Question

introduction drought in Maharashtra ?
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Answer 1

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The state has seven per cent of the required water in reserves. Most of the districts in Maharashtra have been declared drought-affected. In the worst affected regions like, Marathawada, the lack of adequate water supply has allowed tanker mafias to expand their illegal operations

Answer 2

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Drought is one of the most common disaster which happened because of water scarcity this leads to too many death and Severe casualties too.

Maharashtra is experiencing drought this year too. Why does this happen every year?

For this, we need to understand the geographical and climatic situation of Maharashtra. As high as 80% to 84% of the agriculture in Maharashtra is rainfed, which means that it totally depends on rainfall for its crops but there is a huge variability in rainfall in different regions of the state.

One-third of the state falls under the semi-arid climatic zone and has its agriculture dependent on the monsoons. Deficient rainfall is reported once every 5 years and drought conditions occur once every 8-9 years.

Many districts have been experiencing

severe drought over the last three years

due to deficient rainfall and this has

further worsened the situation with a

drastic drop in groundwater levels,

acute water shortages and severe loss

of crops during the kharif and rabi

seasons.