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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Marathwada parched as watershed conservation remains neglected -Meena Menon

Marathwada parched as watershed conservation remains neglected -Meena Menon

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published Published on Apr 16, 2019   modified Modified on Apr 16, 2019
-Mongabay.com

* The Marathwada region in Maharashtra is in the midst of another drought. While most of the area is dry, some villages practising watershed development are surprisingly green.
* In the absence of political interventions some villages are going into self-help mode. Villagers allege vested interests in ‘man-made’ drought.
* Lack of policy changes and political will have also been blamed for current situation.
* Meena Menon travelled extensively through the drought-hit districts of Marathwada and writes about despair and hope in the region.

Every few years, the recurring drought in Marathwada region of Maharashtra is attributed to poor rains. Stop-gap arrangements for tanker water, fodder camps or jobs under the Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) cannot substitute for a much-needed review of the situation, which only seems to be deteriorating with each passing year, despite an occasional good monsoon.

The fact that this drought-prone area is host to many sugarcane factories and sugarcane farmers adds to the woes of farmers. This year, though, sugarcane factories are also suffering due to the lack of water and the next crushing season could see a 50 percent drop in harvest, as many farmers haven’t been able to plant anything. Yet sugarcane farming has overtaken horticulture and cotton as a cash crop with assured returns. That it uses up massive amounts of water is often glossed over.

Self-help is the best help

With the government failing them in many ways, people in the water-starved region have been fighting nature on their own by working out temporary and permanent solutions. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in Jalna district, under the guidance of Vijay Anna Borade of the Marathwada Sheti Sahayak Mandal (MSSM), has been doing pioneering work in setting up a working model for watershed management in the region.

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Mongabay.com, 15 April, 2019, https://india.mongabay.com/2019/04/marathwada-parched-as-watershed-conservation-remains-neglected/


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