Katol a tehsil of Nagpur District Maharashtra has witnessed meteoric impact on 22.05.2012 between 2.00 to 2.30 pm of the day with very loud sound and meteorites hitting the surface of the earth. In order to ascertain the meteoritic impact and collect the meteorite samples, a team of four members headed by Shri. Binod Kumar, Deputy Director General & HOD, GSI, Central Region along with Dr. G. Suresh, Director, Petrology, Shri. S. H. Wankhade and Dr. Mohamed Shareef, Geologists, GSI, Central Region visited Katol on 23.05.2012.