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Avatar Posted by sandeshp 128 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: vidarbha farmer suicide drought
Relief is trickling in for Kalawati Bandurkar, the widow who has suddenly become the face of Vidarbha's agrarian crisis after Rahul Gandhi mentioned her during the Lok Sabha debate on Tuesday.

But the aid, all from individuals, remains meagre.

On Friday, the mother of nine broke down and threatened to end her life, saying she has only got visits from government officials but no assistance read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 132 days ago (http://www.dnaindia.com)
Category: General | Tags: drought load shedding power shortage
The acute power shortage in the state, aggravated by absence of rains, will hit the industries in Maharashtra the hardest.

Beginning Tuesday midnight, all industries in the state will have to face extra eight hours of load-shedding, over and above the 16 hours that they undergo every week.

If the power demand-supply situation does not improve, the staggering (load-shedding) could soon go u read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 133 days ago (http://www.dnaindia.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: farmer suicides rain failure drought
Farmers face a year without a steady source of income should the rains fail.

Even if rains now, farmers have no money to buy seeds and fertiliser again since the banks haven’t begun disbursement of credit.

Ramdas Vaidya, 60, a farmer in Amravati is worried. The seven acres he owns in the village of Sheoni Rasulapur wear a barren look. The first two sowings have not germinated.

First, he read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 136 days ago (http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: drought scanty rainfall farmer suicide
पाऊस गायब झाल्याने राज्यातील लहान-मोठ्या धरणांमध्ये पाण्याचा अल्प साठा शिल्लक असून, सर्व धरणांचे पाणी केवळ पिण्यासाठीच राखून ठेवण्याचा आणि ते शेती व अन्य कारणांसाठी न देण्याचा निर्णय जलसंपदा मंत्री अजित पवार यांनी गुरुवारी विधानसभेत जाहीर केला.

पावसाने दडी मारल्याने उद्भवलेल्या दुष्काळी परिस्थितीवर दोन्ही सभागृहातील चचेर्स उत्तर देताना ही घोषणा करण्यात आली. उजनी धरणात सध्या उणे २० टक्के पाणीसा read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 138 days ago (http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: drought water scarcity power shortage
पुणे आणि ठाण्यातील शून्य लोडशेडिंगसाठी ठरल्यापेक्षा जास्त वीज उपलब्ध होत नसल्याने बुधवारपासून पुणे भागात एक तास आणि ठाणे, नवी मुंबई, भांडुप, मुलुंड, कांजूरमार्ग, वाशी, पनवेल आणि नेरूळ येथे अडीच ते चार तासांच्या लोडशेडिंगची वीज कोसळणार आहे.

पावसाने पाठ फिरविल्याने राज्यावर दुष्काळाचे संकट ओढवले असून वीज व पाण्याचा गंभीर प्रश्न निर्माण झाला आहे. या संकटाला तोंड देण्यासाठी सरकार विविध उपाय करत आह read more »
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Avatar Posted by manishbhau 144 days ago (http://www.dnaindia.com)
Category: Agriculture | Tags: drought scanty rainfall farmer problem
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday declared a "drought-like" situation in the state.

The state cabinet took the decision at a meeting in view of below-average rainfall in many regions.

This, the cabinet said, has resulted in only 29 percent of sowing possible so far. read more »
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