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"Until June 3, residents of 5,127 villages and 10,867 hamlets were solely dependent on tanker #water supply for their daily needs. Between May 20 and June 3 alone, 512 villages and 728 hamlets were added to the list of areas being catered." https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/simply-put-5000-dry-villages-in-maharashtra-6500-tankers-5777789/

Explained: How severe is the water crisis in Maharashtra? What measures has the government taken?

Record number of tankers are sole source of water in large parts of state. Behind the crisis, late monsoon following a deficit year, depleting groundwater in 279 talukas, under 10% live storage in 13 key reservoirs.

indianexpress.com

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Jun 16 2019 · 3:17 PM

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