Dr. Vinod Chavan

Latur college students & staff turn crematorium lying in neglect into garden Latur, Nov 16 (PTI) Students and staff of a college here in Maharashtra have planted over 300 trees in a crematorium premises over the last seven years and developed it into a lush green garden as part of a nature conservation drive taken up by them. The Khadgaon crematorium, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Latur Municipal Corporation, had been lying in a neglected state, with no gate, tall wild grasses grown all over the premises and stray animals making it their home. But, students and other staff of the Smt Sushiladevi Deshmukh Senior College decided to give it a facelift. Corporator Rajkumar Jadhav, under whose jurisdiction the area comes, lauded their efforts. The college principal, Dr Ajay Patil, told PTI that since 2014, they have planted over 300 trees of different varieties, include Neem, Banyan, Gulmohar and Peepal, in the premises after taking permission from the civic body. " The...

 36 people fined Rs 18,000 in Latur Latur, April 18 A total of 36 people out on moring walks and wandering through the city without any reason were fined a cumulative sum of Rs 18000 amid the lockdown in Latur on Sunday, a civic official said.  Despite the lockdown and curfew, the number of people wandering without any reason on the roads. Therefore, as per the order of the Municipal Commissioner Aman Mittal,  Latur Municipal Corporation as well as police carried out an action against as many as 36 morning walkers and others and conducted their Covid-19 test. As the surge of corona cases,  the state government declared lockdown and imposed a curfew and only emergency services have been exempted from the curfew. However, a large number of citizens are roaming in the city under the essential services. Even after the appeal from local administration, people disobeying the orders. Therefore, Latur Municipal Corporation took decision to carry out action against these peop...

  LMC to set up solar energy project on 20 acres of land at Patharwadi -Latur Municipal Corporation will be the first in the country to become self-sufficient in electricity consumption Latur In order to make self-sufficient in power consumption, District Guardian Minister Amit Deshmukh has accelerated the work to set up Latur Municipal Corporation's solar energy project. For this project, around 20 acres of land transfer process at Patharwdi village in Renapur tehsil has now been completed. However, after this project Latur municipal corporation will be the first in the country to use its own electricity. Municipal Corporation pays crores of bills every month to the MSEDCL for its street lights, water supply and water extraction from the Manjara Dam. Owing to the lack of means of income sources, the corporation often faces difficulties in paying the electricity bill. Sometimes MSEDCL cuts power supply as LMC fails to pay bills. Minister had instructed the officials of the municipa...

  Ganj Golai, testimony of Latur history   VINOD CHAVAN   Latur-     As time passed, the characteristic architecture of Ganj Golai, the witness of the history of Latur city has been changed completely. However, the environment, people and their living style also changed. But the only premises of the old building, which witnessed the changing history of the city as it was earlier, completed its 104 years on Jan 1, 2021. This story is accompanied by two photographs. The first photo represents the old Ganj Golai area of the Nizam period. The main gate and the tall tower seen in the middle of the Ganj Golai is now no more. The second photograph shows the present famous Ganj Golai, as the central and crowded place of the city for trading. Both the photographs were taken from Nanded Road on the old Market Committee Road. 2017 was the centenary year of this unique architecture building. One hundred years ago, in 1917, the Ganj Golai was inaugurated by the then Subedar ...