Can clay idols replace all PoP idols?
Sale of clay idols is on the rise, but switching completely to clay is not easy
Maharashtra muddies bamboo rights
Activists say forest department trying to dilute Forest Rights Act
Angry village residents close Western Coalfield mine in Nagpur
Most have not been compensated for land acquired; agriculture and living impacted by pollution
Hunters turn protectors
Traditional hunters Phase Pardhis are part of an initiative to save critically endangered lesser floricans
Maharashtra bans Bt cotton seeds of Mahyco Monsanto Biotech
Move follows complaints against the company of providing inferior seeds, cheating and creating shortages
Village bullied for using its forest
Forest department registers offence against a gram sabha for felling bamboo clusters
Bamboo still a distant dream
No village in Maharashtra other than Mendha Lekha has been able to access bamboo
Betrayal via bamboo
Largest paper manufacturer is using most of the bamboo in Maharashtra, leaving little for residents
Bamboo freed
Maharashtra village India’s first to win right to harvest bamboo. Eyes now on other forest produce
Village gets community rights over forest submerged by dam
A portion of reservoir given for management and fishing
Kitchen strike for toilets
Women of a Maharashtra hamlet give husbands an ultimatum-build toilets or go without food
Nagpur municipality falters over banning PoP idols
With Ganesh Chaturthi festival around the corner, civic body now proposes ban on immersion of idols in natural water bodies
Another Maharashtra village demands community forest rights
Tribal village Pachgaon to follow Mendha Lekha; to hold bamboo sale as protest to gain community forest rights
Election boycott over mining
Residents protest iron mining in Maharashtra tehsil; authorities blame murder for boycott
Mendha Lekha residents gift all their farms to gram sabha
Village does away with private ownership of land, saying it will lead to a stronger community.
Water starved village caught in Bt debate
Bhamb Raja rues Bt seed major Monsanto and farmers activists exploit its plight to achieve their own goals
Wind farm threat to forests
Blasting causes animals and birds to abandon the area
Water proved crucial for BJP’s victory in Maharashtra election
Chief ministerial candidate Devendra Fadnavis was instrumental in unearthing the irrigation scam; many candidates who worked on water …
Is Maharashtra tendu trade rule amendment a trap for gram sabhas?
Forest department's move may be a ploy to retain control over trade in forest produce, say activists
Bhopal’s toxic waste raises stink
Bombay High Court stays transfer of Union Carbide waste to Maharashtra
‘Ambarnath chemical accident everyday occurrence in Thane area’
Residents allege state pollution control board has been allowing industries to pollute Ulhaas river and its tributaries by circumventing court orders
Nomads fenced in
Maharashtra on way to ban illegal graziers from other states
Forest department’s cheat act
Omits crucial community rights from claim papers of Gadchiroli villages
Tigers in, people out
Rain lash
Four-hour deluge washed away not just crops but also soil from 5,000 hectares in Maharashtra. Experts warn of more such weather events. Is the …