A day after a woman forest guard was brutally thrashed at a village in Satara district of Maharashtra, state Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray said that both the accused had been arrested.
Earlier, housing minister and NCP leader Jitendra Awhad had baited to not allow construction on salt pan lands in Mumbai as 'it will prove disastrous for the city'.
Amid strong demand from several experts, parents and teachers’ associations, the School Education Department has submitted a proposal for Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s approval for reopening of schools for pre-primary (junior KG and senior KG) and from class 1 to 12 in urban and rural areas from January 24 where there have been low COVID-19 cases.
The Maharashtra government has decided to protect as reserve forest another 25 hectares of mangroves at Dharavi, considered to be Asia’s largest slum in Mumbai, even as environmentalists have been raising their voice against destruction of mangroves and land grab. A good beginning has been made now in accordance with the Bombay High Court order to protect the mangroves, but