manishbhau / Published
Nearly two-thirds of Maharashtra is staring at one of its thirstiest summers in recent history.
As per the state government's figures, more than 16,500 villages and 6,000 hamlets in Vidarbha, Marathwada, and Khandesh are in the throes of water scarcity.
Most reservoirs in Vidarbha and Marathwada have between 12 and 35% of their storage capacity. The water resources department says the ave read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
As per the state government's figures, more than 16,500 villages and 6,000 hamlets in Vidarbha, Marathwada, and Khandesh are in the throes of water scarcity.
Most reservoirs in Vidarbha and Marathwada have between 12 and 35% of their storage capacity. The water resources department says the ave read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
Living up to its tag of 'killerway', the Mumbai-Pune Expressway registered a shocking 240% increase in accidental deaths in 2008 over the previous year.
Accidents on the 94km expressway claimed 165 lives last year as against 69 in 2007, according to figures available with the state highway police. read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
Accidents on the 94km expressway claimed 165 lives last year as against 69 in 2007, according to figures available with the state highway police. read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
Like leaders from Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka have got a chance to occupy the prime minister's chair, a Maharashtrian should also be given the opportunity, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar has said.
"There is a feeling among the people of this state (Maharashtra) that number of states got opportunity like Andhra, Gujarat, Karnataka (to occupy the Prime Minister's office). So Maharashtra read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
"There is a feeling among the people of this state (Maharashtra) that number of states got opportunity like Andhra, Gujarat, Karnataka (to occupy the Prime Minister's office). So Maharashtra read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
If you thought that cut-throat competition was the buzz word only for corporates, a look at the railway department might broaden your perspective of the rat race.
The stress of meeting targets, the cutting instinct to outdo each other, the fear of transfers and measly appraisals is gripping the ticket collectors (TCs) as much as any IT professional.
While the punishment for non-achievers m read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
The stress of meeting targets, the cutting instinct to outdo each other, the fear of transfers and measly appraisals is gripping the ticket collectors (TCs) as much as any IT professional.
While the punishment for non-achievers m read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
There's a new tax claimant knocking on the doors of 15 lakh residents of this satellite city of Navi Mumbai.
The tehsildar, attached to the Thane Collectorate, slapped notices on Navi Mumbai residents, demanding non-agricultural tax dues for 17 years, running into lakhs of rupees for almost every society.
On Monday, housing societies received notices, claims of which could run into hundred read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
The tehsildar, attached to the Thane Collectorate, slapped notices on Navi Mumbai residents, demanding non-agricultural tax dues for 17 years, running into lakhs of rupees for almost every society.
On Monday, housing societies received notices, claims of which could run into hundred read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
बोरिवली आणि विरार येथील प्रवाशांमधील संघर्षावर उपाय म्हणून, बोरिवली रेल्वे स्थानकावर, प्रवाशांना आत ढकलण्यासाठी पंधरा पोलिसांची नियुक्ती करण्यात येणार आहे.
विरारहून येणाऱ्या फास्ट लोकलमध्ये बोरिवली येथे प्रवाशांना चढू दिले जात नाही अशा तक्रारी वारंवार केल्या जात होत्या. गेल्या आठवड्यात बोरिवली येथे झालेल्या दंगलीच्या मागे हे एक प्रमुख कारण होते. read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
विरारहून येणाऱ्या फास्ट लोकलमध्ये बोरिवली येथे प्रवाशांना चढू दिले जात नाही अशा तक्रारी वारंवार केल्या जात होत्या. गेल्या आठवड्यात बोरिवली येथे झालेल्या दंगलीच्या मागे हे एक प्रमुख कारण होते. read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
When municipal commissioner Jairaj Phatak presents the budget on February 3, he should be more realistic about his development plan and fund allocation.
Last year, Phatak unveiled a dream budget with handsome allocations for all developmental sectors in the city.
But by January 30, only 30%, or Rs2,605 crore, of the Rs8,686 crore earmarked for projects, had been used up.
The percentag read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
Last year, Phatak unveiled a dream budget with handsome allocations for all developmental sectors in the city.
But by January 30, only 30%, or Rs2,605 crore, of the Rs8,686 crore earmarked for projects, had been used up.
The percentag read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
निवडणूक आयोगाच्या नव्या मतदार नोंदणीत मुंबई आणि ठाणे जिल्ह्यातील मतदारांची संख्या दुपटीने वाढल्याचे स्पष्ट झाले आहे.
मुंबईत चारकोप विधानसभा क्षेत्राने नव्या मतदारांच्या नोंदणीत पहिला क्रमांक पटकाविला आहे तर, ठाणे जिल्ह्यामध्ये ऐरोली आणि त्यानंतर मुंब्रा-कळवा मतदारसंघात सर्वाधिक मतदारांची नोंद झाली आहे. read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
मुंबईत चारकोप विधानसभा क्षेत्राने नव्या मतदारांच्या नोंदणीत पहिला क्रमांक पटकाविला आहे तर, ठाणे जिल्ह्यामध्ये ऐरोली आणि त्यानंतर मुंब्रा-कळवा मतदारसंघात सर्वाधिक मतदारांची नोंद झाली आहे. read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
प्रसिद्ध ह्रदयरोग तज्ज्ञ डॉ. नितू मांडके यांच्या प्रेरणेतून अंधेरी येथे सुरू करण्यात आलेल्या हॉस्पिटलला अनिल अंबानी यांच्या आईचे नाव देण्यात आले. डॉक्टरांच्या पश्चात हॉस्पिटल व्हावे म्हणून धडपड करणा-या डॉ. अलका मांडके यांना उद्घाटनाच्यावेळी स्टेजवर बसण्याचा मान मिळाला नाही. तिथे अंबानी कुटुंब स्थानापन्न झाले होते.
मुंबईत ह्रदय रोगावर उपचार करण्यासाठी आंतरराष्ट्रीय दर्जाचे हॉस्पिटल सुरू करण्याच read more »
3 Comments
Tell a friend
Bury
मुंबईत ह्रदय रोगावर उपचार करण्यासाठी आंतरराष्ट्रीय दर्जाचे हॉस्पिटल सुरू करण्याच read more »
3 Comments
Tell a friend
Bury
With about 1,000 acres of land already identified on the outskirts of the city, work on setting up the regional centre of National Security Guards (NSG) here will start in two to three months, chief minister Ashok Chavan has said.
"The work on setting up the regional centre of NSG would begin in two to three months as about 1,000 acres of land on the outskrits of the city has already been ide read more »
1 Comment
Tell a friend
Bury
"The work on setting up the regional centre of NSG would begin in two to three months as about 1,000 acres of land on the outskrits of the city has already been ide read more »
1 Comment
Tell a friend
Bury
At a time when the real estate industry-from Dubai to Mumbai-faces a slowdown, the MMRDA is proposing a 101-storey "iconic tower" at Wadala.
With a height of 526 m (1725.28 ft), MMRDA mandarins say it will be the world's third tallest building after the under-construction Burj Tower in Dubai and Freedom Tower in New York. read more »
3 Comments
Tell a friend
Bury
With a height of 526 m (1725.28 ft), MMRDA mandarins say it will be the world's third tallest building after the under-construction Burj Tower in Dubai and Freedom Tower in New York. read more »
3 Comments
Tell a friend
Bury
Compared to the island city, more people stay in the suburbs and pay higher taxes to the municipal corporation. Yet, suburban residents get a smaller share of the water supplied by the civic body.
More than 59 lakh Mumbaikars reside in the western suburbs. Statistics from the water department suggest that the region gets 1,280 million litres of water daily (mld).
In contrast, the island ci read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
More than 59 lakh Mumbaikars reside in the western suburbs. Statistics from the water department suggest that the region gets 1,280 million litres of water daily (mld).
In contrast, the island ci read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
Specific information from the intelligence has sent the railway administration and the railway police in a tizzy for the past one week.
Security at all important stations has been beefed up. "We keep getting information from the intelligence and have to be alert at all times. This time we were told that a repeat of November 26 is likely to happen at railway stations between January 16 to 20, read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
Security at all important stations has been beefed up. "We keep getting information from the intelligence and have to be alert at all times. This time we were told that a repeat of November 26 is likely to happen at railway stations between January 16 to 20, read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
2021 could be a watershed year for the city. It cannot afford to add more than 30 lakh people in the next 13 years, to maintain minimum water supply standards of 150 litres of water per person, per day.
The saturation point in 2021, in terms of population, is 1.65 crore, as against the present 1.35 crore, an expert committee has observed.
The 8-member committee will prepare a master plan fo read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
The saturation point in 2021, in terms of population, is 1.65 crore, as against the present 1.35 crore, an expert committee has observed.
The 8-member committee will prepare a master plan fo read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
The November 26 terror attacks and the global recession have affected Maharashtra's wine market.
Of the 13 million litres of wine produced in the state last year, almost six million is still to be sold. That is roughly a drop of 40% in the demand for wine. And it has had a cascading effect on the demand for grapes all over the state.
The grape produce is nearly 25,000 metric tonne in the s read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
Of the 13 million litres of wine produced in the state last year, almost six million is still to be sold. That is roughly a drop of 40% in the demand for wine. And it has had a cascading effect on the demand for grapes all over the state.
The grape produce is nearly 25,000 metric tonne in the s read more »
Discuss
Tell a friend
Bury
Marathikatta.com - A community for true maharashtrians and mumbaikars! Register, read, write, vote, comment and make friends! Forward this to all your friends and make it popular!
