Sindhudurg, in the Sahyadri Hills, is gaining popularity as the next destination for rubber cultivation, with as many as 3,000 Kerala-based planters moving into the district.

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday declared an area at Amboli in Western ghats in Sindhudurg district, where a rare freshwater fish species was discovered, as a biodiversity heritage site.

The National Green Tribunal bench in Pune has directed the Ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) to clarify within two months whether the moratorium on mining activities in six talukas in the ...