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	:: Latur District - District Profile
		T he Latur District is in the south-eastern part of the Maharashtra state.
		Latur town is situated on the 18.7° latitude and 73.25° longitude.
		The district is situated on the Maharashtra Karnataka boundary.
	latur.nic.in /html/distprofile.htm (335 words)

	Latur's Struggle for Water
		The borewell-dependent agronomy in the district is under stress with the groundwater reserves depleting fast, largely because farmers have switched from cotton to water-intensive sugarcane.
		Forty-three of the 76 taluks (mandal) in the Marathwada region are facing drought, and Latur, Usmanabad and Beed are the worst-affected districts.
		Latur district, which was rocked by a massive earthquake in 1993, experiences an average rainfall of about 815 mm, with the number of rain-days varying between 45 and 70.
	www.indiaresource.org /issues/water/2003/latursstruggle.html (3274 words)

	Maharashtra IT Parks
		Latur is well connected by road and railway to all other important cities of the state.
		Latur is one of the most well known cities for trade and commerce.
		Latur city was established as a district on 16 August, 1982 after the division of Osmanabad district.
	www.maharashtraitparks.com /itparks_about_latur.htm (479 words)

	Thirteenth Annual Report - April 2004 to March 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Latur district, Maharashtra: The education committees of Manavta Kendras of Tarkehda, Shirol and Nelwad Tanda organised meetings with parents and made home-visits to motivate parents to enrol their children in school.
		Latur district, Maharashtra: In Udgir block, the farmers’ committees initiated dissemination and also organised training on the use of natural compost fertilisers; about 300 farmers are now involved in this process.
		Latur district, Maharashtra: Personal work exercises are practised regularly in all the Manavta Kendras at the beginning of the weekly meetings.
	www.humanscape.org /Ffh/annual05.php (7638 words)

	.:: Central Integrated Pest Management Centre ::.
		North: Beed district; northeast and east: Latur district; southwest: Solapur district; northwest: Ahmednagar district; southeast and south: Bidar and Gulbarga districts of Karnataka
		The district has a network of government-run health facilities consisting of the district hospital offering tertiary-level care, with rural hospitals at the secondary level and primary health centres, sub-centres and dispensaries providing basic healthcare to the rural population.
		The main annual fairs held in the district are: Tulja Bhavani at Tuljapur during Navaratri (September-October); Yermala fair at Kalamb tehsil during January; Sant Gorob fair at Ter; Ramlinga fair at Osmanabad; and Bhairvanath fair at Sonari Paranda.
	dacnet.nic.in /cipmcnagpur/OSMANABAD.htm (542 words)

	Latur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Latur has developed as the best educational center in the state over the years.
		The educational culture of Latur has a long run from the primary education to the schooling and the most importantly in the inter college education (10+2 system).The landmark in the higher secondery examinations (H.S.C.)is practiced by the leading institutons of Latur.
		Having both state and central representatives in high position has led to rapid development of Latur, making it one of the fastest growing cities in Maharashtra, latur city is capital of Maharashtra in politics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Latur_District (934 words)

	CPECO consortium Finance
		Its epicenter at 18.2 degrees north and 76.7 degrees east was located on the border of the Osmanabad and Latur district of Maharashtra.
		The impact of this disaster was primarily borne by a relatively small area in the Umergaon and Ausa talukas of Osmanabad, Latur District respectively.
		and the core impact area of this disaster was roughly 3% of the primary affected district and 0.1% of the overall region.
	members.tripod.com /cpeco/fin.htm (677 words)

	Regional:Asia:India:Maharashtra:Districts
		Latur is a district in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
		Nandurbar is a town and district in the north of Maharashtra, bordering Gujarat.
		A district in the south of Maharashtra, bordering Goa.
	www.shivajipark.com /india-dir/desc-139.html (289 words)

	:: Latur Ditrict - Home Page
		At a Glance - Glimps of the district statistic.
		District Profile - Detail info about the district facts.
		Info-Tech - Info-Tech activities in Govenment offices of the district.
	latur.nic.in (77 words)

	Rotary International: Newsroom: Press Center: News by Region: Asia
		Participants are District 3180 Mysore and District 1060 Erdington.
		District 3130 Poona Mid Town, District 3310 Singapore and District 3480 participated.
		District 3010 Delhi South and District 5040 Vancouver Fraserview participated.
	www.rotary.org /newsroom/presscenter/regnews/asia/india.html (464 words)

	The Office of Speaker Lok Sabha
		Shivraj V. Patil was born on 12 October 1935 in Chakur village of Latur district in the State of Maharashtra.
		In 1967, he was elected as the President of the Latur Municipality and held that position till 1969 and again from 1971 to 1972.
		Patil was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1980 from the Latur parliamentary constituency as a candidate of the Indian National Congress (I), He was re-elected to the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Lok Sabhas in 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996 and 1998, respectively, from the same constituency.
	speakerloksabha.nic.in /former/SVpatil.asp (2404 words)

	:: Latur District - At a Glance
		Bus routes to the district headquarters connect 80 % of the villages.
		The district has 148 kms of railways of which 83 kms is broad gauge and 65 kms is narrow gauge.
		The district may be divided into two regions -- the Balaghat plateau, and the northeastern region consisting of Ahmadpur and Udgir.
	latur.nic.in /html/ataglance.htm (496 words)

	Tsunami News for Latur, India
		...the work done in his own district of Latur in Maharashtra when it was rocked by an earthquake.
		BEL contributed to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund during the Latur and Gujarat...
		An IAS officer of 1985 batch, Pardeshi was the district collector of Latur when the killer...
	danger.mongabay.com /earthquake/2004/Latur.html (1497 words)

	Punjab Kesari NewsDetails
		Her son and party MP Rahul Gandhi has also been invited for the rally at Chakur but his final schedule is still awaited as he was out of the country, a state Congress leader told in Latur (Maharashtra).
		Latur in central Maharashtra is the home turf of Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who will also be present.
		Latur district Congress chief Tryambakdas Zhanvar said people from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh would also join the rally, being organised in the backdrop of continuing suicides by bankrupt farmers in the Vidarbha region.
	www.punjabkesari.com /frmNewsDetails.aspx?uid=37486 (333 words)

	Christian Persecution: India
		In late 1997, they presented a memorandum to the district magistrate to stop all activities of Christians in the district and the state.
		In Banswara district, after 12 years of peaceful possession of plot of land purchased by a tribal priest, it was forcibly occupied by local youth.
		But the tenor and manner of the attacks from Banswara to Baroda, from Latur to Ludhiana show how deeply ingrained is Golwalkar's ideology in the minds of their young cadres even at the end of the 20th century.
	www.leaderu.com /common/india.html (2511 words)

	Problem Of Girl Child Marriages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As per the Maharashtra Govt’s Human Development Report 2002, the percentage of girl child marriages is 38 % but Marathwada/ Latur the percentage of girl child marriages is 58.10%.
		The thesis is that the practice of child labour is the cause of poverty while the hypothesis is that early marriages is also one among the many causes of child labour practice.
		The district of Latur is known for its ‘Latur Pattern’ (for the scholastic education upto Std.
	grameen.tripod.com /id8.html (726 words)

	CNN.com - Mumbai offers aid for quake victims - January 28, 2001
		Among them are the victims of an earthquake, which struck Maharashtra's Latur district in 1993, who have formed an association to help those in Bhuj.
		Since the Latur quake Patil and the fellow member of the Unique Service Trust NGO have also helped victims of flooding in Orissa in October, 1999.
		Meanwhile, Mumbai's railway stations and airports are scenes of grief and frustration as relatives and friends of Gujarat earthquake victims rush to the disaster area.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/01/28/gujarat.mumbai (274 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Power, however, was not the target of the handsome young man from Babhalgaon village in Latur who enrolled for a degree course in science in the renowned Fergusson College in Pune in the early 1960s.
		In 1974, he became sarpanch of Babhalgaon and five years later was elected deputy chairman of Latur district panchayat samiti.
		Mumbai was shaken by riots in the wake of the Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya in 1992; serial bomb explosions followed in March 1993.
	www.the-week.com /24nov14/currentevents_article8.htm (1269 words)

	SSP - Swayam Shikshan Prayog
		As a result, in 2004-05, over 520 villages, 350 officials from 16 districts have benefited from exposure visits and training programmes organised by the paraprofessional teams from Nanded and Osmanabad districts.
		In the aftermath of South Asia Tsunami (Dec 2004), SSP outreach extended to a total of twenty-five tsunami affected villages in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts of Tamil Nadu.
		In over a hundred villages in Latur and Osmanabad districts, SSP implemented a pilot effort to improve access to sustainable health services for SHGs members and their communities through provision of preventive fee based health services and health insurance products.
	www.sspindia.org /updates.htm (549 words)

	Rediff On The NeT:CM rides a dream - from Babhalgaon to Bombay
		A dream that transported him from the dusty panchayat office of Babhalgaon in Latur district to the seat of power in Mumbai.
		Born on May 25, 1945 at Babhalgaon in Latur district, Deshmukh finished his primary education at a village school before moving for Latur to study further.
		Briefly he was held the post of the deputy chairman of the Latur Panchayat Samiti.
	www.rediff.com /election/1999/oct/18vilas.htm (488 words)

	Appeals: India: Drought - Aug 2002, ACT Appeal India: Assistance to Drought Affected - ASIN42, Appeals: India: Drought ...
		SNP focuses on agricultural development as well as building awareness of the importance of health and education etc. It has carried out various advocacy activities during the drought such as campaigning for the Government to control the commercialisation of crops and to provide water tankers.
		Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) - their vision is to create a sustainable rural society, where there is equal respect, equal rights and privileges for women, where there is peace and justice and gender equality and where everyone shares the resources of the place without exploitation and oppression of the weak and downtrodden.
		It is involved in agricultural land development for small and marginal farmers, training programmes and workshops/seminars for the rural poor in the rural areas of Prakasam and Guntur Districts of Andhra Pradesh.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/JMAN-5ZDGTJ?OpenDocument (2149 words)

	DCI hears 2000 objections in its 1st hearing in Aurangabad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Citing the geographical reasons, Mr Hazare raised objection for the proposed delimitation of Parner assembly segment in Ahmednagar Lok Sabha constituency, and demanded its restoration.
		Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar objected to the proposed changes in the delimitation of Latur district by detaching Ausa assembly segment from it to attach it with Osmanabad and bringing Loha segment in Latur.
		Former Maharashtra Minister Padmasinh Patil raised objection to the proposed delimitation of Osmanabad tehsil.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060503/322879.html (330 words)

	Kaumudi Online India News Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Opposing the formation of Barnala as 20th district of Punjab, saying there was no need to give the area district status.
		The district was created by the Congress "in frustration", he said.
		Akhtar, a resident of Sarculi in Kupwara district, said he was abducted from his house and taken to Muzaffarabad in PoK by al-Barq militants in September 2001, where he completed a three-month training despite developing chronic chest pain.
	www.kaumudi.com /news/102906/INDIA.STM (3186 words)

	Special Articles - Government of Maharashtra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Situated along the Mahrashtra-Karnataka border, Latur district has achieved remarkable agricultural development despite adverse climate.
		The district created academic history with many of its students topping the State merit list.
		A major marketplace in this region, Latur has achieved accolades due to the Manjara Co-operative Sugar Factory, which has won many awards at the State and National level for excellent performance.
	www.maharashtra.gov.in /marathi/mahInfo/latur.php (120 words)

	Latur
		The organisation aims at inculcating interest in children to attend school, to provide educational aids through educational centres to needy and deserving children, to create congenial atmosphere for learning and to make the existing child labour literate and to guide them in learning which will enable them to appear for examinations of std.
		Location of Operation : This programme is being implemented in 50 villages of Latur, Parbhani, Osmanabad and Nanded districts of Marathwada division.
		In addition to this, to run learning centres at the village level, to provide educational kits to needy children, to inspect the educational committee in rural areas, to organize training programmes for volunteers and other organizations, etc. will be undertaken.
	www.indianngos.com /districts/latur.htm (807 words)

	UNICEF India - Health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Renuka Giri, ANM from Dhanora health sub-center in Latur district, who has helped to change the state of womenâs health care in the village.
		This young and motivated ANM (Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife) at Dhanora village health center in Latur, Maharashtra leaves for her daily round of home visits around 8 am but her time of return is never fixed.
		The village planning process, initiated jointly by UNICEF and Sath (local NGO), in Latur in 2002, captured the peopleâs anguish over the defunct center.
	www.unicef.org /india/health_1612.htm (830 words)

	The dry eye of the figureless god
		They thought that maybe it was a drought in the making, like back in 1972, when the well also ran dry and three years of failed rains followed.
		The people in the villages around Killari, where Osmanabad and Latur districts meet, had been celebrating the end of the Ganesh Chethuthee, a religious festival, well into the night.
		It has also strengthened the local branches in the affected area — and, last but not least, given the people of earthquake-stricken Latur and Osmanabad districts new hope for a better life, a hope made possible with the generous help of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and other donors throughout the world.
	www.redcross.int /EN/mag/magazine1997_2/12-13.html (1148 words)

	Suave MP faces fury of a scorned bahu - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Latur earthquake relief also proved to be the best example of rehabilitation of victims.
		There are six assembly segments in Latur constituency, out of which three are held by the BJP-Shiv Sena combine.
		Perhaps conscious of the difficulties, the Congress brought Sonia Gandhi to Latur and neighbouring constituencies of Solapur and Osmanabad.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/apr202004/iv7.asp (1109 words)

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