Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Farmer-with-Cattle-in-Maharashtra-27MZIFJ6DXLT7.htmlConceptually similarFarmer with Cattle in MaharashtraGP0STPOU5Completed★★★★★★Dried Canal in MaharashtraGP0STPOTVCompleted★★★★Villagers Collecting Water in MaharashtraGP0STPOU7Completed★★★★Cattle Camp in MaharashtraGP04MTCCompleted★★★★Villagers Collecting Water in MaharashtraGP0STPOTWCompleted★★★★Ramdara Medium Irrigation Scheme in MaharashtraGP04MTHCompleted★★★★Dried Drains of Mahasangvi Talab in MaharashtraGP04MT9Completed★★★★Displaced Farmer in IndiaGP04MT8Completed★★★★Dried Sugar Cane Crop in MaharastraGP04MT6Completed★★★★View AllGP0STPOU0Farmer with Cattle in MaharashtraA farmer at the cattle fodder camp at Andora village, Kalamb Taluka, Osmanabad district of Maharashtra.Locations:Asia-India-Maharashtra-South AsiaDate:7 Mar, 2016Credit:© Subrata Biswas / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4500px X 3000pxKeywords:Cattle-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Climate change impacts-Day-Drought-Dry-Farmers-KWCI (GPI)-Local population-Men-Natural disasters-One person-Outdoors-Oxen-Villages-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.
