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Navi Mumbai residents demand Conservation Reserve status for DPS Lake

Residents of Navi Mumbai urge the forest department to declare DPS Lake a Conservation Reserve to protect its biodiversity and restrict development.

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Published on Mar 17, 2025 07:26 AM IST

ByShreya Jachak

Unknown man drowns in Thane creek, untraced in search operation

Search operations were carried out in Thane creek after a man was reportedly pushed into the water by unknown people, but he could not be found.

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Updated on Feb 16, 2024 05:02 PM IST

ByN K Gupta

Decoding Thane’s New Year’s Eve rave party

This was no upscale event – the young adults from middle-class homes were found consuming LSD dots; and those who organised the party had attended similar parties in the past, before finding themselves in the vortex of the drugs business

Over 100 youngsters between the ages 17 and 22, mostly from middle-class homes, were detained along with drug peddlers from a rave party held at a forested area in Thane on December 31. (Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)

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Updated on Feb 03, 2024 08:24 AM IST

ByAnamika Gharat, Thane

Atal Setu: India's longest bridge to shorten travel time to 20 mins. Top points

Atal Setu inauguration: This bridge was conceptualised six decades ago to connect Mumbai's Sewri to Raigad's Chirle.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri-Nhava Sheva Atal Setu ahead of its inauguration in Maharashtra.(PTI)

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Published on Jan 12, 2024 01:02 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Boss’ order: API jumps into creek to nab NDPS accused

A police officer in Thane, India, jumped into a creek to arrest a drug suspect. The officer swam through foul-smelling water to apprehend the accused.

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Updated on Jan 04, 2024 07:46 AM IST

ByAnamika Gharat

Untreated pollutants get released daily from Ghansoli STP

The plant with capacity to treat 30 million litres of waste daily has remained non-operational due to a land ownership dispute

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Published on Oct 25, 2023 10:06 PM IST

BySameera Kapoor Munshi

The bridge that will stand tall for 100 years

Diving around 10-15 metres under the creek waters, the divers weren’t in search of multi-tentacle sea animals but pipelines supplying oil and gas to Mumbai.

Mumbai, India - March 11, 2023: A view of the ongoing work of Sewri-Nhava Sheva Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL) Road project, at Sewri, in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, March 11, 2023. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Apr 14, 2023 09:27 AM IST

ByShashank Rao

1,687 trees in Vikhroli to go for MUM-AHM bullet train

The Tree Authority of Mumbai has invited public comments on the proposal to fell 1,687 trees in Vikhroli East, to make way for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train.

Eleven types of mangrove species, the habitat of 177 species of resident and migratory birds, otters, turtles, fish, crabs, oysters, wild boar, monkeys, flying fox, fishing cats, civets, mongoose, wild cats etc. frequently enter the mangroves for feeding and shelter — will be directly affected by the project, according to an 85-page report by the Mangrove Society of India (MSI) from June 2018. (HT Archives)

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Updated on Apr 06, 2023 01:09 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Water from artificial immersion sites, Plaster of Paris idols dumped directly into Thane creek by civic body

An environment group has requested the Maharashtra government to intervene and direct an end to the practice

Muse Foundation, the group, first came to know about the practice in 2019 when it received a response under the Right to Information (RTI) Act from the corporation that they had been collecting Ganesh idols at 19 artificial ponds and dumping them at Thane Creek.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 04, 2020 11:13 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByBadri Chatterjee

Oval Maidan-sized green cover wiped out from Thane creek section over 10 years: Report

The authorities, who carried out the study, have attributed the green cover loss to debris dumping, encroachments, dumping of plastic and hazardous waste

environment

Updated on Aug 21, 2020 10:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByBadri Chatterjee

Humour: Winter is coming

’Tis the season to flirt with culture and reconnect with undhiyu-making households

Mumbai winters encourage one to become a walking emblem of good taste and high thoughts...(Photo imaging: Parth Garg)

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Updated on Nov 26, 2019 02:30 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByRehana Munir

Foreign experts, divers to look for Dabholkar murder weapon in Thane creek, CBI tells court

Dabholkar was shot dead on August 20, 2013, at about 7.20 am by two unidentified persons aged about 25 to 30 years when he was on his morning walk on the footpath of Omkareshwar Bridge behind Balgandharva Rangmandir in Pune.

Activist Narendra Dabholkar was killed in 2013.(AP file phoot)

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Updated on Aug 09, 2019 04:23 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByHT Correspondent

Mumbai’s 2nd-largest natural area Thane Creek needs to be saved

Thane creek, located between Mumbai harbour is 26 km long and its narrower upper areas have mudflats, salt pans and diversity-rich mangroves forests which urgently need to be saved.

The wetland and the adjacent Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary are globally significant, serving as a stop for migratory birds using the Central Asian Flyway.(HT File Photo/Praful Gangurde)

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Published on Jun 03, 2019 12:05 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByManoj R Nair

18th century war weapons to be displayed along Thane creek

On Saturday, six cannons were dug up. They will now be placed on a raised wooden platform, built by the TMC near the creek.

Six cannons, excavated on Saturday, will be placed on a raised platform at Mith Bunder in Kopri.(Praful Gangurde/ HT)

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Published on May 26, 2019 01:20 AM IST

Thane | ByAnkita G Menon

Activists to go NGT way to put Mumbai’s mangroves on the map

Activists say most wetlands left without protection against development; state says resolution of images the only issue

Under the CRZ norms, CRZ I includes ecologically sensitive areas such as mangroves, coral reefs and mudflats, where any kind of development is prohibited.(HT FILE)

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Updated on Oct 23, 2018 12:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByBadri Chatterjee, Mumbai

Three bird habitats in Mumbai included in Central Asian Flyway

Globally, nine migratory flyways have been identified under the Convention of Migratory Species (CMS)

The number of Flamingos decreases at Kopri creek due to illegal dumping.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 10, 2018 12:20 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByBadri Chatterjee, Mumbai

Maharasthra govt clears three road projects between Mumbai and other cities

Proposal for Mumbai-Pune expressway link, Bandra-Versova sea link, Thane bridge cleared.

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Updated on Aug 30, 2018 12:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByFaisal Malilk, Mumbai

Untreated sewage has polluted 7 spots along Mumbai’s coast

Study done in March by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board found that Mahim creek has the highest faecal content.

The pollution, according to the water quality index (WQI), was the worst at the mouth of the Mithi river.(HT File)

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Updated on Jun 19, 2018 12:00 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByBadri Chatterjee, Mumbai

Mother who strangled baby, threw body into Thane creek surrenders after 15 days

Thane woman confesses to strangling the infant because it was handicapped.

The woman told her in-laws that she had left the baby with her mother(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 05, 2018 12:20 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByPriyanka Dhomse, Thane

Maha notifies flamingo sanctuary at Thane creek

The notification, however, allows right of way for construction, operation and maintenance of seven transmission lines — three from MSETCL and four from Tata Power

In April, the mangrove cell began boat rides for citizens through Thane creek to witness migratory and wetland birds that flock the site.(HT Photo)

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Published on May 22, 2018 12:12 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByBadri Chatterjee, Mumbai

Father and 7-year-old son go fishing, drown in Thane creek

While the police have recovered the man’s body, rescue operations are still underway to find the child.

The incident took place in the stretch of the creek that passes through Hiranandani Estate on Sunday.(HT File Photo/Used for representational purpose)

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Updated on May 22, 2018 09:01 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByArvind Walmiki, Thane

These forts tell story of Thane’s glorious past

The civic body’s move to relocate Thane Central Jail has highlighted the need to preserve the other forts in Thane and Kalyan

Various organisations came together to conduct the Ghodbunder Festival, which involved a heritage tour, lectures on conservation and folk events.(Praful Gangurde/HT)

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Updated on May 20, 2018 12:21 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAnkita G Menon, Thane

Flamingo spotting may resume in Sewri after Mumbai trans-harbour project is done: BNHS

The blueprint to develop Sewri port as a flamingo-watching area is being worked on with the state government

Flamingos spotted during the Flamingo Festival held in Mumbai in 2017.(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on May 12, 2018 01:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByBadri Chatterjee, Mumbai

Land for Mumbai-Ahmedbad bullet train comes at high price, say farmers

The government has promised development to the regions that will be connected by the bullet train, but there are concerns about what it means for small farmers who will give up their land for the project.

Framers are demanding that they be compensated properly for the land they will lose to the project.(Praful Gangurde/HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 30, 2018 05:01 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByMegha Pol, Thane

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Residents of Navi Mumbai urge the forest department to declare DPS Lake a Conservation Reserve to protect its biodiversity and restrict development.

Search operations were carried out in Thane creek after a man was reportedly pushed into the water by unknown people, but he could not be found.

This was no upscale event – the young adults from middle-class homes were found consuming LSD dots; and those who organised the party had attended similar parties in the past, before finding themselves in the vortex of the drugs business

Atal Setu inauguration: This bridge was conceptualised six decades ago to connect Mumbai's Sewri to Raigad's Chirle.

A police officer in Thane, India, jumped into a creek to arrest a drug suspect. The officer swam through foul-smelling water to apprehend the accused.

The plant with capacity to treat 30 million litres of waste daily has remained non-operational due to a land ownership dispute

Diving around 10-15 metres under the creek waters, the divers weren’t in search of multi-tentacle sea animals but pipelines supplying oil and gas to Mumbai.

The Tree Authority of Mumbai has invited public comments on the proposal to fell 1,687 trees in Vikhroli East, to make way for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train.

An environment group has requested the Maharashtra government to intervene and direct an end to the practice

The authorities, who carried out the study, have attributed the green cover loss to debris dumping, encroachments, dumping of plastic and hazardous waste

’Tis the season to flirt with culture and reconnect with undhiyu-making households

Dabholkar was shot dead on August 20, 2013, at about 7.20 am by two unidentified persons aged about 25 to 30 years when he was on his morning walk on the footpath of Omkareshwar Bridge behind Balgandharva Rangmandir in Pune.

Thane creek, located between Mumbai harbour is 26 km long and its narrower upper areas have mudflats, salt pans and diversity-rich mangroves forests which urgently need to be saved.

On Saturday, six cannons were dug up. They will now be placed on a raised wooden platform, built by the TMC near the creek.

Activists say most wetlands left without protection against development; state says resolution of images the only issue

Globally, nine migratory flyways have been identified under the Convention of Migratory Species (CMS)

Proposal for Mumbai-Pune expressway link, Bandra-Versova sea link, Thane bridge cleared.

Study done in March by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board found that Mahim creek has the highest faecal content.

Thane woman confesses to strangling the infant because it was handicapped.

The notification, however, allows right of way for construction, operation and maintenance of seven transmission lines — three from MSETCL and four from Tata Power

While the police have recovered the man’s body, rescue operations are still underway to find the child.

The civic body’s move to relocate Thane Central Jail has highlighted the need to preserve the other forts in Thane and Kalyan

The blueprint to develop Sewri port as a flamingo-watching area is being worked on with the state government

The government has promised development to the regions that will be connected by the bullet train, but there are concerns about what it means for small farmers who will give up their land for the project.

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