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Nature lover Shivshankar Chapule sets up seed bank at home to promote tree plantation

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#worldenvironmentday Latur A 36-year-old nature enthusiast has set up a seed bank at his home in Maharashtra’s Latur district to promote tree plantation and make people aware about the importance of green cover as well as the hazards of air pollution and global warming. A district administration official lauded the initiative of Shivshankar Chapule, a resident of Renapur tehsil in Latur, to provide seeds to the people free of cost, and said many students and citizens have drawn inspiration from him to take up tree plantation. Chapule claims to have provided seeds to 5,000 people and some NGOs since he started the initiative three years ago. A seed bank is a place where seeds are stored for the preservation of plants. Talking to PTI ahead of the World Environment Day celebrated on June 5, Chapule said he has converted his home into a seed bank having more than 150 kinds of seeds of indigenous plants and trees. Chapule, who works at a private gas agency, said he launched the facil...

हासेगाव वाडी टेंभी प्राचीन वारसा लाभलेलं ठिकाण

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#HistoryofLatur #HasegaovadiTembhi #laturcity #HistoryofLatur #HasegaovadiTembhi #laturcity लातूर जिल्ह्यतील औसा तालुक्यत हसेगावडी हे गाव...या गावामध्ये अति प्राचीन टेकडी असुन या टेकडीला टेंभी असे म्हंटले जाते. अत्यंत प्रचीन वारसा लाभलेले ठिकान..... #instagram https://instagram.com/vinod.chavan.71... #facebook https://www.facebook.com/vinod.chavan...
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Bamboo to be grown on 5,000 acres to boost rural economy of Latur district, minister says Latur, Feb2 Bamboo on 5,000 acres land will be planted this year to boost the rural economy of Latur district and ethanol refinery from bamboo to be set up in the district on co-operative basis, Guardian Minister Amit Deshmukh said on Tuesday at Lodga in Ausa tehsil. He was speaking at the inauguration of the second phase of "Almac Biotech Lab", the country's first bamboo tissue culture maker. MLA Abhimanyu Pawar, former MLC and chief of the project Pasha Patel, Maharashtra Bamboo Board, Aurangabad Director PB Bhalerao, District Superintendent of Agriculture Officer Dattatraya Gavasane, International Bamboo Expert Sanjeev Karpe, Sub-Divisional Officer Avinash Kamble, Ausa Tehsildar Bharat Suryavanshi, Abhijit Salunkhe and other dignitaries were present on the occasion. Expressing happiness over the project, a pilot project of bamboo that can change the future of agriculture in...
Writer, retired bureaucrat Bharat Sasane chosen president of 95th All India Marathi Literary Meet

Caves found Latur district

Carved caves discoveed on the hill of Janwal village Researchers Dr Madhavi Mahake and Krishna Gudade claimed Vinod Chavan Latur, Dec 24 A remote village, Janwal in Chakur tehsil in the Latur district, is associated with a new chapter in the history of the village. However, history researchers Dr Madhavi Mahake and Krishna Gudade claimed to have been found carved caves on the hill of Jamwal village located in Balaghat mountain range. There is no record of this cave anywhere. In fact, these caves were unknown in the architectural history of Latur, researchers said. At a distance of 1 km from the village, there is an island hill known as Shadul Island hill. This is because the hill station, which is the abode of ascetics in the caves, is very remote and forested. Villagers said that wild animals would roam in the premises of the hill till the pre-independence era. Deputy sarpanch Dnyanoba Pawar said that due to lush forest and fear of wildlife , it was very difficult to go there. ...

5 crore sanctioned for Murud bypass road work

5 crore sanctioned for Murud bypass road work -Citizens grateful to MLA Dheeraj Deshmukh Latur: State government has recently sanctioned a fund of Rs 5 crore for the work of Murud village bypass road. Congress Latur rural assembly MLA Dheeraj Deshmukh pursuied for the grant of the fund, therefore citizens of Murud thanked to the MLA Deshmukh. Considering the increased congestion on the main highway passing through Murud, the then Chief Minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh had approved the ring road in Murud and a bypass road was constructed. However, due to the poor condition of this road in later times, heavy vehicles are plying on the main road passing through the village. On January 28, 2021, a tractor trolley crashed and a student from Pimpri Amba, killed tragically in the accident. Zilla Parishad member Dilip Nade had informed about to MLA Deshmukh. Taking this notice into consideration, MLA Deshmukh submitted a proposal to the concerned department for strengthening the bypass road a...

Instructions for University Act amendment will be presented to the State Government

Instructions for University Act amendment will be presented to the State Government --- MLC Vikram Kale Latur, Dec 27 The state government has been seeking suggestions from experts to make amendments of some provisions of the new Maharashtra University Act. Under this amendment, the suggestions will be presented to the state government to extend the tenure of the pro VC- and the dean of humanities for five years from the date of their appointment, assured MLC Vikram Kale in a grand felicitation function held on Saturday in Smt Sushiladevi Deshmukh College, Latur. He was speaking at the ceremony held by Latur District English Teachers' Association to felicitate Dr Ajay Tengse, on being appointed as dean of humanities and social sciences department in Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, Vilasrao Deshmukh Government Medical College dean Dr Sudhir Deshmukh presided over the function. Director of Swami Ramananda Tirtha Marathwada University Latur Sub-Center Dr ...