TOI/Pune/30th July, ‘09: The Environment Status Report (ESR) of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for the year 2008-09 has set the alarm bells ringing about rising levels of water, air and sound pollution in the city.
The ESR, which will be tabled before the general body (GB) meeting, states: “The Mula, Mutha rivers stand in class IV [...]

Sorry for the delayed post. Due to increased work at the parent site, from now on, we shall have a weekly compilation post.
For now, let’s take a quick walkthrough of what’s been happening about the garbage piles and finally its disposal, chronologically, from various online news sources:

11th May: Garbage impasse continues… Villagers sceptical of promises
13th May: PMC [...]

DNA/PUNE/14th Mar. ‘09: The Ghole Road ward office of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has set a fuel-saving example. A bio-gas plant, which runs on the waste collected from hotels and restaurants located on the Fergusson College (FC) and Jungli Maharaj (JM) roads, has been set up on its premises.
The biogas plant is used by [...]

TOI/PUNE/27th Feb ‘09: The efforts begun by the Kasba-Vishrambaugwada ward office of the Pune Municipal Corporation five months ago to develop a terrace garden using wet waste as manure have now borne fruit. Flowering and ayurvedic plants and lush green lawns can now be seen growing on the rooftop of the ward office building. 
The aim behind [...]

GreenPune.org has been trying for the past 2 weeks to get an appointment with the authorities, so that various poolution stats can be displayed online, at one place so that every puneite can acess them. But in vain.
School children have done it though. Following is a press coverage from The Times of India, Pune edition.
TOI/PUNE/19th [...]