case study of water crises in Maharashtra
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The water crisis in Maharashtra has many facets to it: There’s the massive irrigation scam, diversion to industry, growing demand from urban conglomerates and unhealthy consumption of water for sugarcane cultivation.
As noted by the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices, sugarcane cultivation in Maharashtra on about 3 percent of the total cropped area in the state uses "close to 60 percent of the irrigation water leading to massive inequity in the use of water within the state." The Commission has also noted that Uttar Pradesh is 106 percent more efficient than Maharashtra if productivity is measured on the basis of water consumed...".
It is clear that Maharashtra has suffered water mismanagement and misgovernance for decades together. It is in this context that the facts need to open up before the public on the precise state of diversion of water to industry.