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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)[reply]
There's some text in the lede which is a better fit for Akola district:
There's also some detailed information here that should probably have some citations:
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.
This seemed to be misplaced in the "Police administration" section:
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.[citation needed]
This entire section seems to go beyond the city:
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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%.[citation needed]
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[1] 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.[citation needed]This could do with some citations:
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:
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-YavatmalofBhusawal 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 PurnatoHyderabad 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.
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)[reply]
I've also removed the list of religious buildings as it seems a little too much:
Temples:
Mosques in Akola city:
Churches:
—Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:02, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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