Marathwada dam stock plunges to mere 8%
Mumbai: Even as politicians are busy criticizing Ajit Pawar’s jeering comment on drought, water stocks in all the dams in Marathwada touched the lowest level ever on Tuesday. Going by the information...
View ArticleMaharashtra government admits to rising farm suicides
1,166 farmers committed suicide in financial year 2012-13 The Maharashtra government has officially admitted to a rising farm suicide rate that saw, on an average, more than three farmers taking their...
View ArticleThundershower, hailstorm claim 3 lives in Marathwada
After Nagpur, Nashik and some other districts in Vidarbha, six districts in the Marathwada region were lashed by heavy unseasonal rain, claiming three lives while an Indian Army colonel suffered burns
View ArticleStrength of 348 dams suspect as no checks in 10 yrs: CAG
Budget Overshoots Estimates By Nearly Rs 70,000Cr A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has found the structural strength of 348 large dams suspect as they have not been inspected for over a
View ArticleNo records to show if theatre is in silence zone, NGT seeks licences
AURANGABAD: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone, Pune, headed by Justice Vikas Kingaonkar and expert member Ajay Deshpande, on Tuesday, took cognizance of the lack of records with the...
View ArticleIn Beed district, 105 farmers ended life in August alone
Marathwada is reeling under the worst drought in recent years, pushing scores of locals to migrate to cities in search of livelihood, with Beed witnessing a steep rise in farmer suicides accounting for
View ArticleMaharashtra: Marathwada sees 50 more farmer suicides in February
With 50 farmer suicides in February so far, this year’s toll has climbed to 139. As many as 50 farmers from Maharashtra’s drought-hit Marathwada region have committed suicide in the first three weeks
View Article'Saved' by Maharashtra beef ban, cattle are dying of thirst and hunger
Over the last six months, Laxman Ritapure lost ten of his cattle. Four cows, four bullocks and two calves. As Marathwada's searing drought lengthened into a second year, he ran out of water and fodder
View Article65 Marathwada farmers end lives in just 3 weeks
Aurangabad: Drought and debt continue to claim lives in Marathwada with as many as 65 farmers having committed suicide in the first three weeks of April. With this, the total number of farmer suicide...
View ArticleBusiness down 50% in drought-hit Marathwada village market
OSMANABAD: Rows of mangalsutras, anklets and earrings hang forlornly in Razzak Shaikh’s make-shift stall in Walvad village market in Osmanabad district’s arid Bhoom taluka. A few villagers linger to...
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