On Tuesday, a cub was found dead near Adhyalmendha lake near Jankapur village in Nagbhid tahsil. On Thursday, the half-burnt carcass of its sibling was found in a thicket. By Saturday, another cub was dead. The last was found by the forest staffers in a had shape. It died even as it was on saline drip. Their mothers are nowhere to be seen.

In this forested district in Vidarbha, tribals and their needs are neglected by political parties

Rahi Gaikwad
Chandrapur

`Ministers only speak of issues like building a road or doing small favours; the larger issues have never been addressed ,

India

Soil resource characterization of Dhamni micro-watershed in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra was carried out using IRS-1D LISS-III data in conjunction with field survey and ancillary data. The study indicates that nearly 84.2 per cent of the total geographical area of the watershed is under cultivation.

Mumbai: The Adani Mining Private Limited's isn't the only company awaiting clearance to mine coal in the dense forest cover around the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR).

Five companies have been allotted coal blocks in the area. Environmentalists say, this will be the death-knell for the tiger reserve.

Mumbai: State forest minister Babanrao Pachpute is drawing flak from environmentalists again. Earlier, he was criticised for threatening non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for opposing a proposed coal mining project in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur district, east Maharashtra.

This paper examines different sources of dust generation and quantifies dust emission rates from different point, area and line sources considering background dust concentration at one of the Opencast Coal Project (OCP) of Western Coalfields Limited.

Maharashtra coal mining EIA dumps people, wildlife COAL mining is set to replace 3,350 hectares (ha), and perhaps more, of reserve forests in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. This will affect people who are dependent on such forests for everyday needs like firewood. The Centre has given mining leases to three companies, of which Adani Enterprises has got 1,600 ha for its opencast mining

Villagers protest relocation residents of a village in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra

A LEOPARD fell into a forest department trap early on Tuesday morning at Chandrapur district's Sarandi village, close to Vejgaon village where leopard attacks have been frequent.

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