Maharashtra

In the recently-accounted fiscal year (2009-2010), Thane district’s revenue reached Rs370.38 crore and that made it one of the highest revenue earners among the six revenue sources in the Konkan division.The total amount incurred by revenue department of Thane Collectorate has exceeded the set target of Rs334.14 crore. Amol Yadav, resident deputy collector at Thane Collectorate said, ?Thane District Collectorate has achieved its revenue target for 2009-2010. In fact, we have ex…

While a considerable portion of Mumbai suffered acute water cuts, a section consumed water in excess of the limit (150 litre per person per day, or lppd) set by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in the financial year gone by.Even as the BMC decreased supply by 15% during the year’s second half to compensate for deficient rains, the water bill for April 2009 to March 2010 (Rs915 crore) was Rs10 crore more than the year before (Rs905 crore)."This means that while the t…

With the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) elections drawing close, several candidates in the fray may be getting nerves, but Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate from ward no 87 Kavita Bharat Jadhav is one optimistic woman, banking on her husband’s performance as a corporator from the area to work the magic for her. Bharat Jadhav’s strong work in the ward during the last civic term is standing Kavita in good stead. "Contesting elections may be new for me, but soc…