Bhujbal pointed out that the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) was coming up with the medical college and hospital on its own campus and subsequently, there will be postgraduate and medical research facilities.
Bhujbal also launched the e-crop registry programme for the farmers, wherein they can register their crop and their status by themselves.
As the nation celebrates 75 years of independence, it is time for parliament to pass anBillreserving 50% seats in the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Vidhan Sabha for Women, said deputy chairperson of theMaharashtraLegislative Council, Neelam Gorhe. She was speaking at the inaugural session of the first-ever national legislators conference in Mumbai.
The three-day conference is expected to be attended by 2,500 legislators. She saidMaharashtrawas the first to ensure 50% quota for women in local self-government bodies.
As part of the revisedelectric vehicle(EV) policy, the state transport ministry on Friday made a presentation before chief ministerUddhav Thackerayfor a gigafactorythe first of its kind in the stateto manufacture advanced lithium-ion batteries. The presentation also emphasised the need to improve the electric-charging station to encourage more people to switch to electric cars and bikes by 2025.
Thackeray was positive about the project and asked for the draft policy to be submitted in the cabinet soon. There are plans to encourage e-charging points in housing societies, government buildings, andMSRTCbus stops, besides petrol pumps and at malls in future. The presentation mentioned over 2,300 charging stations. An official said: Also, incentives are being planned to attract industries from the sector to set up inMaharashtra.
The presentation pointed out that the states share of the countrys EV registrations was around 12% (32,000 vehicles). The2021 EV policydraft targets across urban agglomerationsMumbai Metropolitan Region, Aurangabad, Pune, Nagpur, and Nashikaims to achieve 25% electrification of intra-city public transport and last-mile delivery vehicles by 2025.
After making forays intoMaharashtrawhere it tasted good success with several joinings of leaders from other parties, BharatRashtra Samithiwill now expand its footprint in Punjab, Haryana and northern states.
‘s development model will be replicated in the entire country,” KCR said in Nanded while addressing BRS workers’ four-day training camp, which began on Friday. He said party unit offices will be opened in Aurangabad, Nagpur, Pune and Mumbai. KCR said though India is blessed with abundant Resources“>Water Resources, several states like Maharashtra and even the national capital Delhi are facing severe drinking water crisis. Farmers in Maharashtra are taking their own lives due to shortage of water resources, which impacted their crops. He said Godavari and Krishna originate from Maharashtra but there is water crisis in the state.
A new, planned satellite will be built inPalghar, about 115km from Mumbai. This will be the second such township after Navi Mumbai, the development of which started in the 1970s.
The township will be developed on 337 hectares given to theCity and Industrial DevelopmentCorporation (Cidco) in lieu of constructing the district headquarters, spending Rs 1,000 crore. Cidco has been given 400 hectares, of which 70 hectares is prime sea-facing land. The 337 hectares, which can accommodate 35Oval Maidans, is on the other side of the newly developed district HQ spread over 103 hectares.
The draft plan is ready and depending on the response Cidco may allow four to five master developers to build the township. If the response is not good, Cidco will build Infrastructure and auction plots.
CattiniIndia will invest Rs 20 crore to set up its manufacturing facility in Sanaswadi, Pune. The will be spread over five years and the company plans to initially manufacture gear synchronizers for commercial vehicles, a statement said.
The manufacturing facility is expected to start operations in January. The company plans to export the products to the EU market for the first few years, with local sales starting in the second phase of investment. The investment marks Cattini’s foray into the Indian market and is a significant step in the company’s Growth strategy to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Italy-based group makes mechanical components and power transmission systems. While gear shifting is one of their main products, the company also produces other mechanical components which are used in a variety of industries including Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture, construction, mining, marine, and industrial manufacturing
Maharashtrahas the highest share in installed capacity (10.9%) of electricity generation in India, states the latest state economic survey report.
The total installed capacity of electricity generation as on March 31, 2022 in the state was 37,348 MW, of which the share of private sector was 59.9%, that of public sector was 34.8% and of public-private PARTNERSHIP (PPP) (Ratnagiri Gas Power Project Ltd.) was 5.3%.
Share of in installed capacity of private sector was 46% and renewable installed capacity increased by 7% in a year, the report shows.
In a first, the Maharashtra government has introduced a special bus for street children where they can get educational, counselling and daycare facilities in Thane district.
The project – a brainchild of I A Kundan, principal secretary of Maharashtra Women and Child Development (WCD) department was proposed to the Centre last year. The Centre approved the proposal for seven districts in the state
A pilot project was initiated in Thane on February 1 which was formally flagged off this week by district collector Ashok Shingare.
Under the project, buses have been converted into a classroom-cum-clinic that travels across the district to conduct the educational and welfare sessions for street children at designated spots.
The facility will soon be rolled out to other districts, including Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur among others.
The water taxi service between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. The Belapur Jetty project began in January 2019 and was wrapped up in September 2021. This project, which was funded under the Sagarmala program, cost a total of Rs. 8.37 crore.
The newly inaugurated waterway will connect the water taxi service, with Belapur, Nerul, and Elephanta Islands. For the first time, Mumbai and Navi Mumbai will be linked by dependable and fast transportation Services, which will help to cut travel time.
About Water Taxi
A water bus or water taxi is a type of watercraft that is used to provide private or public transportation in urban areas. Service may be planned with multiple stops, similar to a bus, or available on-demand to many locations, similar to a taxi. The first known water taxi service began operating around the area which later became known as Manchester, England.
The citys built-up area doubled between 1991 and 2018, indicating frenzied construction activity, according to a study by some researchers. In 1991, the built-up area covered roughly 173 sq km; but by 2018, it increased to 346 sq km.
Changing land use patterns and urban heat island effect created has led to a 2 degree Celsius increase in Average temperatures during this period.
The study, done using satellite imagery, found Mumbai lost 81% of its open land (barren spaces without vegetation), 40% green cover (forests and scrublands) and approximately 30% of its water bodies (lakes, ponds and floodplains).
The study used satellite imagery (USA-NASA Landsat datasets freely available) and the authors studied 603 sq km of Mumbai region (city and suburbs) to understand landuse and land-cover changes, difference in maximum, minimum and average temperatures (for urban heat island intensity), land surface temperatures, changes in vegetation cover versus urban built-up density between 1991 and 2018. The findings were represented in the form of high resolution maps and attempted to enhance urban planning and policy decisions by mitigating the Urban Heat Island effect.