Centre okays Rs 10,000 cr for 107 Maharashtra irrigation projects: Devendra Fadnavis"With this approval, the state will receive Rs 10,000 crore for the next two years for the projects from the Centre," the Chief Minister sa...
15 Nov, 2017, 01.33 AM IST
Loan waiver can give relief only to some extent: Nitin GadkariGadkari said leading milk supplier Mother Dairy is going to set up 40 centres in Vidarbha and the company will procure milk from the farmer...
29 May, 2017, 12.50 AM IST
Uma Bharti assures help for 132 irrigation projects in MaharashtraIn a shot in the arm for the Maharashtra government, the Union ministry of water resources has agreed to take up 132 irrigation projects in...
04 May, 2016, 12.37 PM IST
Bembla irrigation project in Vidarbha a picture of neglectMaharashtra government has now decided to review the progress of all pending irrigation projects, including Bembla, in the region.
25 Aug, 2015, 11.04 AM IST
Stopping farmer suicides biggest challenge for government: Devendra FadnavisThe scheme aims at arresting rainwater and creating decentralised water storages, Fadnavis said while speaking at an agricultural exhibitio...
11 Apr, 2015, 11.36 PM IST
Maharashtra water resources department gets Rs 7,272 crore for FY16During the next one year, 41 projects under five irrigation corporations - Krishna Valley, Tapi, Godavari, Vidarbha and Konkan, will be com...
22 Mar, 2015, 05.05 PM IST
Give priority to incomplete irrigation projects in VidarbhaThe Vijay committee has also put a stress on optimum utilisation of water in river Wainganga & its tributaries through dams & lift irrigati...
23 Dec, 2014, 07.27 PM IST
Rs 6,000 crore meant for Vidarbha were diverted: CM Devendra FadnavisFadnavis claimed that the previous Congress-NCP government deprived Vidarbha region of over Rs 6,000 crore of development funds despite the...
19 Dec, 2014, 08.36 PM IST
Budget 2014: Vidarbha farmers demand Rs 30,000 crore development packageVJAS, said they have demanded a Rs 30,000 crore package which would take care of the huge backlog for the region.
20 Jun, 2014, 02.27 PM IST
- Maharashtra Forest Department admits 76 Irrigation projects stuck in Vidarbha
A division bench of justices Bhushan Dharmadhikari and Atul Chandurkar then adjourned the cases for final hearing to be conducted from Sept...
22 Aug, 2013, 06.38 AM IST
- Sena to boost movement against proposed power projects in Vidarbha
The movement against too many proposed power projects coming up in Vidarbha may get a boost.The Shiv Sena has decided to take up the issue ...
06 Nov, 2012, 02.50 AM IST
- Maharashtra irrigation projects approved in '09 by flouting norms: BJP
BJP today alleged that Maharashtra Water Resources Department, under senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar, had approved irrigation projects in 2009...
12 Oct, 2012, 08.20 PM IST
Probe ordered against VIDC officials: Maharashtra CM Prithviraj ChavanMaharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan has ordered a probe against 45 officials of VIDC, who were indicted in Vadnere committee report.
07 Oct, 2012, 04.50 PM IST
- Thermal power cluster poses water crisis for Vidarbha: Greenpeace
Vidarbha region of Maharashtra is heading towards another form of water crisis due to a proposed cluster of thermal power plant in the regi...
07 Aug, 2012, 09.16 PM IST
- Rs 20,000 crore swindled in Maharashtra irrigation scam
Maharashtra's mega irrigation scam, which strained relations between Congress and its alliance partner, NCP, is getting murkier.
06 Aug, 2012, 11.03 AM IST
- Vidarbha aid: Manmohan promises, Centre delays
It was with much fanfare that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh went to Vidarbha in June 2006 to hear the woes of the widows of farmers who had...
10 Feb, 2007, 04.30 AM IST
- PM lines up Rs 3,750-cr package for Vidarbha
Manmohan Singh announced a Rs 3,750 cr package, including an interest waiver of Rs 712 cr, for six rain-deficient districts of Vidarbha reg...
02 Jul, 2006, 03.39 AM IST