The administration and people in drought-hit Marathwada are pinning their hopes on monsoon as only one per cent water is left in the dams of the parched region. "There is only one per cent water......
In the second drought fatality in a span of two days, an 11-year-old boy died while fetching water from a well in drought-hit Beed district of Marathwada on Thursday. Sachin Gopinath Kedar of Veeda......
The Maharashtra government on Tuesay banned digging of borewell below 200 feet in view of the acute water crisis in the state. Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Babanrao Lonikar said that any......
In more bad news for the drought-hit Marathwada region, only 3 per cent water is left in dams in the parched region, officials said on Tuesday. Eight of the region’s 11 major dams are at......
A large part of Maharashtra has been declared drought-hit. The government has failed to deal with the crisis, report Aparna Pallavi and Akshay Deshmane. In the past 10 years Rs 60,000 crore has......
The report of Parliament's standing committee on agriculture and genetically modified crops has asked for an end to all field trials for these. "Further research and development on transgenics in......