’99 per cent of the wells in Mumbai have dried up’, says 40-year-old Subhajit Mukherjee, a resident of Kandivali in Mumbai, who has come up with a cost-effective solution to conserve rainwater and recharge ground water ...
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According to Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Rs. 4.1 crore have been collected till now as fine from the offenders of the state-wide plastic ban out which Rs. 3.4 crore were collected from the capital city of Mumbai alone ...
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While speaking at the state assembly, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that drains carrying floodwaters can handle a maximum rainfall of 150 mm in 24 hours and so a severe rainfall puts pressure on transport infrastructure ...
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To encourage tree plantation among citizens and increase the green cover in and around Nashik, Green Revolution, a citizens’ group celebrated Vat Savitri Pooja by planting Banyan saplings ...
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What started as a hobby is now becoming a viable way of tackling waste paper for 58-year-old Meena Patankar who uses discarded newspaper to make dolls and other home décor items ...
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Projects To Reduce Pollution In River Mula-Mutha Fast-Tracked, Says Union Minister Prakash Javadekar
The components proposed under projects to restore the Mula-Mutha river include the construction of eleven new Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) and laying of 113.6 km of sewer lines for collection of untapped sewage ...
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On his visit to National Museum of Indian Cinema, Mumbai, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar urged people to plant at least 10 trees to contribute towards protecting the environment ...
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Beach warriors clean-up lakes and beaches in Maharashtra, collect 6.5 tonnes of waste and plant over 2000 saplings in Mumbai and Odisha ...
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In a bid to protect mangroves from waste, Versova opts for bio-fences, where plants are grown on a frame which in turn prevent the garbage from being dumped directly on to the mangroves ...
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The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport will get a subsidy under the Faster Adoption And Manufacturing Of (Hybrid And) Electric Vehicles India Scheme of the Department Of Heavy Industries for deploying 80 electric buses in its transport fleet ...
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Meet 84-year-old Aabid Surti who on every Sunday goes door to door to fix leakages and save water ...
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As the government targets for having at least 30 per cent of the vehicles on road as electric by 2030, in order to curb vehicular pollution, the study conducted by Ola Mobility Institute shows that encouraging shared mobility is one of the ways of promoting e-mobility in the country ...
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