Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Drought-in-Maharashtra-27MZIFJ6DX2BQ.htmlConceptually similarVillager in Beed District Collects WaterGP0STPS8VCompleted★★★★Child at Water Supply in Beed DistrictGP0STPOTMCompleted★★★★★★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★★★★Dried Drains of Bindusara Dam in MaharashtraGP04MTACompleted★★★★Dried Drains of Mahasangvi Talab in MaharashtraGP04MT9Completed★★★★Woman in Fodder Camp in MaharashtraGP04MTRCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STPOTIDrought in MaharashtraVillagers in Beed district have to travel far for collecting water nowadays as the 2015 monsoon provided a mere 200 mm of rainfall, making it one of the worse affected districts in the drought of 2015-16.Locations:Asia-India-Maharashtra-South AsiaDate:7 Mar, 2016Credit:© Subrata Biswas / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4500px X 3000pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Climate change impacts-Day-Drought-Dry-Farmers-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Natural disasters-Outdoors-Three people-Trees-Water-WomenShoot: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.
