200 notices on encroachments within highways’ right of way after SC order | Pune News

Action on Chakan-Talegaon stretch Pune: The state public works department (PWD) and other agencies issued around 200 notices to establishments along highways connecting Pune with neighbouring districts, implementing the Supreme Court’s direction to clear encroachments within the right of way.The drive covers Pune-Bengaluru, Pune-Ahmednagar, Pune-Nashik, Pune-Solapur and Chakan-Talegaon highways, besides Pune-Mumbai old highway. Bharatkumar Baviskar,…

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In 2017, a 64-acre golf course built for workers at England’s Rugeley Power Station closed; nine years later, work is turning it into wetlands, meadows and ponds with a 1.5km public trail

For years, the land beside the River Trent in Rugeley had a very different purpose. It formed part of the former Rugeley Power Station site and included a golf course used by the station’s staff. According to Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, the course closed in 2017, and the 64-acre site is now being transformed into a…

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