Drought Hit Maharashtra

A doll marriage brought the people of Maharashtra's Shivanfal together to pray for rain when drought and the acute financial crisis have hit the village.

The monsoon usually covers the cane growing areas of Maharashtra by June 10, but it is yet to arrive this year, weather department data shows.

Randeep, along with UK-based international humanitarian relief organisation Khalsa Aid, recently visited drought hit Vele village

A village in Aurangabad, some 400 km from state capital Mumbai, is grappling with severe water crisis after the canals here ran dry recently.

Even as calls for austerity during weddings grow stronger, a Maharashtra legislator and son of state BJP chief is being criticised for his opulent wedding

Sugar production during the ensuing season of 2016-17 could be lower compared with the current year's estimated output of 252 lakh MT due to drought that hit Maharashtra and Karnataka, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

After a making a slow progress, the southwest monsoon is expected to gain momentum and advance further into several parts of drought-hit Maharashtra and central India.

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Ashok Chavan, who is on a two-day visit to the district, today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the drought problem in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka on Saturday for discussions on drought and water scarcity situation which has hit these states badly.

Sachin Tendulkar held a meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and discussed how to help the drought hit in the state.

In a bid to provide relief to drought hit regions of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has declared additional funds to provide water tankers, solve electricity problems and provide education to children in rural areas.

The government was today urged to act urgently to prevent suicides by farmers in Maharashtra who have been hit hard by the drought and were facing distress.

Sugar mills in Maharashtra, which typically operate over November to April, have started closing down earlier than usual as the first back-to-back drought in nearly three decades hit cane supplies in the country.

With two straight seasons of drought hitting parts of Maharashtra, especially the arid region of Marathwada, state minister Pankaja Munde has blamed climate change.

A Central team is on a two-day visit to Maharashtra to assess the damage in drought-hit areas, after the state government sought a relief package of Rs 4,000 crore from the Union government. The state had earlier declared drought in 15,747 villages across Maharashtra.

A doll marriage brought the people of Maharashtra's Shivanfal together to pray for rain when drought and the acute financial crisis have hit the village.

The monsoon usually covers the cane growing areas of Maharashtra by June 10, but it is yet to arrive this year, weather department data shows.

Randeep, along with UK-based international humanitarian relief organisation Khalsa Aid, recently visited drought hit Vele village

A village in Aurangabad, some 400 km from state capital Mumbai, is grappling with severe water crisis after the canals here ran dry recently.

Even as calls for austerity during weddings grow stronger, a Maharashtra legislator and son of state BJP chief is being criticised for his opulent wedding

Sugar production during the ensuing season of 2016-17 could be lower compared with the current year's estimated output of 252 lakh MT due to drought that hit Maharashtra and Karnataka, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

After a making a slow progress, the southwest monsoon is expected to gain momentum and advance further into several parts of drought-hit Maharashtra and central India.

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Ashok Chavan, who is on a two-day visit to the district, today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the drought problem in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka on Saturday for discussions on drought and water scarcity situation which has hit these states badly.

Sachin Tendulkar held a meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and discussed how to help the drought hit in the state.

In a bid to provide relief to drought hit regions of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has declared additional funds to provide water tankers, solve electricity problems and provide education to children in rural areas.

The government was today urged to act urgently to prevent suicides by farmers in Maharashtra who have been hit hard by the drought and were facing distress.

Sugar mills in Maharashtra, which typically operate over November to April, have started closing down earlier than usual as the first back-to-back drought in nearly three decades hit cane supplies in the country.

With two straight seasons of drought hitting parts of Maharashtra, especially the arid region of Marathwada, state minister Pankaja Munde has blamed climate change.

A Central team is on a two-day visit to Maharashtra to assess the damage in drought-hit areas, after the state government sought a relief package of Rs 4,000 crore from the Union government. The state had earlier declared drought in 15,747 villages across Maharashtra.