INDIA

Cost of closing Deonar: Rs 3,500 crore

Public interest petition alleges irregularities in project to close landfill

Shift Mumbai trans-harbour link alignment, demand environmentalists

Mumbai development authority shows no sign of relenting; invites bids

States take the fizz out of cola

In Short

Maharashtra repeals Urban Land Ceiling Act

Mumbai port's coal handling jeopardises public health

Contamination

No more hospitals

Mumbai sea link extension may be junked in favour of a coastal road

Activists say Rs 9,000 crore project will destroy beaches and violates coastal regulations

Mumbai's fragrant dumping grounds

Is Mumbai in for more power cuts?

Closure of a number of units of Tata and Adani power plants in Mundra to be discussed by Centre on Wednesday

Policy mooted for construction debris disposal around Mumbai

Waste from new development projects in metropolitan region is being dumped in mangroves and rural areas

Brick kilns destroying fertile top soil

65 per cent of bricks produced in India are manufactured in the Gangetic plains, which have one of the world’s most fertile alluvial soils

Farmers in Raigad protest against land acquisition for Delhi-Mumbai corridor

Farmers say state is proceeding with land acquisition even though Centre had asked state to drop Dighi port project under DMIC

Court allows land transfer to Navi Mumbai airport

CIDCO claims contested land was in its possession for several years

High court halts seizure of Ganesha idols by Nagpur civic agency

Municipal corporation rapped for delaying ban on plaster of Paris idols that pollute the city's water bodies

Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link on hold

National Green Tribunal orders not to begin construction on the basis of seven-year-old environment clearance

Caffeine hits energy drinks

Maharashtra now seeks wildlife clearance for Navi Mumbai airport

State had earlier ignored the presence of a bird sanctuary near airport

High Court allows sale of PoP Ganesh idols in Nagpur

They are to be immersed only in artificial tanks

Centre for incinerating toxic Bhopal waste in Navi Mumbai

It was earlier to be burnt at a DRDO facility in Nagpur

In court

Construction boom will make cities unliveable: Centre for Science and Environment

Non-profit calls for support for green buildings programmes which should not be reduced to a sham to protect realty profits

Getting the bulletin right

EL Nino and the new challenges