The discharge into the nullah was recorded at 197 cusecs on Sunday, as against 220 cusecs on March 16, around a week before the state-wide curfew was imposed

The city on Saturday experienced an intense spell of rain that caused waterlogging and trees to fall across several neighbourhoods.

Release of industrial effluents, dumping of clothes and waste temporarily stops due to lockdown

Manch wants samples collected from seemingly less polluted nullah before factories start operations again

The entire country was put under a three-week lockdown starting March 25 to arrest the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. A few states like Maharash..

Rajesh Mhatre, a resident of Kalamboli and a regular jogger, says Kasardi river, into which treated effluents from neighbouring Taloja industrial area

They are not included in PM-Kisan and hence are not eligible for benefits similar to farmers

Unlike most other river water disputes, the Cauvery is not one about sharing the river water when it is in full flow — it is always about sharing the shortage when the river goes dry.

The health of Ganga River has seen significant improvement since enforcement of the nationwide lockdown that has led to reduction in dumping of industrial waste into it, experts have said.