Environment

Toilet paper is made from wood pulp that comes from Canada’s forests, which lost 28 million acres between 1996 and 2015. But if you look beyond the big brands, there are way more sustainable options out there. [Source Image: MiloArt/iStock] If you’re a person living in America, you probably churn through the equivalent of 141 […]

Researchers were invited by two windfarm owners in Gujarat and in Karnataka to investigate bird mortalities Although wind is a green source of renewable energy, a new study has revealedthat wind turbines are posing a threat to lives of birds in their vicinity. Birds colliding with turbine blades are dying. Researchers were invited by two

The mineral water bottles we order, packaged food we buy and disposable cutlery we use are choking our planet. So let’s practice a few greener ways of living suggested here It’s easy to get takeaways than preparing food yourself and a way lot easier when food comes home in just a single click on your

Three TMC To Take Care Of Drinking Requirements The state irrigation department has stopped release of water from the Khadakwasla dam for summer crops. No more release is planned for irrigation before the monsoon and the existing 4.7TMC water stock in the three dams has now been kept reserved to meet the drinking water requirements

Cab & Auto Numbers On The Rise: RTO Data Pune: Better sense may have finally prevailed among citizens as two- and four-wheeler registrations came down by over 14% in Pune and 5% in Pimpri Chinchwad in the financial year 2018-19 as compared to the registrations in the previous fiscal. As per regional transport office (RTO)

A 40-year-old employee of a service provider appointed by Adar Poonawalla Clean City Initiative was seriously injured in an accident in Hadapsar on Monday morning. The man, Pratap Haribhau Harale, was hit by a speeding tempo when he was cleaning the road near a PMPML bus stop located close to Kirloskar bridge on Pune-Solapur highway.

A green spot in Hadapsar has turned almost entirely barren in a matter of days. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has launched an investigation to identity a developer and his partners for illegally chopping around 245 trees to construct a housing complex at Handewadi in Hadapsar. Tree activists as well as local residents have strongly

Locals complain of eye irritation and breathlessness; officials claim accident, assure to get situation under control The residents of Vallabh Nagar have been fighting toxic smoke for two days now. The air in the area has become hazy, causing eye irritations and breathing problems after the garbage at Khadki Cantonment Board depot caught fire. “The

he traffic police are cracking the whip on people parking vehicles on the “smart” footpaths across the city to ensure that the facilities remain pedestrian friendly. Since November 2018, the police have penalized over 2,800 people under the Pune Municipal (PMC) Act for parking two-wheelers on cars on such footpaths. The police pledged that the

Day One Of The New Plan Has Citizens Complaining About Poor Distribution Prasad Kulkarni & Sarang Dastane TNN The five hours, once-aday water plan for the entire city that rolled out officially on Monday left some areas high and dry with low pressure and erratic supply. On the very first day of the Pune Municipal