Ambegaon tehsil
| Ambegaon | |
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| Coordinates: 19°2′5″N 73°50′11″E / 19.03472°N 73.83639°ECoordinates: 19°2′5″N 73°50′11″E / 19.03472°N 73.83639°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Pune district |
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| • MLA | Dilip Walse Patil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:35) |
Ambegaon taluka is a taluka in Shirur subdivision of Pune district of state of Maharashtra in India. One of twelve most revered Shiva temple or Jyotirlinga is at Bhimashankar in this taluka.
This Taluka falls to the foothill of Sahyadri Mountain range and which is towards the west side of Pune city.The taluka limits are from Loni to Bhimashankarin north to south direction and Peth to Kalamb in East West direction. This taluka gets divided into two parts i.e. north and south.In the north the degree of rainfall is very low therefore the area is dry and on the contrary in south the rainfall is heavy and the area is also hilly.The rivers Meena, Ghodnadi and Vellnadi flow through the area.
In 2014, serious mudslide around the village of Malin killed around 200 people.The landslides were caused by heavy rainfall that had begun the previous day, with the village receiving 10.8 cm (4 in) of rain on 29 July and the downpour continuing throughout the following day. The environmental destruction that resulted in the landslide is believed to have had more than one cause. Major cause was negligence of geological facts before any developmental process. Another cause cited as contributing to the landslide was deforestation in the area.Deforestation removes not only trees, but also root structures that hold together the soil. Through deforestation, the soil of the surrounding land was made soft, and experts argue that deforestation was the primary underlying anthropogenic cause of the landslide. One additional reason was changing agricultural practices – villagers had recently shifted from cultivation of rice and finger millet to wheat, which required levelling of steep areas, which contributed to instability of the hills. Also the construction of the nearby Dimbhe Dam ten years ago was considered as a possible reason. The instability of the hillsides was due to the construction activities, which are often done without careful analysis of environmental consequences. Stone quarrying, among other types of construction, was specifically blamed for the instability of the hillside.
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