Dr. Vinod Chavan

Latur, Apr 7  In a nondescript village in Maharashtra’s Latur district, a couple has created a haven for underprivileged children to educate them and make them self-reliant, and they are now proud parents to 51 boys and girls. Moved by the plight of children from poor backgrounds, Sharad and Sangeeta Zare, both in their 40s, started with a humble endeavour to educate them but soon realised that teaching them different skills would secure their future. The couple has set up ‘Majha Ghar,’ an ashram run by their organisation Manus Pratishthan, on 14 acres of land near Budhoda village in Ausa tehsil. The ashram is set up on 1.10 acres, while the remaining land is used for farming and various crops are produced by the children. “Mahatma Gandhi introduced the concept ‘Nai Talim’ in 1937, dreaming of making villages independent and self-reliant. Similarly, I want to make my children self-reliant. We teach children to make idols and other items by reusing and recycling materials,” Sh...

#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...

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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...

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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 -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...