Four dams to get solar power generation plants across Maharashtra

On Monday state Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan told the Legislative Council that Maharashtra is all set to floating solar power generation plants in four dams across the state In a written reply to a question raised by NCP MLC Hemant Takle Mahajan stated that the backwaters of Wardha Bebala Khadakpurna and Pentakli dams have been selected for setting up the floating solar panels as per the Swiss Challenge methodMahajan said that the estimated investment per megawatt is Rs 445 crore with a total installed capacity of 500 MW A committee headed by the executive director of the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation VIDC is currently scrutinising the detailed project report and drafting the tendersThe work to set up the plants is under progress as permitted under the Maharashtra Infrastructure DevelopmentEnabling Authority Act he addedOn the other hand in what can be stated as good news for Mumbaikars the Indian Meteorological Department IMD has declared the onset of monsoons over Mumbai today covering entire Maharashtra It is time to be prepared for Mumbai rains as the monsoons have entered the cityAs per earlier forecast by the IMD the onset of monsoons was expected within 48 hours from Sunday On Tuesday the IMD had declared the monsoon onset over Mumbai Director of IMD Mumbai Krishnanand Hosalikar tweeted Monsoon onset declared in Mumbai today covering entire Maharashtra Read the full story hereWith inputs from PTITop news stories of the daySex toys worth Rs 8 crore confiscated in two years in MumbaiIn the worlds second populous nation the obsession with sex toys shouldnt come as a surprise What however does is the massive quantity of it being illegally brought into the country The toys are regularly detained by the Customs Department A Right To Information query filed by activist Prithviraj Maske revealed that from 2017 to January 2019 the Airport Special Courier Cell of the Mumbai Customs Department had seized sex toys worth Rs 8 crore Read full storyMurder Mystery Solved 3D face helps cops crack caseThe forensic department of the KEM Hospital has helped the Navghar police crack a twomonthold murder case with the help of facial reconstruction and 3D superimposition technology which they used to put a face on the victims severely fractured skull Yogesh Rane a worker at a tea stall in Mulund had in March smashed the face of his colleague Vijay Kishor and burnt his upper body for laughing at him at the gym He was caught after he attempted to kill another coworker when the latter started asking him questions about Kishors sudden disappearance Read full storyMumbai Corporators oppose parking fines say additionl infra requiredThe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations BMC decision to tackle the citys illegal parking menace has fallen flat with corporators opposing the move of charging hefty fines without providing the required infrastructure or additional parking space to citizens Not only members of the ruling coalition even the Opposition opposed the move at the civic bodys general body meeting on Monday Read full storyMumbais top cop pedals to 1500 km cycling historyIndian Police Service IPS Krishna Prakash special inspector general of police IGP administration Maharashtra is back home in Mumbai after creating cycling history The tough cop has finished a stupendous fourth in the mens open category of the Race Across West RAW in USA The race which requires cycling for approximately 1500 km across four American states started on June 11 and ended on June 14 Read full storyBandra court asks police to probe case of school that blamed child for bad touchThe Bandra Court has directed the Santacruz police to register an offence against a reputed school in Vile Parle after a petitioner parent alleged mental harassment of her child by it Last year the eightyearold child was reprimanded for inappropriately touching his classmates by the school The parents later complained that the way the school treated the child thereon was harassment Read full storyEdited by midday online desk with inputs from ANICatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates