1. INTRODUCTION

Number of vehicles carrying hazardous raw
materials for industries (during a month)
Number of vehicles carrying hazardous finished
products from industries (during a month)
Number of vehicles passing through the district
carrying hazardous materials for industries (during
a month)
Number of container terminals
32
35
535
Nil
Transport and Communication Network :
Ahmednagar district has a fairly well developed transport and communication infrastructure.
The only railway route passing through the district is the Daund-Manmad line of the Central
railway which has a length of 197 km with 24 stations. So goods as well as passenger travel
through rail is limited.
The total length of roads is 12,381 km. The total length of National Highway passing
through district is 60 km.Length of State Highways is 1748 km.
The State Transport has a well spread out network of services with about 697 buses plying
on different routes covering distance of about 57170 km.
As on 31 March 2005, there were 664 post offices and 83 telegraph offices. More than 632
villages have access to a post office. Also the availability of telephones is also good, with
24,199 telephones There are 18 post offices and 712 telephones per one lakh of population.
There is a Low Power Transmitter at Ahmednagar. Doordarshan service is available with
almost every village. Moreover, the use of dish antennas is also increasing. There is also a
Low Power station of the All India Radio which transmits F.M. band.
3.RISK ASSESSMENT AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS
Economic, Social, Educational and Occupational Profile of the Population :
Agriculture is the main economic activity, with 11781 sq. kms of agricultural area out of the
total geographical area of the Ahmednagar district . Ahmednagar is one of the drought-prone
districts of Maharashtra, which was severely hit by the drought in 1972.
According to the information provided by the district administration, the Ahmednagar
district has 30.38% of it’s population below poverty line. 3.00% of the people are living in
flood-prone areas, while 0.30% of the population are settled in the proximity of major
chemical plants within a 3 km. Radius. 20% of the people are living in road-side settlements.
83% of the human settlements are in areas with non-specific building codes.
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