Avoid road travel on Pune Bangalore road: Pune Divisional commissioner Mhaisekar"Please do not try to drive on the roads that are under water," appealed Mhaisekar.
Heavy rains in Maharashtra; 50,000 evacuated from Kolhapur, SangliThe national highway between Kolhapur and Belgaum in Karnataka was shut for vehicular traffic.
Maharashtra govt forms study committee for floating solar power plantDirector (Commercial) of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL), Satish Chavan, has been appointed as the head of ...
Anna Hazare flays Maharashtra legislator for remarks about soldiers"I condemn the remarks which Paricharak made about soldiers and their wives," Hazare said, equating the legislator to a drunkard.
With reservoirs full, Maharashtra on the way to plant record caneMaharashtra's highest area under cane was 10.54 lakh hectare in 2014-15, when the state had produced 105.14 lakh tonne sugar, its highest e...
Maharashtra to scrap canals; will lay pipelines for water supplyAt present 40 to 45 per cent water is either stolen or gets leaked, the closed pipelines will also save 20 to 25 per cent water from being ...
Maharashtra farmers sell premature sugarcane to millsWhat this indicates is a likely steep fall in sugar production next season, on top of this year’s 19% drop in Maharashtra, the nation’s top...
No of drinking water tankers in Maharashtra increases by 12% within a weekAccording to the data with the state government, as on March 21, 3122 tankers were plying drinking water in the state, up 12% .
Latur collector bans gathering of more than five people near water tanks to check violenceDrought-hit Latur is the hometown of former CM Vilasrao Deshmukh. His son Amit now represents Latur city in the state legislative assembly.
Bombay High Court asks government to consider recycling sewage waterBombay HC asked the Maharashtra govt to consider recycling sewage water so that it can be used for irrigation and non-irrigation purposes.
Sugar glut despite Maharashtra Drought due to large area under crop, carry forward stocks and dismal exportsIf there is not enough water in the reservoirs by November, the 300 lakh-tonne cane-rich Marathwada region can pose a problem for the state...
Maharashtra forms cabinet sub-committee to tackle Marathwada drought crisisIn view of the grim drought situation in Marathwada, Maharashtra has set up a cabinet sub-committee to prepare an action plan to tackle the...
Water in the line of fire in MaharashtraWith only 20 per cent usable water in state's reservoirs, a drinking water crisis is looming large over urban as well as rural Maharashtra.
Good rains and water stocks may result in bumper cropMost regions in Western India including the drought-affected areas of Maharashtra have received higher than normal rainfall during the curr...
- State run thermal power plants responsible of water scarcity: Study
Thousands of villages in 16 districts of Maharashtra are currently facing drought situation with no water stocks left in two large dams.
Shiv Sena continues to demand Ajit Pawar's resignationShiv Sena today continued to demand the resignation of Ajit Pawar in the Legislative Council over his controversial remarks on drought.
- Maintain natural flow of rivers: Experts
The natural flow of water should be maintained to reduce pollution of rivers, experts said here on Tuesday.