Threat of drought looms large over state, is govt aware of severity of situation, asks Wadettiwar

Threat of drought looms large over state, is govt aware of severity of situation, asks Wadettiwar

Mumbai, Sep 21 (PTI) Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra assembly Vijay Wadettiwar on Thursday said the threat of drought looms large over the state and wondered if the Eknathi Shinde government was aware of the severity of the situation. He said 13 districts have received below-average rainfall in the last one and a half months. […]

1,555 farmer suicides, drought looms large, is govt aware of severity of situation: Wadettiwar

Wadettiwar said the Aurangabad division has seen 584 farmer suicides. While Nashik division saw 174 such deaths, Nagpur and Pune divisions reported 144 and 16 farmer suicides, he said. There were no farmer suicides in Konkan division and the districts of Pune and Kolhapur, he said.