Green Cover Depletion

New Draft National Forest Policy increases environmental budget alright, but proposes to levy another tax to recover money from citizens As if the Swachh Bharat cess, and drought cess introduced in Maharashtra were not enough, the new draft National For est Policy 2016 is looking at levying a green tax now, with an increase in […]

The municipal court on Wednesday sentenced five persons to a month-long imprisonment and also fined them of Rs 5,000 each for cutting trees without obtaining the requisite permissions from the civic authorities. On September 11, 2012, several trees included Teak, Mango, Coconut, Lemon and Jamun on the premises of the Dashanam Gosavi Sanstha in Somwar Peth

One more Earth Day has gone. Few more events of tree plantation, some award functions for working for environment and few speeches by influential people about our degrading environment. That’s it! So we have done our bit for nature and till next Earth day, we need not worry about our environment. This is what the entire Earth Day mean to

Recently, a 40 year-old Rain tree and a 25-year old Neem tree were chopped down in Kothrud by a builder. Though the trees were cut with official permission, no one seems to like that. It takes so many years to grow these trees, but takes only a few hours to bring them down. Likewise, 2,578

In today’s Urban Ecosystem it’s the need of the hour to develop ‘Green corners’ wherever you get a place.  But in Pune which is already a concrete jungle we hardly get place to create a green patch or to conserve our native diversity. Hence,In any part of world you live in think about making it

Pune is surrounded by many hills like Parvati Hill, Chatushringi Hill and Vetal Hill. It is also blessed with many lakes like Pashan, Katraj, Khadakwasla, etc., which add great ecological value. Nowadays the city is converted into over polluted rapidly expanding mega city. IT and other industries will continue to attract people from elsewhere. This

HEART disease is a leading cause of death and disability the world over. Several medicinal plants have been described to be beneficial for cardiac ailment in Ayurveda. Arjun (Terminalia arjuna) is the most promising plant among them. It is usually found growing on river banks. The beautiful tree forms spreading canopy and drooping branches with

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has yet again failed in completing the tree census. The deadline for tree census was November 30, 2011. Even after a lag of one year the civic body claims that “the task is almost done but only the Peth areas remain”. Despite the extended deadline, PMC’s garden department is still

A group ‘Pedestrians First’ has listed certain demands to enhance the greenery in the city and wants the PMC to be strict about the plantation norms. The group has written to Pune municipal commissioner requesting to form stringent norms for tree plantation in the city. It has been observed that several high rises, which have

The garden department of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has posted information about its tree plantation efforts. The information includes the location, number and type of trees planted, contact numbers of officials and employees etc, on the corporation’s website. Suresh Salunke, chief garden superintendent, said that citizens can complain to the garden department about