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

P. Sainath

MUMBAI: Suicides by farmers of Maharashtra crossed the 4,000-mark in 2007, for the third time in four years, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

As many as 4,238 farmers of the State took their lives that year, the latest for which data are available, accounting for a fourth of 16,632 farmer suicides in the country.

Pune The World Bank on Thursday approved Rs 160 crore to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for executing the non-motorised transport projects on the pilot Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) lanes along with showing interest in the ambitious Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) initiative by the civic administration for improving the public transport in the city.

Pune With nearly 5,000 tonnes of electronic waste generated in Pune every year and about 23,000 tonnes in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is preparing fresh guidelines for e-waste management for the two cities that generate maximum e-waste in the state.

Environment secretary Valsa Nair, who is also the chairperson of the MPCB, has already issued a notice to this effect.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has promised that

Dec. 9: Ruling out pre-ponement of Assembly polls in the state, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on Tuesday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in stopping the construction of 11 barrages across the river Godavari in Maharashtra.

Mumbai The City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) launched the Environment Resource Centre

Pune The outcome of the study, Strategic Environment Assessment, will be incorporated in future development plans

Pune Water woes of the residents of the northern part of the city are likely to end soon, as they will start receiving regular water supply from next week. The Pune Municipal Corporation is currently carrying out necessary trials at the Holkar water pumping station. This new pumping station would provide 40 million liters of water per day.