Archive for September, 2009

How well do you know Latur?

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Recently we undertook a test based on knowledge of “Latur City and District” for Rotaract Club of Latur Midtown. Following are the questions we asked in the quiz.
Try if you can answer these questions. Put your answers as comment to this post for the reference of other Laturkar.

Click here for the quiz.

PS: You may receive a surprise prize if you answer all 20 questions correctly.

Election Updates

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

With the Assembly election fever catching up, here are few updates on the front.

1) Latur City seat has gone to ShivSena in the distribution amongst BJP & Shiv Sena. Ad Balwant Jadhav and Pappu Kulkarni are the two names being discussed as contestant from the seat.

2) Latur Rural seat will be with BJP. Ramesh Karad is the name being discussed the most for the seat. However, Shivajirao Patil Kavekar is also one name in the talks for the seat.

3) Amit Deshmukh’s name is among the most discussed for Latur City amongst the Congress front. Also the name of Parent Minister Diliprao Deshmukh is making rounds.

4) Satish Kale {Son of Late Babruvanji Kale} is one prominent name the has emerged out for Latur Rural seat from Congress side.

More updates as they appear..

Latur to have artificial rains

Saturday, September 5th, 2009

Drought 2The Maharashtra government is gearing up for a cloud-seeding experiment in Latur and rest Marathwada. The region has recieved only 15% of its usual rainfall till date.
State additional chief secretary, relief and rehabilitation, M Rameshkumar explained the government had to proceed on cloud-seeding plans right now if it wanted the experiment to succeed. “We have to do it now when climate conditions are favourable,” he said. A seven-member team of central government officials recently visited Latur along with other districts like Nanded, Sangli, Solapur, Yavatmal and Chandrapur to take stock of the drought situation.
Though the region houses the constituencies of Congress stalwarts former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh (Latur) and chief minister Ashok Chavan (Mudkhed); senior state government officials have discounted any role of politics in the decision.

We wish the experiment to succeed.