सूखे से समाज ने ली सीख
Jun 8, 2013
Drought in Maharashtra: natural calamity or self-made?
May 14, 2013
Salman's NGO to send water tankers to drought-hit Maharashtra
May 7, 2013
Vintage car club organises rally to raise money for drought in Maharashtra
Apr 20, 2013
This monsoon, Karnataka farmers sowing 'seeds of hope'
Written by Radhika Iyer | Sunday June 16, 2013
The monsoon has already made its entry in the country but farmers in Karnataka are anxious. The state had recently experienced a severe drought that also hit Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra.
Government outlines Rs 60,000 crore programme for making Maharashtra drought-free
Press Trust of India | Friday June 7, 2013
Severely hit by drought since the past few years, the Maharashtra government has outlined a Rs 60,000 crore programme which includes creating decentralised water storage to make the state drought-free in three years.
Maharashtra's sugar mills: not a sweet deal
Written by Syed Imtiaz Jaleel | Thursday May 23, 2013
Most parts of Maharashtra face drought almost every year. At times it is due to natural reasons, many a times, it is man-made. 2013 has been dubbed as a man-made drought, simply because of wrong policies and rampant corruption in the water business o...
Help pours in for Maharashtra drought victims
Written by Saurabh Gupta | Tuesday May 7, 2013
As Maharashtra grapples with severe drought, citizens across the state are donating generously to the Chief Minister's relief fund. Rs. 116 crore has been collected so far from citizens and organisations.
Salman Khan's NGO to send 2,500 water tankers to drought-hit Maharashtra
Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 7, 2013
Bollywood star Salman Khan's 'Being Human' foundation has come forward to offer help in the drought-hit Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
In Maharashtra, cops guard water to prevent theft in drought-hit areas
Saurabh Gupta | Saturday May 4, 2013
In an unprecedented move, cops in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district have been deployed to prevent possible theft of water in drought-affected Marathwada region, after the Bombay High Court ordered release of water to the reservoirs in the area.
Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 24, 2013
Veteran playback singer Asha Bhosale today contributed Rs five lakh towards the Maharashtra Chief Minister's drought relief fund.
For India's drought-hit states, on-track Monsoon may be too late
Reuters | Wednesday April 24, 2013
India may be heading for another bumper grain harvest, if the first forecast for this year's monsoon proves correct, but the rain may be too little - and too late - for southern and western states already parched by the worst drought in four decades.
Vintage car club organises rally to raise money for drought in Maharashtra
Written by Saurabh Gupta | Saturday April 20, 2013
The Vintage & Classic Car Club of India (VCCCI) has organised an exhibition of vintage and classic cars at the Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai. The money raised through this exhibition will be donated to the Chief Minister's Drought Relief Fund. The ...
Crores spent, but where are the dams? Auditor slams Maharashtra government
Reported by Tejas Mehta; Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Thursday April 18, 2013
As farmers in Maharashtra are being battered by drought, a new stinging report by the state's auditor blames the government for grossly mishandling irrigation projects.
Ajit Pawar's day-long fast to repent 'urine' remark
Reported by Rashmi Rajput (With inputs from PTI), Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Sunday April 14, 2013
A week after he made a crass remark ridiculing a farmer who was on a hunger strike on the drought situation in the state, Maharashtra Deputy Chief minister Ajit Pawar, as an act of his repentance, is on a day-long hunger strike in the Satara district...
Sharad Pawar refutes allegations that politicians diverting dam water in Maharashtra
Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Sunday April 14, 2013
Days after the Bombay High Court ordered the Maharashtra government to release water to the Ujani dam in Solapur, Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said the decision earlier to not release water was ri...
Sharad Pawar on nephew Ajit's crass remarks: He has apologised, matter should end now
Saurabh Gupta | Saturday April 13, 2013
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar today said the controversy over his nephew and Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's comments about urinating in a dam to fill it up should end as the minister has apologised. His remarks came ...
Ajit Pawar diverted farm water to industries, alleges Pune NGO
Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Thursday April 11, 2013
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar illegally diverted water meant for farmers to industries in his family stronghold of Pune district, an NGO has alleged.
Ajit Pawar's shocking remark: Insulted farmer to protest outside chief minister's residence
Edited by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Tuesday April 9, 2013
The farmer whose hunger strike provoked Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar to make a crass remark on drought-hit Maharashtra's water shortage, is shifting his protest today from Mumbai's Azad Maidan to outside the house of the Chief Minister, who is li...
