbeds which is leading in turn to reduction in the rivers’ water-carrying capacity and consequent flooding. PMC ignores debris dumping on riverbeds, could cause flooding: Activists The total length of the Mula, Mutha …
PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation has appealed to the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, Khadki Cantonment and Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority Metro for help in removing water hyacinth from the Mula-Mutha river. While the PMC has begun removing water hyacinth from the lakes and parts of the Mula-Mutha river flowing in its jurisdiction, there are parts of the river where other …
Environment and activist groups from Pune have been criticising the much sought-after Riverfront Development Project which aims to create a continuous public space across the rivers Mula, Mutha and their confluence which run across the city. A post on the Instagram page by FFF Pune says, “RFD is a plan to channelize river of Pune into canals, by building high …
Earlier this month when the Pune Municipal Corporation hurriedly cleared the Mula-Mutha riverfront development project without much debate, it raised eyebrows. To rejuvenate the river, the proposed pollution-abatement-cum-river-rejuvenation project aims to stop the flow of untreated water into the Mula-Mutha rivers which also increases the growth of hyacinths, leading to serious environmental issues and mosquito menace. To rejuvenate the river, …