Summary:
The Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) is keen on developing Machal in Lanja taluka as a popular tourist destination. Soon, the state might have a new hill station in the Sahyadris, at Machal in Ratnagiri. Want to visit a hill station, but go beyond the usual Matheran, Lonavala and Mahabaleshwar circuit? Moreover, most of these hill stations were developed during the colonial era, with little development taking place post-Independence. "Machal is a little-known village, around 400 km from Mumbai..