Mumbai: The National Green Tribunal has halted the destruction of the Dindoshi Hills, a 2km range near the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, following a petition by NGO Vanashakti. Alleging systematic environmental damage by K Raheja Realty and Ferani Hotels, the NGO cited tree felling, hill-flattening, and river course alteration. The NGT on May 10 directed the BMC, Collector, and environment …
Mumbai: The NGO Vanashakti has filed a complaint with the Central Pollution Control Board, accusing the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority of breaching environmental clearance conditions in Uran, Raigad district. Environmental activists allege violation of clearance conditions by JNPA Vanashakti alleges that while constructing a container terminal, JNPA has violated two key conditions set by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and …
Mumbai: While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation failed to comply with the direction of clearing the four lakh metric tonnes of debris lying on the banks of the Mithi River, the civic body, through an interlocutory application to the National Green Tribunal, stated that the responsibility of cleaning the debris should fall on the Aarey administration since the land falls under …
Mumbai: The National Green Tribunal has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to clear within two weeks a construction waste dumpsite which has emerged on the bank of the Mithi River, in Aarey colony. HT Image The dumpsite, near Tapeshwar Mandir, adjacent to the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road, comprises around four lakh metric tonnes of waste towering at a height of 25 …
The movement to protect Aarey Colony as a legal forest, which began in response to the proposed Metro-3 car shed at Prajapurpada village, marks one of the most heated debates around conservation and urban development in Mumbai’s recent past. Soon after the HC’s ruling, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation chopped 98% of the 2,185 trees in that site In October …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board has accepted that illegal discharge of effluents by industrial units and absence of proper vigilance, which allowed violations to continue, are the main reasons behind the high pollution levels at the Ulhas and Waldhuni rivers in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The admission comes after the Supreme Court earlier this week highlighted the failure of state …
