Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Dried-Canal-in-Maharashtra-27MZIFJ6DXFNX.htmlConceptually similarMan Carries Pot of Water in MaharashtraGP0STPOU8Completed★★★★Dried Drains of Mahasangvi Talab in MaharashtraGP04MT9Completed★★★★Water Pipeline for a Power Plant Being Built in SolapurGP0STPOTRCompleted★★★★Dried Canal in MaharashtraGP0STPOTVCompleted★★★★Dry Pond in MaharashtraGP0STPOTYCompleted★★★★★★Dried Sugar Cane Crop in MaharastraGP04MT6Completed★★★★Dried Drains of Bindusara Dam in MaharashtraGP04MTACompleted★★★★Dried Tree in MaharashtraGP04MSWCompleted★★★★Dried Canal from the Khadka Barrage in IndiaGP04MT5Completed★★★★View AllGP0STPOU4Dried Canal in MaharashtraA dried canal at Sohale village, Mohol taluka, Solapur district in Maharashtra, made for carrying water to remote villages from the Ujjani dam.Locations:Asia-India-Maharashtra-South AsiaDate:6 Mar, 2016Credit:© Subrata Biswas / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4500px X 3000pxKeywords:Canals-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Climate change impacts-Day-Drought-Dry-KWCI (GPI)-Natural disasters-Outdoors-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.
