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In this Amravati village, people have to go 40 feet down to fetch drinking
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Amravati (Maharashtra) [India], June 8 (ANI): People in Melghat, who have been facing severe water crisis, are forced to go as deep as 40 feet inside wells to fetch drinking water.
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Maharashtra drought: Ramdev urges people not to waste water
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 6 (ANI): Yoga guru Ramdev on Thursday urged people not to waste water and utilise every drop in the wake of dried water sources in Maharashtra.
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Maharashtra govt allocates Rs 30 crore for cloud seeding
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Maharashtra [India], May 28 (ANI): Amid reports of deficit rainfall in the state, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday allocated Rs 30 crore for cloud seeding during this year's monsoon season.
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Water crisis returns to haunt Latur
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Latur (Maharashtra) [India], May 18 (ANI): With the onset of summer, the water crisis has returned to haunt the people of Latur. What further worsens the situation is the scanty rain the district receives every year. People's only source of water is a tanker which reaches them, but not so
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Sharad Pawar urges govt to act on severe drought situation in Maharashtra
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 15 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Supremo and Rajya Sabha Member from Maharashtra, Sharad Pawar wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over the drought condition across the state.
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Maharashtra: Villages in Beed district face acute water shortage
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Beed (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 17 (ANI): Villagers from the Beed district are not getting enough drinking water in their area. The Babi village in the district is one such village, where villagers have to walk under the scorching sun for kilometres to get some drinking water as they face an
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Fadnavis thanks PM Modi for 'historic' drought relief package
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said financial assistance of Rs 4,714 crore from the Centre for drought-affected areas of Maharashtra is indeed a “historic package” that would be of great help to the farmers.
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Maharashtra govt to disburse Rs 2900 crore for drought relief measures
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai [Maharashtra], Jan 25 (ANI): The Maharashtra government has announced disbursement of Rs 2,900 crore for relief measures in the drought-affected areas of the state.
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Maharashtra govt declares 151 talukas drought-hit
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [Mumbai], Oct 31 (ANI): The Maharashtra government on Wednesday declared 151 talukas (administrative divisions) in 26 different districts drought-hit. Out of 151, 112 talukas have been declared severely drought-hit while the remaining 39 talukas are affected by medium d
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