Congress leader and former Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut was admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad after receiving injuries. Hyderabad:  Congress leader and former Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut was admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad after receiving injuries. Raut sustained injuries in his right eye, hand, and leg as... The post appeared first on .

Congress leader and former Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut was admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad after receiving injuries. Hyderabad:  Congress leader and former Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut was admitted to a hospital in Hyderabad after receiving injuries. Raut sustained injuries in his right eye, hand, and leg as... The post appeared first on .

"I was in Bharat Joda Yatra and had already crossed Charminar. I was moving towards the stage when Rahul Gandhi's convoy came, seeing which the police panicked and started pushing people here and there. The ACP pushed me strongly by placing both hands over my chest. I fell near a barricade at the road and sustained injuries. I started bleeding and was then finally taken to the hospital," Congress leader Nitin Raut told ANI on Wednesday.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 6 (ANI): Mumbai Police has registered a case against a man posing as the nephew of Maharashtra energy minister Nitin Raut and allegedly duping 11 people on the pretext of providing them jobs in the electricity department.

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 22 (ANI): Amidst load shedding issues in Maharashtra, state Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said that the state government has decided to import coal from outside the country and also said that efforts are underway to get one coal mine in Chhattisgarh allocated to Maharashtra's power department.

Pune Apr 22 PTI Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said that in order to tide over the current load shedding crisis in the state the government has decided to import coal to some extent from outside the country for power generation He also said that efforts were on to get one coal mine in Chhattisgarh allocated to the power department in Maharashtra Speaking to reporters here Pawar said the supply of coal was not being done in the country the way it should be Load shedding is going on in the state A meeting was held on this issue by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray I will take a review of the power department every week on the issue of load shedding and the cabinet has given its approval to check whether there is any availability of power in the country he said Efforts are being made to do away with load shedding and to ensure smooth power supply in the state the senior NCP leader said Coal supply to several states is insufficient Maharashtra is also not getting enough supply and that is why we have taken a decision to import coal to some extent from outside the country Besides that efforts are being made to get one coal mine allocated for Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited MahagencoEnergy Minister Nitin Raut is working on it Pawar added Congress president Sonia Gandhi has also asked the Chattishgarh government which is of a similar ideology to allocate one coal mine to Maharashtra he said Replying to a question whether the BJP-led Centre was indulging in vendetta politics by not providing coal to Maharashtra Pawar said the supply of coal to various states was not happening the way it should be done There are issues of railway wagons Today railway wagons are needed to transport coal sugar wheat and other essential commodities which need to be taken to the ports I do not want to bring any politics into it I do not want to make that kind of allegation but it is a fact that there is a shortage of coal the deputy chief minister said Last week minister Nitin Raut had said that load shedding in the state was a result of increase in electricity demand relaxation of the COVID-19 curbs and blamed the Centre for poor management of coal supply PTI SPK NP NP

Mumbai Apr 21 PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said he would take up with the Centre the issue of private power companies plans to raise electricity generation to meet the demand He made the statement after reviewing the power situation in the state which is currently witnessing load shedding in rural parts The meeting was attended by state energy minister Nitin Raut chief secretary Manukumar Srivastav and officials of power utilities The Maharashtra government will follow up the plans of the private power generation companies to expand their generation with the union government Shortage of power is witnessed in other parts of the country as well We need to explore all the options of making power available Thackeray said Municipal councils and other civic bodies should ensure that there will be no wastage of electricity used for public purposes Everyone needs to be vigilant about it he said The chief minister also asked the officials to communicate with other states about the judicious use of electricity Minister Raut said There are 27 other states in the country that are facing the same situation of power shortage Tenders are already floated for the imports of coal and we are trying to utilise maximum resources available to meet the demand PTI ND NP NP

Raipur Apr 19 PTI The Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday wrote to the Centre recommending grant of forest clearance to a coal mine allotted to Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited Mahagenco in Raigarh district an official said The move came a day after Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut met Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in Raipur and discussed necessary clearances required for Gare-Pelma Sector 2 coal block allocated to Mahagenco in Raigarh forest division The states forest and climate change department in a recommendation letter to Union Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change on Tuesday has sought approval for diversion of 214869 hectares of forest land for Gare Pelma Sector-2 opencast coal mine in favour of Mahagenco a state public relations department official said The letter was dispatched after completing all formalities over the application received from the company The state government has approved the application of Mahagenco and has made the recommendation to Centre for grant of clearance he said Mahagenco has proposed diversion of 214869 hectares of forest land for the coal block and this was considered acceptable after examination by Raigarh Divisional Forest Officer DFO he said In lieu of the aforesaid forest land the applicant company has fulfilled the process of terms and conditions for depositing money for compensatory afforestation in private land of equivalent area in Chakradharpur Natwarpur and Dhumbahal villages A joint report in this connection has been given by the Raigad DFO and the applicant company the official informed During the meeting with CM Baghel on Monday Raut had said in order to ensure the continuity of coal supply to power generation units of Maharashtra this block is crucial and urged for early completion of all the related formalities and clearances PTI TKP BNM BNM

Mumbai Apr 19 PTI Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut on Tuesday said 12 states are facing electricity issues due to shortage of coal and that his department was working to mitigate the shortfall here with micro-level planning Talking to reporters here Raut said there was no load-shedding in Maharashtra for the past five to six days due to this micro-level planning and the power deficit stood at 15 per cent He said state-run Mahagenco has set a target to generate 8000 MW electricity while thermal power plants in the coastal region operate on imported coal the ban on the import of which was recently lifted by the Centre The state government has issued tenders to import one lakh metric tonnes of coal Coal shortage is also due to lack of rakes trains We require 37 rakes per day while we get only 26 Each rake can transport 4000 metric tonnes of coal Raut said PTI MR BNM BNM

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 5 (ANI): Maharashtra Energy Minister and Congress leader Nitin Raut reacting to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's comment to remove loudspeakers from mosques said it is "our responsibility to keep the country united."