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The Maharashtra Groundwater (Development and Management) Act 2009
Shashank Deshpande, Deputy Director GSDA, talks to the India Water Portal on the background and features of the recently passed Maharashtra Groundwater (Development and Management) Act 2009. Posted on 25 Apr, 2015 02:16 PM

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.

View of an open well
88% irrigation projects lying unused in Maharashtra
News this week Posted on 20 Apr, 2015 09:27 PM

Nearly 88% irrigation projects lying unused in Maharashtra

A water-deprived region
Government makes yet another industry-friendly move
Policy matters this week Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 09:46 PM

Pollution index no more includes human health and environmental degradation

Polluted water coming out of a factory
Hidden waters in Panhalgarh Fort
Have a glimpse at how water, food and natural defense were an integral part of this fort built in the Sahyadri mountains, northwest of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 01:04 PM

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.

Stone arches hide a 'bavdi' in Panhalgarh Fort
Probe ordered on cost overruns of Vidarbha dams
Policy matters this week Posted on 07 Apr, 2015 09:04 PM

Maharashtra Government to probe into cost overruns of Vidarbha dams

Earthmovers carrying out irrigation project works
Kashmir under danger of floods
News this week Posted on 31 Mar, 2015 12:30 AM

Fear of floods looms over Kashmir again

Landslide and a flooded river
Locals rejoice as coal mining banned in Mahan forest
Policy matters this week Posted on 31 Mar, 2015 12:12 AM

Coal Ministry bans mining in Mahan forest

Coal mines in Jharsuguda district
Land Bill opposed in the Rajya Sabha
Policy matter this week Posted on 17 Mar, 2015 04:28 PM

Opposition to the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill

Construction activity on what was once a farm land
Patna HC wants Ganga's original course restored
Policy matters this week Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 10:56 PM

Restore Ganga's original course: Patna HC

River Ganga
Government fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
News this week Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 09:35 PM

Government bends its own guideline, fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project

Pristine Arunachal Pradesh
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