Pune

About: Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM) is conducting a fifteen-day training programme on basic hydrogeology or groundwater science, for professionals from civil society organisations or NGOs.

Government starts river transport project with eight waterways

Construction industry is a booming industry, with the real estate sector contributing heavily towards the country’s GDP.

The river Mutha, lovingly called 'Muthai'--meaning 'mother Mutha' in Marathi--is dying a slow death thanks to rapidly urbanising Pune which is depositing huge amounts of untreated sewage and dirt in its waters. However, the situation was different earlier. The river was revered and was a part of the everyday lives of the people in the city.

Strong El Nino, less rainfall this year: IMD

For further details of the organisers, Society for Environment Education, Research, and Management, please click here.

For details on the conference, click here.

For details on the training programme on groundwater training, please click here.

For further information on course, please see attachement below.

IAS officer in Uttar Pradesh suspended for action against sand mining

The 1972 drought in Maharashtra affected several villages and talukas. Farmers in Purandhar taluka in Pune district decided to get together and discuss how to improve their situation so that they would not be as severely affected by poor rainfall in the future. Thus was born Pani Panchayat.

June signals the start of the monsoons in many parts of India. Pune and its surrounding areas in Maharashtra have witnessed heavy showers since the first week of June. The rains let up for a weeks time during which I visited a few places on the outskirts of Pune city.