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 …
Country’s largest private electricity producer Tata Power today said it is developing a 28.8 MW photovoltaic-based solar project in Maharashtra. The power producer’s wholly-owned subsidiary Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL) is developing the plant in Satara district of Maharashtra. “The power generated will be evacuated through Maharashtra State Electricity …
A few days before six members of the environment committee quit, they had made proposals to standardize guidelines for mining and quarrying, before they get environment clearance. The meeting was held on July 3 and the state level expert appraisal committee (SEAC) of the environment department had set definite guidelines …
PUNE: Some parts of Satara district are still reeling under acute shortage of drinking water. The district administration's data reveals that the district still has 321 tankers supplying drinking water to 251 villages and 928 hamlets, located mainly in the eastern part of the district. The tehsils such as Mann, …
Authorities Deploy 136 Additional Tankers Pune: Shortage of drinking water has intensified in parts of Western Maharashtra with 1,026 villages in the four districts now dependent on tankers to meet their daily requirement of drinking water. The list of parched villages is only getting longer with the divisional commissioner’s office …
Of the 7.2 lakh registered properties in Pune, only 1,411 have installed rainwater harvesting systems as of July 2012, statistics with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) show. It is a clear indication that despite the civic body's efforts to inculcate water conservation, citizens have shown little inclination. City-based experts and …
Rs 280-Cr Plan Focuses On Rehabilitation Of Sahyadri Villages Kolhapur: The state forest department has submitted the first detailed conservation plan for Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) to the Union ministry of environment and forest. The Rs 280-crore plan focuses on the rehabilitation of villages on the fringe of the reserve …
PUNE: The number of villages and hamlets in the state facing water and fodder scarcity has increased by 850 after the first week of February. In the first week of February, 5,294 villages and hamlets were facing severe water scarcity. The number has now increased to 6,153. The number of …
27,000 families in Satara on an indefinitesit-in at Koyna dam site First, a dam, then an earthquake and finally a tiger reserve — families in Satara district’s Koyna have been displaced thrice in one generation. In 1960, the people had to move, paving the way for the Koyna dam; in …
This summer, people in southern Maharashtra can enjoy either electricity or water, not both. Until recently, the state had prioritised use of water for industrial purposes over agriculture. But now the government finds itself at odds to explain the diversion of water to hydel projects when water activists claim that …
Pune: The state government has disbursed Rs 413.98 crore so far to tackle the water scarcity situation in different parts of the state. Western Maharashtra and Marathwada are the worst affected regions in the state as they have received the lowest rainfall in the state during the last monsoon. The …
PUNE: Farmers' agitation over cane price has intensified in top sugar producer Maharashtra with the state government refusing to intervene and the sugar mills announcing first advance of cane payment much less than the demand of the farmers. The agitation turned violent from last week with the police rounding up …
A stillness pervades the 300-acre farm in Banpuri village. The farmer and his family have locked up and left to make a living elsewhere. The pomegranate crop that populated the vast expanse has withered away. A few kilometres away is Atapadi village, where a lake — close to the Open …
Karad City is situated on the bank of confluence of river Krishna & Koyana, which is severely flood prone area. The floodwaters enter the city through the roads and disrupt the infrastructure in the whole city. Furthermore, due to negligence of the authorities and unplanned growth of the city, the …
Even as the villagers in dried-up Satara stare at a bleak future, their eyes look accusingly at the green measures that have come up in these dry hinterlands—the numerous windmills aimed to provide the state grid with clean energy. The one question that has returned to haunt them is: Are …
If the Census figures are anything to go by, the dry plateau regions of Satara have been witnessing a slow but steady migration. In fact, the persistent drought conditions in the region have been driving people out ever since British times, say activists, adding that the lack of corrective measures …
Sangli/Satara: Open trailers packed with families and cattle have become a common sight along Maharashtra’s highways — a telling sign of the distress the drought in 15 districts of the state has brought with it. Truckloads of villagers are migrating from the hinterland to cities like Mumbai, Pune and Kolhapur …
After last year’s failed rainfall dried up most wells and the depeleting water table drove the hand pumps to a trickle, farmers in the nearly 200 villages in Mann and Khatav talukas in Satara are now struggling to save their cattle. While both farmers and their livestock await government relief …
Maharashtra possibly has among the worst track records when it comes to learning a thing or two from a crisis. In the midst of its fourth drought since 2000, the government has set in motion a slew of time-tested measures with what bureaucrats say is an unprecedented liberal hand. But …
Baramati: In a region where farmers either work in the fields or breed cows, milk production is the indicator for the impact of the drought on the latter section. Many dairy farmers in Baramati’s so-called dry zone have sold their cows in the absence of enough water to feed them …
With little assistance forthcoming, 41 of them have been threatening to push for merger with Karnataka Malabai Solankar has been waiting since 6 a.m. on Saturday to collect fodder at a makeshift depot in Sordi village in Sangli's Jath taluka. Now well past noon, she is struggling to not to …
