Mumbai’s residential real estate market has undergone a massive change over the years. Gone are the days of spending an entire lifetime cooped up in small apartments, in conventionally perceived proper city locations. The … READ FULL STORY
Seeking to address some of the most pressing issues facing India, including air pollution, through innovation, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on November 28, 2019, launched the country chapter of its Accelerator Lab … READ FULL STORY
The National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL), on July 31, 2018, informed the Bombay High Court that it has, prima facie, found an alternate land proposed by the Godrej Group suitable for acquisition, for … READ FULL STORY
The Tamil Nadu government has rolled out its draft state Forest Policy, aimed at preserving forests and wildlife, conservation of ecosystems and climate change mitigation, among others. According to the Vision Tamil Nadu 2023 … READ FULL STORY
The World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWFI), under its ‘Sahasra Jyoti’ project, had been working extensively with local communities in the Sunderbans mangrove forest area of West Bengal, to provide them cost-effective energy solutions, … READ FULL STORY
In a move aimed at ensuring that debris are not dumped illegally or in a haphazard manner, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has offered cash rewards to people, who send pictures of illegal … READ FULL STORY
A Supreme Court bench, headed by justice Madan B Lokur, has asked the centre to inform it about the status of funds disbursed by them to the states, for preservation of wetlands and also … READ FULL STORY
A Bombay High Court division bench of justices VM Kanade and MS Sonak, on June 13, 2017, allowed an application filed by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL), seeking permission to cut 108 … READ FULL STORY
The task, to remove encroachments on nearly four acres of mangrove land in Mumbai, has been carried out over the last two months in suburban Chembur and its neighbouring areas, where people had built … READ FULL STORY
The Mumbai suburban district administration will start the process of razing illegal structures in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) in Versova next week, an official said on March 5, 2017. The administration has identified … READ FULL STORY
A division bench of justices VM Kanade and PR Bora of the Bombay High Court, on February 7, 2017, directed the government to submit before it old and new Google maps of wetland areas, … READ FULL STORY
After the Bombay High Court pulled up the Maharashtra government for not identifying the wetlands in the state, the government on July 11, 2016, withdrew its plea seeking modification of a 2013 order banning … READ FULL STORY
