Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Drought-in-Maharashtra-27MZIFJ6DXO75.htmlConceptually similarDry Pomegranate Plantation in MaharashtraGP0STPS92Completed★★★★Drought in MaharashtraGP0STPOUACompleted★★★★★★★Dried Pomegranate Farm in MaharashtraGP04MTBCompleted★★★★Dried Canal in MaharashtraGP0STPOU4Completed★★★★Dried Pomegranate Farm in MaharashtraGP04MSYCompleted★★★★Dried Drains of Bindusara Dam in MaharashtraGP04MTACompleted★★★★Drought in MaharashtraGP0STPOTNCompleted★★★★Dry Pond in MaharashtraGP0STPOTYCompleted★★★★★★Power Plant under Construction in MaharashtraGP0STPOTSCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STPOTZDrought in MaharashtraA dried burnt field of pomegranate due to lack of water at Shirnandgi village of Mangalwedha taluk, Solapur district in Maharashtra.Locations:Asia-India-Maharashtra-South AsiaDate:6 Mar, 2016Credit:© Subrata Biswas / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4500px X 3000pxKeywords:Agricultural land-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Climate change impacts-Coal-Day-Destruction-Drought-Dry-KWCI (GPI)-Natural disasters-Outdoors-Trees-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.Related Collections:World Water Day 2016
