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Danger of forced migration looms large over drought-hit Marathwada region

-The New Indian Express

LATUR (Maharashtra):
The danger of forced migration looms large over Marathwada as the drought has worsened and the water crisis has deepened. Consecutive droughts and the use of tankers for water supply has earned the region the moniker ‘Tankerwada’. But the crisis this year is the worst, elders in the region say.

The state government declared drought in 17,985 villages on October 30 last year. After an assessment of ground conditions, 4,518 villages were added to the list. Since then the figure has gone up to 28,523, and providing water to the villages till the onset of the monsoon is going to be a huge challenge for the administration, a senior government official said.

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