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Farmer Suicides Doubled In Maharashtra In Last 4 Years, Shows RTI Reply
At a time when drought has been declared in about half of Maharashtra - about 150 tehsils out of 360 - a Right to Information query has revealed that the number of farmer suicides in the state has doubled in the last four years.
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Exclusive: Centre Stonewalls NDTV's RTI Queries On Drought Measures
The severe drought that has gripped the countryside was no flash in the pan; when the monsoon of 2015 recorded poor rainfall, it should have set the alarm bells ringing for policymakers at least a year ago.
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In drought-hit Maharashtra, sugar politics trumps drinking water needs
Though the Maharashtra government has taken a policy decision that water from dams in Pune would be first used to meet drinking water needs, RTI queries have revealed that water from the dams are being diverted to irrigate sugarcane fields.
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Farmer Suicides Doubled In Maharashtra In Last 4 Years, Shows RTI Reply
At a time when drought has been declared in about half of Maharashtra - about 150 tehsils out of 360 - a Right to Information query has revealed that the number of farmer suicides in the state has doubled in the last four years.
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Exclusive: Centre Stonewalls NDTV's RTI Queries On Drought Measures
The severe drought that has gripped the countryside was no flash in the pan; when the monsoon of 2015 recorded poor rainfall, it should have set the alarm bells ringing for policymakers at least a year ago.
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In drought-hit Maharashtra, sugar politics trumps drinking water needs
Though the Maharashtra government has taken a policy decision that water from dams in Pune would be first used to meet drinking water needs, RTI queries have revealed that water from the dams are being diverted to irrigate sugarcane fields.
