BPCL’s reforestation project will utilize 200,000 seedballs distributed by drones, targeting remote and inaccessible areas. This innovative approach addresses the critical issues of rapid deforestation and land degradation, which have significantly impacted the region’s biodiversity, climate resilience, and community well-being.

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The total positive cases stood at: 169 in Mumbai, 50 in Pune, 36 in Thane region, 25 in Sangli, Nagpur 16, Ahmednagar 8, Yavatmal 4, Buldhana 3, 2 each in Satara and Kolhapur, one each in Aurangabad, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Gondia, Jalgaon, Nashik, besides one from Gujarat.

On Tuesday, 72 new corona virus patients were found in Maharashtra, 59 of them in Mumbai. This was the largest increase in the number of cases within a day probably in the country, a state official said.

Meanwhile Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray appealed to people to remain indoors and maintain social distancing. “The ‘war against virus’ has reached a crucial stage and this is the time to exercise extreme precautions. Please do not step out of your homes for your own safety,” Thackeray said.

Salaries of ministers, other elected representatives as well as government officials in Maharashtra for March will be slashed by upto 60%, finance minister Ajit Pawar announced on Tuesday. Elected representatives including the chief minister, ministers and MLAs will get their salaries for March with 60% deduction. A and B grade government employees will get their salaries with 50% deduction while C grade employees will get salaries with 25% cut. There will be no cut in the salaries of D grade employees.

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According to information available from the Lasalgaon market in Nashik district, the country’s main hub for the trade in the bulb, prices for average quality onion fell to Rs 38 per kilogramme this morning.

“We have received nearly 900 tonnes of onions till Wednesday afternoon,” Ashok Shetye, a trader from the Lasalgoan mandi told this reporter.

The supply was less than half till last weekend.

Traders at the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee market at Navi Mumbai said farmers were harvesting their crop prematurely in order to benefit from the rise in onion prices.

“Prices were showing signs of coming down as large quantities of premature onions began coming into

the market for the past few days,” Samadhan Sanap, a Mumbai onion trader said.

The onions coming into the market now are red onions which are harvested in winter in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat. These onions have a short shelf life.

Onion arrivals are expected to surge in the coming days with reports of trucks being loaded with the bulb heading for Mumbai and other parts of the country, according to traders.

The wholesale prices of onions had crashed last year to just one rupee a kilogramme after arrivals in the markets fell to 2500 tonnes per day, according to traders.

Meanwhile, the first consignments of 740 tonnes onions being imported from Egypt is expected to touch Mumbai on Sunday.

According to traders here, orders to import at least two more shiploads from the African country have been placed.

Farmers’ groups in Maharashtra had criticised the government move to import onions when retail prices touched Rs 150 per kilogramme.

“The imported onions will begin arriving and supplies from India also begin to increase. This will prevent farmers from getting a fair price for their produce,” farm leader Raju Shetti of the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana had told reporters last week.

Meanwhile, retail prices of onions continue to remain high as traders are still offloading their existing stock.

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A large number of people across the state attended Ganpati visarjan procession in their respective towns on Thursday amid tight security. Thursday marked the end of the 10-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival, celebrated in Maharashtra with full fervour. 

However, the celebrations at various places were marred by incidents like these.Four people died in Amravati, followed by three in Ratnagiri, two each in Nashik, Sindhudurg and Satara and one each in Thane, Dhule, Buldhana and Bhandara. 

In a similar incident, 11 people have died after a boat capsized during Ganpati Visarjan at Bhopal’s Khatlapura Ghat on Friday morning. 

Police along with the State Disaster Emergency Response Force (SDERF) people and a team of divers are carrying out the rescue operations. 

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has directed a magisterial inquiry into the incident and announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to families of deceased.

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