Mendha Lekha gets record bamboo rate
Earns 2.5 times more than what the highest rate received by the forest department last year
Nagpur municipality proposes action against private water supplier
Orange City Water Limited fails to supply 24X7 clean water; people demand cancellation of contract
Drinking water shortage to hit Maharashtra as drought worsens
In the Vidarbha region which is facing 30 per cent rainfall deficit in the first half the monsoon, the situation is very grim
Maharashtra finally sets up sugarcane board for regulating cane prices
Board will have the right to pay farmers a price over and above Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) on cane decided by the Centre
Maharashtra bans 15 seed companies permanently
25,000 farmers await compensation from firms that supplied soy seeds with very low germination rate
Misled about water
VidarbhaÔÇÖs farmers protest the Maharashtra governmentÔÇÖs attempt to build yet another thermal power plant by depriving …
Pawns in conservation
Maharashtra forest department’s conservation model puts Madia tribals in Naxals’ line of fire
Maharashtra to shut almost 14,000 schools with less than 20 students
While the state government aims to cut costs, children in remote tribal areas will be most affected
Orange tumbles
Nagpur orange’s survival hinges precariously on its return to sustainable cultivation. Farmers have woken up to this, but will the government?
Starved of fodder
Marathwada has been struggling with acute fodder shortage, but the state government has not taken any step to counter the problem
Out of favour
Focus on Alphonso has resulted in neglect of native mango varieties grown in the Western Ghats, some of which are on the brink of extinction
Maharashtra government dismisses 166 ‘corrupt’ agricultural market committees
Agricultural markets have turned into centres of political power, say farmers’ organisations
Maharashtra forest department bans collection of tendu leaves from areas prone to forest fires
Tendu contractors and gram panchayats to be responsible for prevention and extinguishing of fires
Permanent farmer status for Maharashtra farmers who lose land to projects
Till now, the status was granted to farmers and heirs only for ten years from time of land acquisition
Forest titles only on paper
Officials deny tribal village its forest management rights
Dumping garbage in rivers is now a crime in Maharashtra
Bombay High Court orders municipalities to register cases and take action against anyone who violates the law
Alphonso’s last call?
The world’s best mango is perishing in coastal Maharashtra, which grows most of the crop. The culprits are climate change and unsustainable …
Green tribunal seeks details on radiation from thermal power plants
People opposing expansion of Koradi thermal plant near Nagpur furnish evidence on high radiation from coal-fired plants
Angry village residents close Western Coalfield mine in Nagpur
Most have not been compensated for land acquired; agriculture and living impacted by pollution
Hunters turn protectors
Traditional hunters Phase Pardhis are part of an initiative to save critically endangered lesser floricans
Maharashtra bans Bt cotton seeds of Mahyco Monsanto Biotech
Move follows complaints against the company of providing inferior seeds, cheating and creating shortages
Betrayal via bamboo
Largest paper manufacturer is using most of the bamboo in Maharashtra, leaving little for residents
Bamboo freed
Maharashtra village India’s first to win right to harvest bamboo. Eyes now on other forest produce
Nagpur municipality falters over banning PoP idols
With Ganesh Chaturthi festival around the corner, civic body now proposes ban on immersion of idols in natural water bodies
Kitchen strike for toilets
Women of a Maharashtra hamlet give husbands an ultimatum-build toilets or go without food