Vidarbha Drought

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  50 Degrees In Rajasthan's Churu, Red Heatwave Alert In North India, Vidarbha

  A red heatwave warning was issued for Maharashtra's drought-prone Vidarbha district, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan, where Churu recorded a day temperature of 50 degrees Celsius - the second hottest day ever recorded in May since May 19, 2010. The meteorological department also issued a red rain alert for Assam, Meghala...

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  Maharashtra Declares Drought In Over 29,000 Villages

  The BJP-led Government in Maharashtra has declared drought in over 29,000 villages of the state, mostly in parched Marathwada and Vidarbha regions where the grim situation was earlier described as 'drought-like.'

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  Dalit Man, Refused Water, Dug His Own Well, Says ‘All Are Welcome’

  Bapurao Tajne looks down at his hands, tired with blisters, with discernible pride. For 40 days, in heat that refused to move south of 40 degrees, he spent his days raising his axe to the sun, and then bringing it down. Six hours a day, over and over, the same steady motion, sweat flowing across his body. And then he found it. 15 feet below the par...

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  Shift Indian Premier League Matches Out of Maharashtra Due to Drought: BJP

  Mumbai BJP Secretary has asked Board of Control for Cricket in India President for the change as a cricket field requires three lakh litres of water per week, especially at a time when Marathwada and Vidarbha have seen the least amount of rainfall in the last two years

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  Declare Suicide Prone Areas As Organic Farming Zones In Maharashtra: Activist

  In the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitch for expansion of organic farming across the country, a prominent farm activist has urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to ban the use of chemicals in 14 suicide prone districts of the state.

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  Ignoring Drought-Hit Farmers Could Lead to a 'Bloody Revolution': Nana Patekar

  In a move that would make him appear to be a misfit in Bollywood, Nana Patekar spends his weekends in Maharashtra's suicide belts of Marathwada and Vidarbha.

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  Fear of Drought Makes Distressed Farmers Seek Permission to Die

  Seven farmers from Maharashtra's Wardha district have written to the state government seeking permission to kill themselves. Deficient rainfall and hailstorms earlier this year had destroyed their crops, and they have not been given the promised compensation by the government since January this year.

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  In Vidarbha, First the Skies Dried Up, Then the Government's Promises

  First the skies dried up, and then it rained heavily, too heavily for Ramesh Khamankar's cotton crop. In January, the cotton farmer from Maharashtra's Vidarbha region poisoned himself to death.

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  Heavy Rain, Hailstorm Damage Standing Crop in Northern Maharashtra

  An unseasonal bout of heavy rain and hailstorm has damaged the entire standing crop in northern Maharashtra, leaving farmers with no options but to take desperate steps.

• Widespread rains in Vidarbha region, three killed

  Three persons were killed due to heavy rains in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, official sources said today.

• Drought-like situation looming large over Vidarbha

  The entire Vidarbha region in Maharashtra is facing a drought-like situation following huge water scarcity due to drying of lakes and wells in most of the villages due to intense heat wave conditions.

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  Drought-hit Vidarbha prays for rain

  There are many regions in the country, parts of states, which are in the midst of a terrible drought - like Vidarbha.