35 tankers supply water to over 54,000 people in drought-hit Satara talukas

Satara: Water shortage has become acute in 39 villages and 236 wadis (hamlets) of Man, Khatav and Phaltan talukas in the district's drought belt. The district administration is running about 35 tankers, one government-owned and 34 private, to supply 54,257 people and 41,107 livestock, and has requisitioned 16 wells and nine borewells.

Man taluka is the worst hit: 45,702 people and 38,972 livestock in 31 villages and 200 hamlets are affected, and 30 tankers are running there. Ten wells and six borewells have been requisitioned, and villages in circles such as Dahiwadi, Shingnapur, Mhaswad, Mardi, Andhali and Kukudwad are being supplied by tanker.

In Khatav taluka, four private tankers serve 7,833 people in seven villages and 36 hamlets, and six wells and three borewells have been requisitioned around Mayani, Katarkhatav, Budh and Kaledhon. In Phaltan taluka, one private tanker has been started for 722 people in a village in the Dudhebavi circle.

The administration is trying to give relief to the affected areas through tanker trips and requisitioned wells.

Source: Pudhari