Wildlife

Maharashtra to extend eco-tourism model to more wildlife sanctuaries

The State has four major tiger reserves, six national parks and 36 wildlife sanctuaries, which adds up to 15,732 sq km.

Publication Date: 
12/04/2013
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Wildlife, Ecotourism, Tadoba NP, Nagpur (D), Tiger Reserves, Gondiya (D), Wardha (D), Bor SA, Nagzira SA, Relocation, Sanctuaries, Poaching, Tiger, Endangered Species, People - Animal Conflicts
Forests

Bamboo is liberated

Gram Sabhas given equal say in Forest Rights Act

Publication Date: 
29/04/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forests, Bamboo, Forest Products, CSE, Forest Act, Mendha Lekha , Maharashtra, Gadchiroli (D), Gram Sabhas, Gondiya (D), People, Minor Forest Produce
People

State to get Rs580 crore for infrastructure in Naxal districts

Two Maoist-affected districts, Gadchiroli and Gondiya in Vidarbha, will soon get a special fund of Rs580 crore for development projects.

The state home department plans to implement irrigation and educational projects, along with some key infrastructural works, in an effort to win back the support of locals.

Publication Date: 
12/08/2010
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Naxalites, Infrastructure Development, People, Development, Maharashtra, Gondiya (D), Dairy Development, Irrigation
People

 Opening to the past

An annual fair in a cave is a rallying point for Gond tribals

Publication Date: 
29/04/2009
Aparna Pallavi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Religious Places, People, Tribals, Gond, Religious Beliefs, History, Maharashtra, Gondiya (D)
Wildlife

Adani's 1,980-Mw power project hits green hurdle

Environmentalists oppose grant of coal linkage.

Adani Group

Publication Date: 
16/02/2009
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Coal, Energy, Tiger, Tadoba NP, NGO, Maharashtra, Gondiya (D)

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