The River Rejuvenation Project planned by the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority for the Indrayani and Mula rivers has received approval from the state environment department but is awaiting clearance from the National River Conservation Directorate under the union ministry of water resources. The PMRDA got approval from the state environment department in September 2023 after which the RRP was …
A large number of dead fish were seen floating near Pimple Nilakh in the Mula River on Sunday. Incidents of fish dying due to contaminated water in Mula, Pavana and Indrayani rivers is a perennial problem in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area and activists have been demanding concrete measures to prevent river pollution rather than just focusing on beautification. Raviraj Kale, civic …
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, …
