The Amravati division comprising Amravati, Yavatmal, Akola, Buldana and Washim talukas are particularly affected, with only 427 tankers supplying drinking water.
Nagpur: Delayed and deficient rains this season, coupled with a drinking water and agrarian crisis have left Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region in the lurch.
The Amravati division comprising Amravati, Yavatmal, Akola, Buldana and Washim talukas are particularly affected, with only 427 tankers supplying drinking water. Prior to the arrival of monsoon, the number of tankers was 553. Only 63 per cent of sowing has been completed so far, as compared to 100 per cent achieved last year, according to Amravati’s Joint Director for Agriculture, Subhash Nagare.
Nagare added: “We expect the sowing to be completed by July 20, provided we get rainfall over the next five-six days.”
Till date, Amravati has received 74 per cent rainfall whereas Nagpur division got 77 per cent.
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