Marathwada Farmers

Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said the state government should provide immediate assistance to farmers affected by heavy rain and flooding in Marathwada, without waiting for individual panchnamas.

Certain water and irrigation schemes are being halted in Marathwada, and there is fear that this may lead to farmer suicides in the drought-prone region if it doesn't get sufficient rainfall, BJP MLA Prashant Bamb has said.

If Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray dived into his new role as the Maharashtra chief minister right after his oath ceremony on Thursday evening, ally-turned-political rival Devendra Fadnavis seemed just as eager to fill the opposition leader's shoes.

A group of farmers from Beed in central Maharashtra, which has witnessed scanty rains this monsoon, met officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Pune on Monday and said its "inaccurate" rain forecast misled them.

Farmers from a village in Marathwada region have filed a police complaint against the India Meteorological Department, accusing it of colluding with seed and pesticide manufacturers and inflating the monsoon forecast figures.

Maharashtra is among the states that have witnessed maximum farmer suicides and much of it has been blamed on successive droughts, which many say can be prevented with better water management especially in areas like Marathwada that get less rainfall.

Two debt-ridden farmers ended life in the last 48 hours in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, officials said.

Thirty-four farmers have committed suicide in Marathwada region of Maharashtra in the last eight days, a government report said on Wednesday.

Farmers from a village in Marathwada region today filed a police complaint against the India Meteorological Department, accusing it of colluding with seed and pesticide manufacturers and inflating the monsoon forecast figures.

It is mid-April and the Beed district of Marathwada has already seen 44 farmer suicides since the beginning of the year.

Drought, crop failure and farmer suicides. Those are the headlines emerging from Maharashtra's rain shadow region of Marathwada.

Hardening its stand against ruling partner BJP, whom it has kept out of the party's golden jubilee celebrations tomorrow, Shiv Sena today fired a fresh salvo at the Narendra Modi government over the plight of drought-hit farmers in Marathwada region of Maharashtra.

Where is the monsoon? A question that cotton farmer Govardhan Ghadage thought was already answered with the Met Department's positive forecast. But with pre monsoon showers too vanishing in drought hit Marathwada's Beed district, Mr Ghadage is fearing the worst. As seeds worth Rs 15,000 that have already been sown are now at risk.

In parched Latur in Maharashtra, a team of BJP lawmakers reviewing welfare schemes was greeted with fireworks on Sunday. The opposition as well as BJP's ally Shiv Sena have called it shameful and insensitive in a region in which farmers are living in despair.

The police say the two were fed up with the financial stress they were under due to a failed crop and mounting debt.

Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said the state government should provide immediate assistance to farmers affected by heavy rain and flooding in Marathwada, without waiting for individual panchnamas.

Certain water and irrigation schemes are being halted in Marathwada, and there is fear that this may lead to farmer suicides in the drought-prone region if it doesn't get sufficient rainfall, BJP MLA Prashant Bamb has said.

If Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray dived into his new role as the Maharashtra chief minister right after his oath ceremony on Thursday evening, ally-turned-political rival Devendra Fadnavis seemed just as eager to fill the opposition leader's shoes.

A group of farmers from Beed in central Maharashtra, which has witnessed scanty rains this monsoon, met officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Pune on Monday and said its "inaccurate" rain forecast misled them.

Farmers from a village in Marathwada region have filed a police complaint against the India Meteorological Department, accusing it of colluding with seed and pesticide manufacturers and inflating the monsoon forecast figures.

Maharashtra is among the states that have witnessed maximum farmer suicides and much of it has been blamed on successive droughts, which many say can be prevented with better water management especially in areas like Marathwada that get less rainfall.

Two debt-ridden farmers ended life in the last 48 hours in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, officials said.

Thirty-four farmers have committed suicide in Marathwada region of Maharashtra in the last eight days, a government report said on Wednesday.

Farmers from a village in Marathwada region today filed a police complaint against the India Meteorological Department, accusing it of colluding with seed and pesticide manufacturers and inflating the monsoon forecast figures.

It is mid-April and the Beed district of Marathwada has already seen 44 farmer suicides since the beginning of the year.

Drought, crop failure and farmer suicides. Those are the headlines emerging from Maharashtra's rain shadow region of Marathwada.

Hardening its stand against ruling partner BJP, whom it has kept out of the party's golden jubilee celebrations tomorrow, Shiv Sena today fired a fresh salvo at the Narendra Modi government over the plight of drought-hit farmers in Marathwada region of Maharashtra.

Where is the monsoon? A question that cotton farmer Govardhan Ghadage thought was already answered with the Met Department's positive forecast. But with pre monsoon showers too vanishing in drought hit Marathwada's Beed district, Mr Ghadage is fearing the worst. As seeds worth Rs 15,000 that have already been sown are now at risk.

In parched Latur in Maharashtra, a team of BJP lawmakers reviewing welfare schemes was greeted with fireworks on Sunday. The opposition as well as BJP's ally Shiv Sena have called it shameful and insensitive in a region in which farmers are living in despair.

The police say the two were fed up with the financial stress they were under due to a failed crop and mounting debt.