The HC directed the SRA “should set up a nodal officer and call for representations/complaints from cooperative societies of slum-dwellers if they have a grievance of non-payment of transit rents”.
Pimpri Chinchwad Commissioner Vinoy Kumar Choubey is among the three senior officers from Maharashtra chosen for President's Police Medal for Distinguished service.
According to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the police inspector, identified as Bhushan Dayma and the constable, Ramesh Batkalash, were threatening to arrest the manpower supplier and were caught red-handed while accepting the bribe at the police station | Mumbai news
Water supply disruptions and persistent scarcity have left Lohegaon residents frustrated and disillusioned, leading to mounting criticism of the local authorities' inability to address the pressing issue., Pune News, Times Now
“Plastic choking leads to flooding, and sometimes even animals eat plastic which disturbs the animal ecosystem. We work very hard to control the pollution menace due to plastic use.”
Environment Scientist Dr Suresh Kumar Atri on Friday expressed his concern over the plastic waste damaging the Himalayan ecosystem and biodiversity in the north Indian hill region and said, it is becoming a threat to the people.
Along with eating into the riverine vegetation along the Mula-Mutha river, the riverfront development project that aims to address flooding and make the river more 'accessible' to people will not really do so, say activists.
With a negative monsoon forecast, the state irrigation department has asked the PMC to reduce water usage and plug leakages and thefts; the city water scenario may worsen leading to water cuts