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As Maharashtra stares at a water crisis due to rain deficit, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule on Thursday demanded that the state government declare a drought in Maharashtra.
“Maharashtra has not witnessed rain in June and July. The rain is less than 68 per cent of the average, while in August till now, the rain is less than 80 per cent of the average. Majority of places have not witnessed rain. This is a terrible situation and farmers will lose their crops,” Sule said on X, formerly Twitter, adding that these farmers must get benefits of crop insurance.
The Opposition leader said that the state government must declare a drought. “The government must take precautions and ensure that drinking water tankers, fodder camps and other drought-related works are undertaken at the earliest,” she added.
Vijay Wadettiwar, Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly, on Thursday, said that the Maharashtra government should declare dry drought in the state.
The Indian Express on Thursday reported that with rain playing truant at the peak monsoon season, water stock in 964 dams in Marathwada region is just 31.62 per cent of its full capacity. In actual terms, water in these dams collectively is 22,94,970 million litres as against their maximum capacity of 72,58,830 million litres. A year ago, during the same period on August 23, the water level in dams across the Marathwada region, comprising eight districts, recorded 72.18 per cent.
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