Devendra Fadnavis’ drought-free Maharashtra plan by 2019 comes a cropper
Devendra Fadnavis’ drought-free Maharashtra plan by 2019 comes a cropper Second part of the series maps how over 40% talukas in the state still face water crisis Economy :-In April 2016, Maharashtra worked the water train to supply drinking water to dry spell influenced Latur. Around the same time, the state set out on its Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan to move toward becoming dry spell free by 2019. In spite of the goal-oriented arrangement, 40 percent of the state is reeling from dry season and its water tanker economy is blasting. Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan went for making Maharashtra a dry season free state by extending and broadening streams just as developing concrete and earthen stop dams, nullahs and burrowing ranch lakes. Yet, as of February 2019, the state government pronounced dry season in 151 of the 358 talukas. In these talukas, 28,524 towns have been announced dry season influenced. Of this, 112 are serious dry season hit. While activists state that the Jalyukt plan h...