Bhima

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding untreated sewage and waste water contaminating land and flowing into Bhima river, Pune, Maharashtra, 07/03/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Vishwajit Ramchandra Dixit Vs Union of India & Others dated 07/03/2025. The issue raised in the application pertains to untreated severe sewage and waste water pollution emanating from 80 flats and 26 bungalow projects in the …

Mining to start in uranium-rich Bhima belt soon

Rich uranium deposits, a major element in nuclear power generation and its related activities, has been found in the Bhima river belt of Karnataka, ranging from Sedam in Gulbarga district to Muddebihal in Bijapur district. This is as per the intensive survey conducted by the Department of Atomic Energy. According …

In Baramati, politicians listening, fishermen step up protests

Indapur (Pune): Jaising Nagre makes a living by fishing in the Ujjani dam backwaters in Indapur. Nagre, who is from the Bhoi community, says that in the last decade around 3,000 fishermen from other states have settled down around the Ujjani dam and have evicted the locals from plum fishing …

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For people along the Bhima river in Maharashtra, illegal mining is an old story (see

When Vishnu sleeps

People come to the Bhima river in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, to rejoice. They leave behind a drain Pandharpur, a pilgrim town on the banks of the Bhima river in Maharashtra, hosts four religious yatras every year. Over two million people take part in these yatras, which celebrate, among other things, four …

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