-The Indian Express It’s not that Maharashtra has spent less on irrigation. The real problem is its high cost. Latur in Maharashtra has become a symbol of acute water scarcity. Several “jal doots” (water trains) had to ferry water to thirsty Latur. The Maharashtra government also imposed Section 144 to maintain law and order near water bodies/ distribution points. The high court intervened in the case of IPL matches and asked these...
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IMD: Drought Condition in India Will Remain for 30-45 Days
-The New Indian Express NEW DELHI: There seems to be no respite from searing heat for a month and half more with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) saying that the Drought condition prevailing in the country now will remain maximum for 30 to 45 days. IMD director B P Yadav said farmers faced two deficient rainfall years consecutively and the immediate solution is good monsoon and the weather office has predicted good...
More »A look at India's recurrent Drought problem -Srinivas Mazumdaru
-Deutsche Welle Over a quarter of India's population is affected by the ongoing Drought conditions prevailing in large parts of the country. DW examines the reasons behind the problem and the steps needed to alleviate it. The ongoing spell of Drought and severe water shortages are affecting more than 300 million people in the country, the Indian government said recently, turning the spotlight on a problem that has frequently plagued the...
More »In Latur, wells dry up for first time in 100 years -Syed Rizwanullah
-The Times of India Marathwada has seen terrible Droughts before. But never before did the two oldest wells in Wadval Nagnath village in Chakur taluka of Latur dry up. These wells have been around over 100 years. About eighty other wells -both old and new -situated in and around Wadval Nagnath, too, have almost dried up. Few borewells are functioning. "The owners have decided not to use the water for their crops...
More »Why blame only the IPL for water woes? -Amitangshu Acharya
-Hindustan Times In this epic Drought year in India, water is scarce, but not opinions. From newsprint to TV studios, perhaps more words have been either written or spoken than the total rainfall in Latur till now. Oddly enough, while one part of the nation had been reeling from water stress and agrarian crises for decades, the other part has willfully chosen to ignore it. So what led to this sudden...
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