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Rural India Runs Dry As Thirsty Megacity Mumbai Sucks Water
Far from the gleaming high-rises of India's financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity's water are running dry -- a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems.
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Mumbai Hotel With Karnataka Rebels Cancels DK Shivakumar's Reservation
Karnataka Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar had booked a room in the Mumbai hotel where rebel Congress and JD(S) legislators from the state are staying, but the reservation was cancelled "due to some emergency", the hotel said today.
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Bungalows Of Devendra Fadnavis, 18 Ministers Owe Lakhs In Water Bills
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has declared Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' official residence - 'Varsha' bungalow - a defaulter with water bill dues running into lakhs
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How Bad Is Maharashtra Farmer Crisis? 8 Suicides Every Day For 4 Years
As many as 12,021 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra from 2015 to 2018 for reasons that included bank loans and crop failure, averaging eight deaths a day. This number is over double that of the preceding four-year period from January 2011 to December 2014, when 6,268 farmers killed themselves.
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Water Crisis Hits Maharashtra Villages Despite State's Drought-Free Goal
A village in Aurangabad, some 400 km from state capital Mumbai, is grappling with severe water crisis after the canals here ran dry recently.
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"No Water To Drink": Nearly Half Of Maharashtra Declared Drought-Hit
Almost half of Maharashtra has been declared drought with farmers from across the state seeking emergency help. Distressed farmers came to Mumbai demanding drought declaration and seeking relief from the state. The state reportedly received only 77 per cent of its average rainfall this year.
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Indian Railways Opens Its Reservoirs to Scarcity-hit Thane, Navi Mumbai
After water trains for drought-ravaged Latur in Marathwada, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has now ordered that water from railway dams be released to tackle water crisis in Thane and Navi Mumbai.
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IPL 2016: Another PIL Filed, This Time in Rajasthan High Court on Use of Water For Matches
The Public Interest Litigation said there is an acute water crisis in Jaipur and entire Rajasthan and thus the matches would be a wastage of water.
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Mumbai's Lifeline Western, Central Railways Respond To Water Crisis
Just a few days ago, Relief and Rehabilitation minister Eknath Khadse came under severe fire after 10,000 litres of water were used to prepare a temporary helipad in Latur so he could review the drought situation there. But believe it or not, the same quantity of water was being used to wash just a single 12-car local train in Mumbai. Thankfully, t...
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Indian Premier League: Anurag Thakur to Meet Mumbai Indians, Rising Pune Supergiants to Discuss Maharashtra Crisis
Indian Premier League teams Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants will be asked to have a contingency plan ready in case matches have to be shifted out of drought-affected Maharashtra
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Taking A Train To Fetch Water Near Mumbai, As Court Hears IPL vs Drought
As the Bombay High Court hears a petition against lakhs of litres of water being used to prepare cricket pitches for the Indian Premier League, not many kilometres away in Thane, 30-year-old Pratibha Patil travels 10 km by train to fetch two cans of water.
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Thane Launches Toll Free Number To Tackle Water Crisis
In view of severe water shortage in Mumbai's adjoining Thane, the district administration here has set up a round-the-clock control room and launched a toll free number to receive complaints against misuse or commercialisation of water.
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'People More Important Or IPL?' Court Raps Mumbai Cricket Body Over Water
Three days before the Indian Premier League begins, the Bombay High Court has reprimanded Maharashtra's cricket body for the many litres of water it will use to prepare pitches for the world's richest cricket tournament at a time when large parts of the state are reeling under drought.
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A Sign of Things to Come? Water Cut Shuts Down Mumbai School
The recent water cuts have left the students of an Andheri school high and dry - without enough water even in the toilets, the school has been forced to cancel classes for the past few days.
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Maharashtra to Dig 1,00,000 Wells to Combat Water Crisis
With a drought threat looming, Maharashtra plans to dig a whopping 100,000 wells and create 50,000 farm ponds from August 15, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced in Mumbai on Thursday.
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Rural India Runs Dry As Thirsty Megacity Mumbai Sucks Water
Far from the gleaming high-rises of India's financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity's water are running dry -- a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying problems.
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Mumbai Hotel With Karnataka Rebels Cancels DK Shivakumar's Reservation
Karnataka Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar had booked a room in the Mumbai hotel where rebel Congress and JD(S) legislators from the state are staying, but the reservation was cancelled "due to some emergency", the hotel said today.
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Bungalows Of Devendra Fadnavis, 18 Ministers Owe Lakhs In Water Bills
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has declared Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' official residence - 'Varsha' bungalow - a defaulter with water bill dues running into lakhs
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How Bad Is Maharashtra Farmer Crisis? 8 Suicides Every Day For 4 Years
As many as 12,021 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra from 2015 to 2018 for reasons that included bank loans and crop failure, averaging eight deaths a day. This number is over double that of the preceding four-year period from January 2011 to December 2014, when 6,268 farmers killed themselves.
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Water Crisis Hits Maharashtra Villages Despite State's Drought-Free Goal
A village in Aurangabad, some 400 km from state capital Mumbai, is grappling with severe water crisis after the canals here ran dry recently.
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"No Water To Drink": Nearly Half Of Maharashtra Declared Drought-Hit
Almost half of Maharashtra has been declared drought with farmers from across the state seeking emergency help. Distressed farmers came to Mumbai demanding drought declaration and seeking relief from the state. The state reportedly received only 77 per cent of its average rainfall this year.
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Indian Railways Opens Its Reservoirs to Scarcity-hit Thane, Navi Mumbai
After water trains for drought-ravaged Latur in Marathwada, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has now ordered that water from railway dams be released to tackle water crisis in Thane and Navi Mumbai.
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IPL 2016: Another PIL Filed, This Time in Rajasthan High Court on Use of Water For Matches
The Public Interest Litigation said there is an acute water crisis in Jaipur and entire Rajasthan and thus the matches would be a wastage of water.
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Mumbai's Lifeline Western, Central Railways Respond To Water Crisis
Just a few days ago, Relief and Rehabilitation minister Eknath Khadse came under severe fire after 10,000 litres of water were used to prepare a temporary helipad in Latur so he could review the drought situation there. But believe it or not, the same quantity of water was being used to wash just a single 12-car local train in Mumbai. Thankfully, t...
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Indian Premier League: Anurag Thakur to Meet Mumbai Indians, Rising Pune Supergiants to Discuss Maharashtra Crisis
Indian Premier League teams Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants will be asked to have a contingency plan ready in case matches have to be shifted out of drought-affected Maharashtra
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Taking A Train To Fetch Water Near Mumbai, As Court Hears IPL vs Drought
As the Bombay High Court hears a petition against lakhs of litres of water being used to prepare cricket pitches for the Indian Premier League, not many kilometres away in Thane, 30-year-old Pratibha Patil travels 10 km by train to fetch two cans of water.
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Thane Launches Toll Free Number To Tackle Water Crisis
In view of severe water shortage in Mumbai's adjoining Thane, the district administration here has set up a round-the-clock control room and launched a toll free number to receive complaints against misuse or commercialisation of water.
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'People More Important Or IPL?' Court Raps Mumbai Cricket Body Over Water
Three days before the Indian Premier League begins, the Bombay High Court has reprimanded Maharashtra's cricket body for the many litres of water it will use to prepare pitches for the world's richest cricket tournament at a time when large parts of the state are reeling under drought.
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A Sign of Things to Come? Water Cut Shuts Down Mumbai School
The recent water cuts have left the students of an Andheri school high and dry - without enough water even in the toilets, the school has been forced to cancel classes for the past few days.
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Maharashtra to Dig 1,00,000 Wells to Combat Water Crisis
With a drought threat looming, Maharashtra plans to dig a whopping 100,000 wells and create 50,000 farm ponds from August 15, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced in Mumbai on Thursday.
