NHAI submitted its reply against plea filed in January, claiming that heavy construction work being undertaken by the authority and its concessionaire, without properly strengthening a slope, had damaged agricultural land in Shimla rural tehsil, causing landslides
Nearly a year after the Marathwada floods in Maharashtra, many farmers affected by the destruction that followed say they are still waiting for parts of the compensation the government promised. Snehal Mutha finds that some have taken additional loans for the next crop, while some have given farming a break for the year