Dhangar community gives Aug 15 ultimatum to state on demands
The Dhangar community has given an ultimatum to the Maharashtra government and set a deadline of August 15 to take a decision over their demands.
View ArticlePipeline project will face hurdles: Experts
M R Ghatage, a retired public works department officer, said, "Besides the pipelines to be used, the issue of land acquisition is critical in execution of the project.
View Article137 gram panchayats to get new buildings
As many as 137 villages in the Kolhapur district will soon have a separate building for its gram panchayats.
View ArticleJan Surajya Shakti Party to contest 4 seats from Kolhapur
Party president Shahuwadi MLA Vinay Kore will contest from the same constituency.Raju Awale will contest from Hatkanangle, while Rajendra Suryavanshi will try his luck from Karveer.
View ArticleNow, Kolhapur Municipal Corporation fears loss of bus funds
The central-level monitoring committee (CLMC) had set the deadline of July 31 for issuing the purchase order for the new buses, after it sanctioned the funds in March this year.
View ArticleClasses on first aid in offing for zilla parishad schools
The Kolhapur zone of the Maharashtra Emergency (MEMS), a project by the state government under the National Rural Health Mission, plans to start a syllabus on first-aid for secondary school children.
View ArticleModerate rain continues in Kolhapur district
Incessant rain in the catchment areas of dams in Kolhapur district have resulted in a rise in the dam water levels, with Radhanagari filled to the brim.
View ArticleJotiba area development plan revised to Rs 155 crore
The Kolhapur district administration has revised the Rs 101-crore Jotiba temple development plan to Rs 155 crore, proposing new roads and development of three parking lots around the hill to...
View ArticleKolhapur Municipal Corporation panel ‘saved’ 615 trees last year
The civic body rejected proposals from residents to cut 615 trees last year owing to the declining green cover in the city.
View ArticleActivists, experts irked as KMC slow in implementing CSP
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation's (KMC) target to make the city waste and open defecation-free remains a distant dream despite the City Sanitation Plan (CSP) that came into effect in 2011.
View ArticleMalvi to meet citizens to discuss civic problems
Nationalist Congress Party's Pratibhanagar ward corporator Trupti Malvi was on Friday elected unopposed as the 41st mayor of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation during a special general body meeting...
View ArticleIn election year, MLAs keen on 'visible' projects
With state assembly elections just two months away, the MLAs from Kolhapur district are spending their local area development funds for construction of roads, distribution of books to libraries,...
View ArticleBhavani Mandap to become 'no parking' zone
The Zilla Parishad and Chhatrapati Devsthan Trust have agreed to cooperate with the city traffic police department to make Bhavani Mandap a no-parking zone.
View ArticleNGO struggling to arrange night shelter for financially weak women living alone
Ekati, an NGO working with financially weak women who live alone, has been seeking a night shelter for the group for the past one and a half years, but is still struggling to move ahead with the project.
View ArticleKATC to stage agitation protest by anti-toll committee on Saturday
The Kolhapur Anti-toll Committee (KATC) is going to stage an agitation in the city's Bhavani Mandap area on Saturday to demand the discontinuation of the toll collection started by Ideal Road Builders...
View ArticleTraders to continue protests against local body tax
Traders from the city have said that they will continue opposing the local body tax (LBT) and have criticized the state government for delaying measures to abolish the levy.
View ArticleEducation, health, drinking water top priorities of new zilla parishad chief
Avinash Subhedar, the newly appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the Kolhapur zilla parishad, has said that education, health and clean drinking water for all will be the priorities during his...
View Article26 migrants test HIV positive in Kolhapur
A total of 26 seasonal migrants involved in sugarcane harvesting work have been found to be HIV positive during the country’s first HIV prevention pilot project launched in Kolhapur six months ago.
View ArticleSuggestions sought for setting up IT Park
Corporators from the Temblaiwadi area have agreed to set up the Information Technology Park (IT Park) which was initiated by the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation.
View ArticleTemple management to go digital for better efficiency
The system will help the PMDS to efficiently manage around 3,000 temples set up over 16,000 acres across western Maharashtra.
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