Maharashtra

Humans are consuming groundwater rapidly: NASA

New criteria for villages and Gram Panchayats to be termed Open Defacation Free

Centre constitutes third expert body to review Uttarakhand dams

Toxic foam observed in Bengaluru lakes

Vidarbha region in Maharashtra has continued to be in the news over the years because of its severe agrarian crisis with reports of severe droughts, loss of crops and increasing farmer suicides. Relief packages have done very little to solve these problems.

Please provide us some background on the hydrogeology of Maharashtra and its special features, which make it stand out as compared to the other parts of the country.

Nearly 88% irrigation projects lying unused in Maharashtra

Pollution index no more includes human health and environmental degradation

Chhatrapati Shivaji was the brave warrior king whose name is still synonymous with Maharashtra. A military genius par excellence, he launched guerrilla warfare (ambushes, surprise raids, and hit & run tactics) against the numerically superior but inert, traditional Mughal forces.

Maharashtra Government to probe into cost overruns of Vidarbha dams