Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
India typically witnesses water scarcity during summer months, but the situation this year is particularly grim in western and southern states Millions of people are desperately awaiting overdue monsoon rains as they struggle to secure drinking water amid a heat wave across India that is rapidly drying up reservoirs and …
This study focuses on the drought conditions in India, since water problems are worsening in most parts of India especially in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Particularly Latur, a district in Marathwada region, has been confronting severe water shortage due to drying up of a major source of water i.e., …
AURANGABAD: Industries in Latur are significantly contributing to air pollution and are one of the major factors that have earned the city the title of being one of the most polluted cities in Maharashtra, as is evident from an online portal of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). In a bid …
The man suffered a heat stroke and fell ill last week, said M S Diggikar, acting joint director of health, Maharashtra. A 52-year-old man from Bhatukli block in Amravati district, who worked as a labourer, has become the first victim of a heat stroke in Maharashtra this year. The man …
Health officials in Nanded, Sangli, Osmanabad, Latur, Kolhapur and Solapur, have been asked to raise awareness in poultry farms and look for possible infected cases in bordering villages. The Maharashtra government has issued an advisory to six districts to monitor the health situation after suspected cases of bird flu were …
Aurangabad: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will look into allegations that the Manjra river in Latur district was deepened and widened through public participation by social groups and amateurs without due permission from government authorities. The western bench of the tribunal has also allowed the Central Groundwater Board of the …
Latur, which is reeling under the worst water crisis, will have 10 irrigation projects worth Rs 248 crore, promising to bring 11,011 hectares of land under irrigation. The state government has set a definite target to bring 2.18 lakh hectares of land under irrigation in the next three years in …
Aurangabad: Drought and debt continue to claim lives in Marathwada with as many as 65 farmers having committed suicide in the first three weeks of April. With this, the total number of farmer suicide cases in the region this year has risen to 338. The highest number of farmer suicides …
Kolhapur: State revenue minister Eknath Khadse on Tuesday said the railways will transport water to the drought-affected Latur from Miraj in the next 8-10 days. He made the announcement after a meeting with rural development minister Pankaja Munde, railway officials, principal secretary of water supply and sanitation department Rajesh Kumar, …
In Latur, drinking water crisis means the situation for cattle, animals is worse It is 11:30 am. The bright sun is blazing on a field in Bhatangli village in Latur district of Maharashtra, some 500 km from Mumbai. Asha Bhagotmale and her neighbours walked four km before they could find …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Asim Sarode & Others Vs District Collector Nanded & Others dated 11/01/2016 regarding environmental concern faced by residents of more than 12 districts in the State of Maharashtra due to contaminated ground water in terms of …
Swine flu claimed three lives - one each in Pune, Latur and Kolhapur - on Saturday, while the condition of 19 other patients in the state is currently critical and they have been put on ventilator support. Of the 19 patients, 17 are being treated at hospitals in Pune. "Seven …
Fifteen-year old Rahul Karpe is up at 5am. The next two-hour stretch is the only undisturbed period he will get to study for his 10th board exams. That's be cause Rahul spends at least six hours daily fetching wa ter for his home in Kaij talu ka's Sonijawala village. All …
Acute shortage of water supply for domestic and irrigation purposes in hard rock area is accentuated by occurrence of groundwater in limited quantity within sparsely distributed aquifers characterised with secondary porosity of finite areal extent. Tawarja river basin is in drought prone Latur district of India falling in basaltic Deccan …
State health officials confirmed 35 fresh cases and three deaths due to swine flu on Monday. With this, the total number of cases has shot up to 4,947 while the number of casualties has increased to 450 this year, so far. Currently, the condition of 18 patients has been reported …
Residents of Betul and Canacona claimed to have experienced quivering beneath their feet and it turned out to be true, as the meteorological centre at Altinho recorded an earthquake of less than 2 on the Richter scale on Sunday afternoon. A mild seismic tremor was also felt by residents of …
NGT Worried About Illegal Dealers Selling Packaged Water The western zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Pune has passed an order prohibiting unauthorized extraction of groundwater for commercial use after it was found that the presence of large quantities of fluoride in it is affecting villagers in …
A study by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has found air quality ‘very unhealthy’ in parts of Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Raigad and Chandrapur districts. The study analysed ambient air quality data from 2008 to 2011 to reach at its conclusion. The study found that the ambient air quality …
The Maharashtra Government has received Rs 489 crore to improve the rural road network under the Prime Minister’s Gram Sadak Yojana–II . Initially, Maharashtra had received little Union Government assistance under the scheme compared to other states, as the State’s road connectivity was considered satisfactory. However, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan …
Pune: The western bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered that notices be issued to the collectors of 12 districts to seek their response to a petition that alleges that they have failed to provide clean drinking water to the people. The bench of Justice V R Kingaonkar …
