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Savita Malhari Deshmukh of Pisore village in Ahmednagar standing …
Savita Malhari Deshmukh of Pisore village in Ahmednagar standing …
village well located right next to a check dam is almost dry. …
check dam built by the agriculture department is leaking with its …
more and more irrigation wells are being dug in private farms …
Kunjaram Sampat Awhad (53) in his field of dried out sweet lime. …
Kunjaram Sampat Awhad (53) in his field of dried out sweet lime. …
Awhad's well, located a few steps away from his orchard, is only …
Despite a well laid out network of pipes for drinking water, …
Despite a well laid out network of pipes for drinking water, …
Burned out fields are a common sight in Jalna. So are the sudden, …
Dr M N Khadse of non-profit Dharamitra, he who is also member of …
Dr M N Khadse of non-profit Dharamitra, he who is also member of …
sugarCane awaits crushing at a sugar factory in Beed district
sugarCane awaits crushing at a sugar factory in Beed district
Farmer Rahul Kargode of village Pali in Beed district pays Rs 200 …
Water tank in village Gourwadi is full but villagers are not able …
Residents of village Gourwadi.
Sugarcane felling in Beed district.
Desolate landscape of Marathwada : soil erosion is high here.
Farmer Motiram Gadge, till he moved his animals into a cattle camp,…
A farmer goes down into the dry bed of the Babhulgaon dam to …
Taramati Wadke, small eatery owner, has to shell out Rs 300 daily …
A faultily constructed Kolhapuri wier in village Antarwali in …
A silted over check-dam in village Ambhi. New structures are …
A silted over check-dam in village Ambhi. New structures are …
A farmer chops sugarcane for fodder at a cattle camp. While …
Symbolic picture : Farmer at cattle camp
Symbolic picture : Farmer at cattle camp
Gorakh Jhinjhade of village Pothre has sunk 11 borewells in the …
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Savita Malhari Deshmukh of Pisore village in Ahmednagar standing in her 5 acre farm, which has failed despite drip irrigation. Chincholi village
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Savita Malhari Deshmukh of Pisore village in Ahmednagar standing in her 5 acre farm, which has failed despite drip irrigation. Chincholi village
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Village well located right next to a check dam is almost dry. whatever happened to the water table?
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Check dam built by the agriculture department is leaking with its foundation having no concrete, say local villagers
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More and more irrigation wells are being dug in private farms despite the depleting water table in Hastapokhri village, Ambad taluka, Jalna district
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Kunjaram Sampat Awhad (53) in his field of dried out sweet lime. Even after hacking down half his orchard last year, he will soon be forced to hack the remain orchard, too
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Kunjaram Sampat Awhad (53) in his field of dried out sweet lime. Even after hacking down half his orchard last year, he will soon be forced to hack the remain orchard, too
March, 2013 ,
Maharashtra
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Awhad's well, located a few steps away from his orchard, is only full of silt in its bottom
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Despite a well laid out network of pipes for drinking water, villagers of Hastapokhri have to draw water from a lone well which has little more than silt left.
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Despite a well laid out network of pipes for drinking water, villagers of Hastapokhri have to draw water from a lone well which has little more than silt left.
Akshay Deshmane ,
Crops ,
Dams ,
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Drinking Water ,
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Burned out fields are a common sight in Jalna. So are the sudden, unexpected sights of large, bright green fields fed with sufficient water. Owned by big land owning farmers, such fields are fed water by tankers. They are also markers of the disparity in
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Dr M N Khadse of non-profit Dharamitra, he who is also member of Maharashtra State Water Conservation Advisory Council and Vidarbha Statutory Development Board.
March, 2013 ,
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Dr M N Khadse of non-profit Dharamitra, he who is also member of Maharashtra State Water Conservation Advisory Council and Vidarbha Statutory Development Board.
March, 2013 ,
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SugarCane awaits crushing at a sugar factory in Beed district
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SugarCane awaits crushing at a sugar factory in Beed district
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Farmer Rahul Kargode of village Pali in Beed district pays Rs 200 for 500 litres of drinking water every two-three days. Since his borewell ran dry, his cane crop is withering (background).
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Water tank in village Gourwadi is full but villagers are not able to use it either for drinking or for agriculture. Villagers' request for repairing a tank closer to the village for drinking water was turned down and a pipeline from this tank to the villa
March, 2013 ,
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Residents of village Gourwadi.
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Sugarcane felling in Beed district.
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Desolate landscape of Marathwada : soil erosion is high here.
March, 2013 ,
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Farmer Motiram Gadge, till he moved his animals into a cattle camp, had to walk them 14 km everyday to the Babhulgaon dam (background) for water
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A farmer goes down into the dry bed of the Babhulgaon dam to fetch his animals.
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Taramati Wadke, small eatery owner, has to shell out Rs 300 daily for 800 litres of water to run the eatery.
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A faultily constructed Kolhapuri wier in village Antarwali in Osmanabad district. Villagers have stored the metal slats used to check water flow in the panchayat building to prevent them from rusting.
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A silted over check-dam in village Ambhi. New structures are being undertaken under IWMP in the village while residents' demand that old check-dams be desilted are being ignored.
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A silted over check-dam in village Ambhi. New structures are being undertaken under IWMP in the village while residents' demand that old check-dams be desilted are being ignored.
Aparna Pallavi ,
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dams ,
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A farmer chops sugarcane for fodder at a cattle camp. While rainfed millet crops which also supply fodder have withered in the drought, cane, irrigated by dam water or borewell water, is in excess supply.
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Symbolic picture : Farmer at cattle camp
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Symbolic picture : Farmer at cattle camp
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Gorakh Jhinjhade of village Pothre has sunk 11 borewells in the last two years at a cost of Rs 4 lakh in a desperate bid to save his lemon orchard.
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