The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has forfeited a bank guarantee of Rs 18 lakh of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) for failing to check pollution in the Panchganga river.

A citizens' forum- Kolhapur Calling-has constituted four monitoring committees to closely monitor the progress of the ambitious Kalammawadi direct pipeline project that will provide clean and regul

Kolhapur: The Kolhapur Zilla Parishad (ZP) is planning to make all 1,029 villages in the district plastic free.

The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) on Wednesday collected water samples from Jayanti and Dudhali nullahs and Panchganga river.

The forest department plans to sow over 1,00,000 medicinal plants in Kolhapur district in 2014.

The Sangli district collectorate auctioned 14 plots for sand mining on Sunday and earned Rs 10.32 crore. It is the first auction after a Supreme Court stay on sand mining was lifted recently.

A group of villagers from Bhudargad tehsil in the district has requested MLC and BJP leader Chandrakant Patil to raise in the assembly their opposition to a proposal to construct windmills in the a

The regional office of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday issued a show-cause notice to the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) for poor management of sewage disposal.

The decision of Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II to allow height of the Almatti dam to 524.26 metre would impact the natural flow of Krishna and Panchganga rivers, said irrigation department offi

The Kolhapur Zilla Parishad officials will present the detailed project report (DPR) of its plan to curb the pollution of Panchganga river before department of environment of Maharashtra on Wednesd