The company is already carrying out the feasibility and financial viability study for the project Shadow over SunEdison India's solar projects State-run National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is planning to set up a 600-MW solar power project at the Koyna hydel power complex in Maharashtra as part of an initiative …
The company is already carrying out the feasibility and financial viability study for the project Shadow over SunEdison India's solar projects State-run National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) is planning to set up a 600-MW solar power project at the Koyna hydel power complex in Maharashtra as part of an initiative …
KOLHAPUR: The Koynanagar, Humbarli and adjoining villages in the lush green forests of Koyna wildlife sanctuary have seen bustling construction activity over the past year despite the Bombay high court ban on new constructions in the area. The HC had ordered a status quo in the protected forests of Koyna …
Sahyadri tiger reserve (STR) and the wildlife sanctuaries in Radhanagari and Sagareshwar will soon be equipped with more camera traps, tents and wireless systems. The department is spending Rs 71 lakh on the new equipment. The department has received approval from the state forest department to purchase the equipment and …
The forest department is considering to implement strict measures to maintain the wildlife corridor which connects Koyna wildlife sanctuary and Chandoli national park, both part of the Sahyadri tiger reserve (STR). The 7-km corridor will be protected for safe and natural movement of tigers, leopards and other wild animals in …
Greens Cry Foul Over Undue Rush To Approve Plans The state forest department has cleared as many as 32 proposals seeking diversion of over 2,000 hectares of forest land for other purposes in the last six months. Almost half these proposals, which had been pending with the department since last …
Researchers from the biodiversity department of Abasaheb Garware College have recorded the presence of 70 species of dragonflies in northern part of Western Ghats during a project funded by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the University of Pune (UoP). Four out of the 70 species were found in …
The national tiger census will begin at the Sahyadri tiger reserve (STR) from Thursday amid much curiosity, as no tiger was sighted in the 50 camera traps installed in the Chandoli national park and Koyna wildlife sanctuary over the past one-and-a-half months. More than 100 forest department personnel and wildlife …
PUNE: The state is in the process of declaring areas around national parks and wildlife sanctuaries as eco-sensitive zones. Of the 49 national parks and sanctuaries across the state, proposals for declaring eco-sensitive zones around 35 of them have already been sent to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). …
Unregulated Tourism, Fires, Encroachments Pose Threat It was in July 2012, when the Western Ghats made it to the world heritage list and a cluster of 39 sites here were crowned among the world’s eight “hottest hotspots” of biological diversity. A year on, the prestigious tag seems to have had …
Survey Part Of Countrywide Study At Tiger Reserves For Exact Count Of The Cats Pune: The state forest department has captured images of more than 141 fully grown tigers in Maharashtra’s four tiger reserves and their surrounding areas. The ‘camera-trapping survey’ that is going on across protected areas in the …
State Authority, Affected People Not Consulted Mumbai: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar might have apologized for his callous “urinating-in-the-dam” statement that belittled the tragedy of Maharashtra’s farmers facing the worst drought in decades. But his apathy for them predates the blunder by years. Between 2003 and 2011, as the water …
Kolhapur: A fresh study of the earthquake-prone areas in the Koyna-Warna reservoir area is under way. A team of scientists from the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, has arrived here and is expected to study the areas where seismic activity has been prevalent at low or medium intensity. The scientists …
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 …
Eminent geophysicist Vinod K. Gaur has described as “flawed” the earthquake hazard assessment study carried out for the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India is planning a 10,000-MW nuclear power plant at Jaitapur. The plant has met with stiff resistance from the locals over fears …
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 …
The human mind is brilliant, and enterprising. First we build dams and drown vast stretches of wilderness under reservoirs. But such artificial loads of water cause frequent, at times deadly, tremors. So next, we want to understand the quake dynamics by digging a few kilometres into the earth, threatening the …
MUMBAI: The state government plans to denotify nearly 100 sq km of protected area (PA) that forms part of the Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary in the Western Ghats. The privately-owned land, home to as many as 25 villages, is currently under cultivation and recognized as non-forest land, said officials. The National …
Even if the water levels in the Koyna dam falls during summer, Maharashtra may be able to get uninterrupted power supply from the hydro- electric project with the state successfully completing the lake tapping and underground tunnel project on Wednesday. The project, which consists of an underground tunnel that was …
indigenous lake tapping aimed at providing uninterrupted water supply was carried out at the Koyna hydro- electric project in Satara district on Wednesday at the hands of Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. The tapping is aimed at generating an additional 1,185 million units of electricity every year and will ensure that …
