Smarting after HC rap, PMC trains guns on JNNURM cell
The miserable situation of tree cover in the city has come to fore with Pune Municipal Corporation berating the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission’s (JNNURM) special cell for not allotting it space to plant trees. The PMC took this stance after the Bombay High Court (HC) issued a notice to the civic body directing it to submit a report on re-plantation of trees. ....
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Tree times more!
In what is good news for city environment activists, the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) plan to cut down 74 trees to make way for widening of the Kondhwa-Hadapsar route is now set to see the city get greener by 222 new trees. The civic body, which had sought permission to cut the trees last month, has been slapped with an order by Bombay High Court, which requires it to plant three times the number of trees to be cut in their place before granting ....
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Senseless census
It seems like all those ‘Keep Pune Clean and Green’ signs dotted around the city have worked! At least for the Pune Municipal Corporation’s Garden Department. A survey they are undertaking claims that the number of trees in the city has increased in the past 12 years. This despite the city’s hills being raped by construction and an increasing number of trees being hacked to make way for ....
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Tree choppers face legal music from the PMC
It’s been only a few days since the PMC’s Garden Department decided to file criminal cases against offenders who illegally chop trees instead of charging them the compromise fee, and they didn’t waste any time translating the law into action. Two organisations, including one housing society, in the last four days have received notices from the Garden Department for cutting trees illegally. ....
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Turtle neck saved
Animal activists rescue a rare schedule I turtle from being sold to tantriks. The asking price was a whopping Rs 60 lakh....
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Tech conference gets green theme
The IndicThreads Conference on Java technology was held on December 12, 2009 in Pune. In a novel initiative aimed at promoting green and eco-friendly ethics among its delegates, the conferencecame up with several green initiatives.
Harshad Oak, founder of IndicThreads, said The theme of the conference theme Turning The Corner was a statement on the state of Java technology today.
However, it....
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Groundwater is going to waste
As Puneites are facing water scarcity due to shortfall in rain, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has given a contract to an agency to submit a survey of ground water level of the city area.
Ground Water Survey and Development Agency (GWSDA) is entrusted with this task, which would be the first within a municipal limit. A survey had shown that almost 95 per cent of identified area in the city ha....
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Green animation
Pune-based Krayon Pictures will soon release their first animation film Delhi Safar — based on animal rights and deforestation — directed by Nikhil Advani....
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Where are all the new trees?
As the battle against tree-cutting in the city continues, environmental activists have got a positive sign from the Bombay High Court (HC). On November 2, the HC ordered Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to file details about the trees cut in the city for construction purposes and how many have been re-planted so far.
City-based environmental activist Deepak Vahikar had filed a Public Interest L....
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Don’t leaf us alone!
Saplings planted by school kids through Art of Living initiative. Will volunteers take care?....
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Wind, fall
Seven trees on Pashan Road are almost ready to topple during the next Phyan or a strong breeze, provided authorities don’t act soon!....
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Deep in the Dalma forest, where the joint forces are trying to quell the Maoist rebellion, wildlife is battling for its own survival in the face of the guerrilla activity and the presence of forces. The Dalma range, which covers an area of 192 sq km, with 55 square kilometres in the core area, is spread across Jharkhand and West Bengal. The wildlife sanctuary has an undulating terrain with ....
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