Reliance told tribunal about showing green zone as industrial TWELVE villages in Raigad district of Maharashtra are awaiting the judgement of the National Environment Appellate Authority to be announced in December. Raigad-based farmers

The narrow, gravelly road leading to Ranavade village has a surprise at the end: clean streets, well-planned houses and colourful rangolis greet you inside the village. Located about 120km from Mumbai, this village in Raigad district is an oddity in modern India. Nobody here takes a loan from a bank or a moneylender, nor do they go to court. And they even vote for the same person.

RS 6K CRORE PLAN

Mumbai: In a major infrastructure move within the state, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Maharashtra government have thrown open the whopping Rs 6,000-crore National and State Highway Development and Maintenance Programme to the private sector.

Mumbai: Members of the Central Empowerment Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court will arrive in the city on December 29 for inspecting properties situated on forest land.

Mumbai: At the tiny Kutarpada Eksar village in Dahisar, 76-year-old Gayatribai Shinde inches towards a well with a bucket on her head and a pot in her hand. It takes her half-anhour to reach her destination and more than an hour to return, when she balances the two vessels filled with water to the brim.

Locals Claim Debris Is Being Dumped Near Gorai Creek

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The much anticipated Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) that was proposed for the city in December 2006 is finally moving forward, though only in the form of a preliminary feasibility report. Mumbai can expect an elevated corridor bus lane at the centre of the road, suggested by consultants after an eight-month study.

Thousands of residents from nine villages in the Shahpur forest division are reaping the fruits of their hard work and dedication of over a decade in restoring greenery on 5,000 hectares of barren land.