Ash bund breach: MPCB to forfeit Rs 50 lakh bank guarantee of MahaGenco
Nagpur: In a significant development, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) had decided to forfeit the bank guarantee of Rs 50 lakh of MahaGenco for the breach of Khasala ash bund and the damage caused due to the collapse in...
Exempt saw mills of state from purview of MPCB – Dipen Agrawal
(R to L) - CM Devendra Fadnavis , Prabhu Patel , Dipen Agrawal , Vijay Kewate , Krishna Khopde MLA & Vikas Kumbhare MLA Nagpur/Mumbai: A delegation led by Krishna Khopde MLA & Vikas Kumbhare MLA from Nagpur consisting of...
SPCA found carrying out ABC surgeries sans MPCB nod, generating bio medical waste
File Pic Nagpur: The Society for Prevention of Cruelty on Animals (SPCA), Nagpur, has been accused of carrying out Animal Birth Control (ABC) surgeries without obtaining authorisation from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and thus generating hazardous bio medical waste. In...
MPCB slaps notice to M/s Eros Motors for violating environment norms brazenly
Nagpur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), acting on a complaint lodged by an RTI activist, has slapped a notice to M/s Eros Motors Pvt Ltd, a showroom and workshop of Hyundai cars, for violating environmental related norms and operating...
MPCB succumbs to political pressure in permitting new units at Koradi thermal plant
Nagpur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) continues to neglect norms set by its governing body — the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC). The Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (Mahagenco) was given permission to start operating two...
BJP, Shiv Sena hold parleys for appointments on plum posts
Representational Pic Nagpur: Apparently in a bid to keep the sulking MLAs pacified, BJP and Shiv Sena held parleys on appointments to various Boards and Corporations. If sources are to be believed, MHADA post will go to BJP and the...
Bawankule orders closure of five polluting companies in district
Nagpur: Acting tough, the Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Tuesday ordered closure of five companies based in different parts of the district for spreading pollution and thus playing with the lives of citizens. Apart from ordering closure of the five...
