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 …
MUMBAI: Two days after Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi assured assistance to villagers of drought-hit Satara, the Centre on Monday 'favourably' recommended a Rs 1,110 crore relief package for Maharashtra, thereby confirming that 15 districts in the state are indeed hit by serious drought. This is a shift from the …
MUMBAI: After a gap of thirteen years, lake tapping will be done at the Koyna dam in Satara district on Wednesday. The first lake tapping was done at Koyna dam in 1999 by the state government. The dam was commissioned in the year 1962. "Lake tapping will help the government …
The water table levels in almost all 2,300 dams in Maharashtra, and four main dams in Mumbai, are dipping fast. In fact, the water storage in the state is the lowest in the last five years at 27% — 10,015 million cubic metres (mcm) — as on April 16. It …
MUMBAI: The anti-Jaitapur nuclear plant pitch rose a notch higher on Sunday with demonstrations and rallies against the nuclear power plant being held at a number of places across the state. To mark the first year of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, demonstrations against Jaitapur project and other nuclear …
Winds of change are silently sweeping through the tribal landscape of Jawahar and Mokhada, where 102 adivasi farmers have pooled in resources, labour and land in a unique agri-prenuership initiative that is set to shape the future of farming here. Tribal farmers from this poverty-striken belt-140 km from Thane-decided to …
To increase awareness on fuel efficiency and provide better service to customers, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) launched the ‘Fuel 2 Faayda’ campaign in Pune and Satara districts. BPCL general manager, KH Subramanian, kick-started the drive at the company’s petrol pump on Sinhagad Road on Monday. The company’s territory manager …
To increase awareness on fuel efficiency and provide better service to customers, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) launched the ‘Fuel 2 Faayda’ campaign in Pune and Satara districts. BPCL general manager, KH Subramanian, kick-started the drive at the company’s petrol pump on Sinhagad Road on Monday. The company’s territory manager …
More than 800 villages in the districts of Satara and Sangli were officially declared scarcity-hit by the state government following severe shortage of water and fodder. New divisional commissioner, Prabhakar Deshmukh, made the announcement to the media in the city on Wednesday. According to Deshmukh, the failure of winter monsoon …
"Mishri" is one among the various smokeless tobacco products used in the central and southern part of India. The use of newer tobacco products is increasing not only among men, but also among children, teenagers, and women of the reproductive age-group. The objective of the study was to study socio-demographic …
In a bid to curb sound pollution, most of the mandals in Kolhapur city preferred playing traditional instruments this year, in place of high decibel sound systems, during the immersion of Ganesh idols on Sunday. The local police, various social organisations and the media had relentlessly campaigned for the last …
The alleged cutting of trees in the forests around the popular Lodwick Point in Mahabaleshwar has raised the hackles of citizens of this hill station. The matter assumes importance in the light of the hill station being designated an eco-sensitive zone, along with its neighbour Panchgani, by the ministry of …
Senior activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan spokesperson, Medha Patkar, on Monday threatened to launch a massive agitation in Satara and Pune districts if the problems of the project affected people (PAP) are not resolved soon. Patkar was in Pune for a meeting with the state minister for rehabilitation and forests, …
Windmills cannot be displaced as they are important for power generation, observed the Bombay high court while hearing a public interest litigation challenging installation of windmills in and around Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary. A division bench of justices Ranjana Desai and RJ Ketkar was hearing a PIL filed in September 2011 …
Around 47,600 new vehicles were added to the vehicle population in the city in 2010, of which 32,844 were two-wheelers. The number of fatalities also increased at an alarming rate of 34%, compared to 2009. While commercial vehicles increased by 11,006, Puneites purchased 4,727 new cars in 2010. According to …
A special report by Down To Earth on Koyna sanctuary situated in Satara district, Maharashtra, where the windmills and resorts replace wildlife with government's help. Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary is threatened by ceaseless loot of land, with government help.
Electricity wires hang dangerously over a bituminous road. Unending rows of gigantic windmills look down from where, perhaps, a tiger should have kept an eye on its territory. Instead of birds, turbines create a humming noise. Trees are hardly in sight and one has to be lucky to spot wildlife. …
The protest march by villagers against the Sahyadri Tiger Project took an ugly turn on Monday evening when angry villagers pelted stones on the forest department (wildlife) office in Patan in Satara district. The villagers were agitating against the Sahyadri Tiger Project, which was initiated last year by combining the …
In Satara, government officials catch public defecators with their pants down Bulletin boards on the sleepy walls of village panchayat offices, rarely greeted with a glance, have started attracting a loyal audience in parts of Satara district over the last three years. That's because boring pamphlets and notices have been …
