Talk:Akola

Geography
Geography mentioned on the Akola city page is of Akola district and not of City. I think this should be edited and concised to include only for Akola city, like City limits, geographical area, etc. Same applies to History section as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rahulinpune100 (talk • contribs) 11:07, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

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There's some text in the lede which is a better fit for Akola district: The Akola district has an area of about 5,431 square kilometers. The 2011 census by the directorate of census operations of Maharashtra, found that Akola District has a population of 1,818,617 and is bordered at the northeast by Amravati District, bordered south by Washim District, and the west by Buldhana District. It has seven talukas which are Akola, Akot, Telhara, Balapur, Barshitakli, Murtijapur, and Patur.

There's also some detailed information here that should probably have some citations: On the north, Akola is bordered by the Melghat Hills and forest region. The highest point in Akola District at about 950 - 970 m is present there in the northern Satpuda region. The Morna River flows through Akola. Purna River forms a part of the north border of the district, and the top north portion of the district lies within its watershed along with Aas River and Shahnur River. Vaan River forms a part of the northwest boundary of the district after entering from the Amravati district. Maan River drains the southwestern portion of the district. Morna River drains the mid-south portion of the district, while the southeast is drained by the Katepurna and Uma rivers.

Some of the rivers in Akola and their tributaries are Purna, Uma, Katepurna, Shahnur, Morna, Man, Aas, and Vaan. There are many dams in Akola district; Mahan, on the Katepurna river is one of them. There were floods in 1978, 1992, and 2003.

Akola district has also recorded a temperature of 11.9 °C in May, the lowest temperature recorded in any district in Maharashtra during this month.

This seemed to be misplaced in the "Police administration" section: Akola is a developing city and it is one of the major cities in the Vidarbha region. Akola has a notable grain market, oil mills, dal (pulses) mills, and is known for the production of cotton. It also has a growing IT sector.

Akola, called Cotton City, is known for its cotton production and is the largest cotton-producing district in India. The city is also famous for its pulses (dal), oil and textile mills. The city had all along been an important commercial and trading center. The facility of goods transportation and communication system in the form of railway and roads in addition to the extension of the electric grid system and establishment of the Paras Thermal Power Station ensuring adequate electric power supply has contributed to the industrial development of the city in recent years.

The Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth with its headquarters at Akola came into existence on 20 October 1969 and it added to the importance and development of the city.

This entire section seems to go beyond the city:

Agriculture is the main occupation of the people in rural parts of the region. Cotton, soybean and sorghum are the essential crops grown in the district. Other important crops of the region are wheat, sunflower, canola, peanut, Bajra (pearl millet), Harbara (chickpeas), Toor (pigeon peas), Urad and Moong (green gram). Most crops are dependent on the monsoon. Only 15% of Maharashtra's gross cropped area is irrigated, compared with the national average of 32.9% in 1989–90. Vidarbha's Amravati division's (including Akola District) share of gross cropped area under irrigation of 9%.

Considered one of Maharashtra's least developed regions, Vidarbha has seen not only farmers' suicides but also deaths caused by malnutrition. In some tribal are major reasons of recent suicide deaths of farmers in the Akola region and other surrounding parts of Vidarbha, which has rung alarm bells in the Maharashtra state government and government of India. Bharat Krishak Samaj, one of the leading organizations of farmers in India, is very active in the Akola region. It has played a crucial role in promoting the voice of the common farmers of the Vidarbha region to the attention of the Indian government under the chairmanship of Prakash Shriram Mankar. Oil and dal mills are becoming rampant in this region because of the crops taken. Textile mills are also increasing to support the cotton-growing industry.

This could do with some citations: City transport

Akola Municipal Transport (AMT) runs Akola's public transport service. Autorickshaws are also widely used in Akola city for city transport. The municipal corporation is working with the IRDP (Integrated Rural Development Planning) to develop the roads of the city. The stopped service of AMT bus transport was restarted in December 2015 with a total of 35 buses.

Inter-city transport:

Maharashtra state transport buses are most commonly used by people to travel to rural parts of the region. State-owned and private air-conditioned bus services run on daily basis to most major cities to and from Akola. Bus service is available for cities like Pune, Nagpur, Bhopal, Indore, Hyderabad, Nanded, Amravati, Mumbai, Nashik, Surat and Jabalpur, as well as other important cities and towns in Maharashtra and the neighbouring states.

The entire railway subsection:

link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Akola_Junction_aerial_view_at_night.jpg|alt=|thumb|240x240px|The junction railway station at night Akola, situated on both the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line and the Kacheguda-Jaipur line, is an important junction for passengers from North and South India and also for freight trains. The Kacheguda-Jaipur line is being recently converted to broad gauge and the number of trains connecting to Hyderabad has increased since then.

Broad gauging of the Akola Junction-Purna railway line has recently been completed and passenger trains have started running on this route. The work of gauge conversion (meter gauge-broad gauge) of Akola Junction – Indore Junction MG and Indore Junction MG – Ratlam railway line of SCR zone has started and is projected to be completed in a few years.

Akola has good railway connectivity with direct trains to Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Okha, Surat, Nanded, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Ajmer, Kolhapur, Pune, Kamakhya, Indore, Mhow, Ujjain, Khandwa, Ratlam, Bhopal, Chittorgarh, Amravati Nagpur, Bilaspur, Howrah, Hatia, Puri, Chennai, Hingoli, Purna, Parli, Tirupati, Ganganagar, Secundarabad, and many more important railway stations in the country.

Important railway stations in the Akola region with their codes are Paras, Gaigaon, Akola Junction (AK), Murtizapur Junction (MZR), and are under the Bhusawal-Badnera section of the Bhusawal Division of Central Railway.

Some of the trains originated from Akola Junction are:


 * Akola - Kacheguda Intercity Express
 * Akola – Purna Passenger
 * Akola – Parli – Adilabad Passenger
 * Akola – MHOW Passenger
 * Akola – Ujjain Fast Passenger
 * Akola – Narkher Special Express

The other stations under meter gauge are Hiwarkhed (HWK), Adgaon Buzurg (ABZ), Akot (AKOT), Patsul (PTZ), Ugwe (UGWE), Akola Junction, Shivani Shivpur (SVW), Barshitakli (BSQ), Lohogad (LHD), Aman Vadi (AMW), and Jaulka (JUK) under Purna – Khandwa section of South Central Railway.

The stations under narrow gauge are Lakhpuri, Murtizapur Junction, Karanja under two Narrow Gauge Branch lines viz Murtizapur-Achalpur and Murtizapur-Yavatmal of Bhusawal Division of Central Railway.

In 2009, a new railway station was built at Shivani-Shivar to reduce the load of goods transport of Akola Junction railway station. It is the modification of a meter gauge station into a broad gauge station. It now connects Purna to Hyderabad through Akola. Akola Junction railway station is one of the Top 100 Booking Stations in India. Now Akola urban area has two stations – Akola Junction and Shivani-Shivapur Railway Station.

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I also removed the "Future projects" section as some progress should be made into those so that they gain a little more notability. — Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 )  22:20, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

I've also removed the list of religious buildings as it seems a little too much:

Temples:


 * Shri Rani Sati Dham is a Devi (Mata) temple located near the Collector office.
 * Shri Rani Sati Dham 2 is a Devi (Mata) temple located near Hotel Tushar National Highway No. 6
 * Shri Khatu Shyam Mandir Tulshiyan Layout Geeta Nagar National Highway No. 6
 * Shri Salasar Dham Ganga Nagar National Highway No. 6
 * Shri Laxminarayan Mandir Toshniwal layout
 * Shri Tirupati Balaji Mandir Gaurakshan Sansthan Gaurakshan Road
 * Gram-daivat Shree Rajrajeshwar Mandir, Old City
 * Birla Mandir (Ram Temple)
 * Shreenath Dutta Mandir, Ramdas Peth
 * Annapurna Devi Mandir, NH6, Balapur Naka
 * Jain Temple at City Market Place
 * Swami Samarth Mutthh (temple) at Ramdas Peth
 * Shree Kala Maruti temple at Old City
 * Shree Bara Jyotirlinga Mandir, Jatharpeth Road
 * Shree Sidhivinayak Temple Jathar Peth Nr Prasad Colony is a popular temple of Lord Ganesha.
 * Jalaram Mandir Birla Colony
 * Gurudwara Railway station Road
 * Shri Ram Temple at Tilak Road
 * Hanuman Temple at Balapur Marg Railway Gate, Dabki Road
 * Shri Salasar Balaji Hanuman Temple
 * Shani Mandir, Mahatma Gandhi Road.

Mosques in Akola city:


 * Mominpura Masjid Mominpura
 * Kacchan Masjid Tajnapeth
 * Jama Masjid Inamdar Pura
 * Raza Masjid Akot File
 * Nagina Masjid Akot Stand
 * Masjid Al-Falah 1600 Plots
 * Akbar-plot Masjid Akot File
 * Chaand Hafiz Masjid
 * Ammajaan Masjid Old City
 * Masjid Turaab Ali Nawab Pura

Churches:
 * Mount Carmel Church
 * All Saints Church
 * Catholic Church
 * Alliance Church

— Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 )  06:02, 24 November 2020 (UTC)