Almost a year after the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 was amended to make it easier for farmers to transfer their land if set conditions were met, 3,000 farmers from Pune district
Bulk collection of sand and its transportation in violation of rules that restrict it — sand is a minor mineral — continue despite the crackdown by the state government on the “sand mining mafia”.
With the cumulative rainfall recorded in the country till June 24 being 38 per cent below the long period average, this year will be only the twelfth time in the last 113 years (1901-2013) when the
