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MPCB suggests recommendations to improve Hadapsar waste processing plant

India, March 30 -- After the joint committee inspection conducted in February by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), the board recently gave seven reco... Read More


Cloudy weather forecast for Pune

India, March 28 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on March 27 issued an alert for unseasonal rainfall, lightning and thunder activities in southern parts of Maharashtra between March 28 and... Read More


Search operation on to spot tiger that travelled 500 km, and more

India, March 27 -- A two-and-a-half-year-old tiger that travelled an unprecedented 500 kilometres from Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Yavatmal to Solapur-Dharashiv districts has gone missing since a ... Read More


Forest dept faces fund shortage for water tankers to tend to wildlife

India, March 26 -- With the region witnessing a heatwave season early this year, the demand for water has increased in various forest ranges in Pune district. As the department is struggling to manage... Read More


NGT issues notice to PMRDA, Rajgurunagar Municipal Council for pollution in Bhima River

India, March 23 -- The Western bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on March 20 issued notice to PMRDA and Rajgurunagar Municipal Council to submit a report on untreated sewage waste being dumpe... Read More


Action against 27 sawmills operating illegally in Pune, Solapur districts

India, March 22 -- The forest department has taken action against 27 sawmills operating illegally in Pune and Solapur districts. A special drive was conducted between February 28 and March 20. Twelve... Read More


Fire dept. registers 323 cases of forest fires since January 2025

India, March 22 -- The fire department has recorded as many as 323 cases of forest fires in Pune since January this year with as many as 141 out of these recorded in February, 128 in March, and 54 in ... Read More


At 41.3degC, Koregaon Park records city's highest temperature for March this year

India, March 19 -- Koregaon Park recorded highest temperature of the season and March this year in the city at 41.3 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. Shirur saw the same mercury on March 13 this year. Follo... Read More


Forest department to plant fruit-bearing trees in 303 model schools

India, March 19 -- As part of environmental sustainability and community development initiatives, the forest department will undertake large-scale fruit-bearing tree plantation project in Pune distric... Read More


Increase in rainfall due to global warming opportunity for better water management: Krishnan

India, March 18 -- The warming trend across the world, leading to heavy rainfall in many places, including India; and variability in rainfall often causing flood condition should be seen as an opportu... Read More