Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Child-at-Water-Supply-in-Beed-District-27MZIFJ6DXCEB.htmlConceptually similarDrought in MaharashtraGP0STPOTICompleted★★★★Cattle Drinking Water in Beed DistrictGP0STPOTPCompleted★★★★Villagers Collect Water in Beed DistrictGP0STPOTJCompleted★★★★Villager in Beed District Collects WaterGP0STPOTQCompleted★★★★Farmer at Dried Burnt Field in Beed DistrictGP0STPOTUCompleted★★★★Villager in Beed District Collects WaterGP0STPS8VCompleted★★★★Dried Drains of Bindusara Dam in MaharashtraGP04MTACompleted★★★★Power Plant in MaharashtraGP0STPOTOCompleted★★★★Drought in MaharashtraGP0STPOTLCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STPOTMChild at Water Supply in Beed DistrictVillagers in Beed district have to travel far for collecting water due to the poor rainfall in 2015, making it one of the worse affected districts in the drought of 2015-16.Locations:Asia-India-Maharashtra-South AsiaDate:8 Mar, 2016Credit:© Subrata Biswas / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4500px X 3000pxKeywords:Boys-Children-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Climate change impacts-Day-Drought-Dry-Farmers-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Natural disasters-One person-Outdoors-Pumps-WaterShoot:Drought in Maharashtra, IndiaThe State Government of Maharashtra has already declared 15747 villages of 12183 Gram Panchayats in 21 districts as drought affected, under relevant State regulations in October 2015.Solapur is an arid district with normal rainfall averaging about 500 mm, which is quite low. The sugar cane cultivation in Solapur district and the sugar processing factories consume a huge volume of the stored water from Ujjani Dam. The drinking water needs of Solapur town is also met by the dam. The 2015 monsoon provided a paltry 200 mm of rainfall, making it one of the worse affected districts in the drought of 2015-16.
