NAGPUR: Former minister and BJP MLC Chandrashekhar Bawankule has written to Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav to de-reserve part of the Totladoh reservoir on Maharashtra and on Madhya Pradesh sides for fishing by locals.
Bawankule confirmed to TOI that he had received 40-50 applications from local tribals who want legal sanction for fishing as a source of employment. They want part of the Totladoh reservoir in Nagalwadi and Sillari ranges to be opened for fishing.