Tag: Drought

Politics

Drought at the centre of the Dasara rallies: Uddhav Thackeray at Shivaji Park, Eknath Shinde at NESCO; who said what

Both Shiv Sena factions held their Dasara rallies in Mumbai today. Drought and aid for farmers ran through both speeches. The main points of Uddhav Thackeray’s and Eknath Shinde’s speeches, side by side.

Mumbai City, 11 hours ago

Maharashtra
Chandrapur's Mahakali festival drops entertainment programmes over drought; savings to go to farmers
Because of the drought in the state, all entertainment programmes at Chandrapur's Shri Mata Mahakali festival have been cancelled, and the money saved will go to drought-hit farmers through the chief minister.
Chandrapur, 11 October 2026
Education
Drought: Class 10 and 12 exam fees waived for 82,074 students in Latur district
With the whole of Latur district declared drought-hit, the zilla parishad education department has told schools not to collect examination fees from 82,074 students taking the Class 10 and 12 exams in February and March.
Latur, 11 October 2026
Agriculture
Crop loss assessments slow in Parbhani district; 1.27 lakh hectares still to be surveyed
Of 5,52,432 hectares of affected land in Parbhani district, loss assessments had been completed on 76.86% by October 8, leaving 1,27,841 hectares still to be covered.
Parbhani, 11 October 2026
Business
Jalgaon dairy union raises 'Vikas' milk prices by ₹2 a litre, third increase this year
The Jalgaon District Milk Union has raised the price of all its 'Vikas' brand milk by ₹2 a litre from Sunday, its third increase this year.
Jalgaon, 11 October 2026
Agriculture
Kurundwadi livestock keepers shown how to enrich soybean straw with urea as drought squeezes fodder
Twenty-four livestock keepers at Kurundwadi in Vasmat taluka were shown how to turn poor-quality fodder into nutritious feed under a fodder literacy campaign launched in view of the drought.
Hingoli, 11 October 2026
Agriculture
Joint inspection of pasture development at Chondi as fodder shortage looms
Grass planted at Chondi in Loha taluka under the forest department's pasture development scheme was recently inspected jointly to help keep fodder available for livestock during the drought.
Nanded, 11 October 2026
Business
Water shortage halts construction in Akola; labourers lose work and head home
With the collector halting construction to save water for drinking, Akola's building trade has come to a standstill, leaving labourers and businesses that depend on it in financial trouble.
Akola, 11 October 2026
Agriculture
Washim bans sale and transport of fodder outside the district as drought grips all six talukas
With drought declared in all six talukas of Washim district, collector Yogesh Kumbhejkar has banned the transport and sale of fodder to other districts and outside the state.
Washim, 11 October 2026
Agriculture
Fodder shortage drives Buldhana farmers to sell cattle; soybean pods fail to fill
With kharif crops lost to the dry spell, Buldhana now faces a fodder shortage, and many farmers are reluctantly selling their cattle at markets.
Buldhana, 11 October 2026
Agriculture
Rural job scheme to pause for 60 days at harvest; drought leaves farm labourers fearing a squeeze
Works under the Centre's VB-G RAM G rural employment scheme are to pause for 60 days during the harvest, raising fears of joblessness for farm labourers in drought-hit Nagpur district.
Nagpur, 11 October 2026
Agriculture
Yavatmal recorded 220 farmer suicides in nine months, 39 of them in September
Yavatmal district recorded 220 farmer suicides between January 1 and October 5, including 34 in August and 39 in September.
Yavatmal, 11 October 2026
Maharashtra
Buldhana's Nabhik community cancels jayanti procession, will give ₹51,000 to the CM's relief fund
The Nabhik community in Buldhana city has cancelled the evening procession for Veerratna Jivaji Mahale's birth anniversary and will give its cost, about ₹51,000, to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
Buldhana, 11 October 2026
Agriculture
Farm pond and drip irrigation keep a vineyard alive through the drought at Ambejawalge
By using water stored in a farm pond carefully through drip and sprinkler irrigation, Sunita Biranje of Ambejawalge in Dharashiv taluka has kept her two-acre vineyard alive despite the drought.
Dharashiv, 11 October 2026
Maharashtra
Bindusara lake, Beed city's water source, down to 5%; fodder left for just 15 days
The Bindusara lake that supplies Beed city has just 5 per cent usable storage left, against full capacity at this time last year, the central team's tour of the district found.
Beed, 11 October 2026
Business
Water shortage could delay about 20 proposed industrial projects in Chandrapur, warns MIDC industries body
A looming water shortage could disrupt industry across Vidarbha from December and hold up the start of around 20 proposed projects in Chandrapur district, the Chandrapur MIDC Industries Association has warned.
Chandrapur, 11 October 2026
Maharashtra
Nagpur district bans new borewells; Totaladoh holds half of what it did a year ago
With groundwater levels falling, Nagpur district has banned the digging of new borewells and the deepening of existing ones in urban and rural areas until further orders.
Nagpur, 11 October 2026
Maharashtra
No tap water for 15 days in Vakdi village of Bhokardan taluka; Jui dam dry
Water supply to Vakdi, a village of about 5,000 people in Bhokardan taluka, has been shut for 15 days, and residents are fetching water from private wells.
Jalna, 11 October 2026

Tag: Drought

Drought at the centre of the Dasara rallies: Uddhav Thackeray at Shivaji Park, Eknath Shinde at NESCO; who said what

Take up water conservation in every village to fight drought, CM says; Nashik zilla parishad tops Panchayat Raj awards

Soybean harvest nears end in Medshi circle with yields of just one to two quintals an acre

Over six lakh people in Ahilyanagar depend on hand pumps; 1,295 are dead and 1,056 unfit for drinking

Chandrapur's Mahakali festival drops entertainment programmes over drought; savings to go to farmers

Drought: Class 10 and 12 exam fees waived for 82,074 students in Latur district

Crop loss assessments slow in Parbhani district; 1.27 lakh hectares still to be surveyed

Jalgaon dairy union raises 'Vikas' milk prices by ₹2 a litre, third increase this year

Kurundwadi livestock keepers shown how to enrich soybean straw with urea as drought squeezes fodder

Joint inspection of pasture development at Chondi as fodder shortage looms

Water shortage halts construction in Akola; labourers lose work and head home

Washim bans sale and transport of fodder outside the district as drought grips all six talukas

Fodder shortage drives Buldhana farmers to sell cattle; soybean pods fail to fill

Rural job scheme to pause for 60 days at harvest; drought leaves farm labourers fearing a squeeze

Yavatmal recorded 220 farmer suicides in nine months, 39 of them in September

Buldhana's Nabhik community cancels jayanti procession, will give ₹51,000 to the CM's relief fund

Farm pond and drip irrigation keep a vineyard alive through the drought at Ambejawalge

Bindusara lake, Beed city's water source, down to 5%; fodder left for just 15 days

Water shortage could delay about 20 proposed industrial projects in Chandrapur, warns MIDC industries body

Nagpur district bans new borewells; Totaladoh holds half of what it did a year ago

No tap water for 15 days in Vakdi village of Bhokardan taluka; Jui dam dry

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