At a time when neighbouring Maharashtra is facing the worst drought in 40 years, Gujarat is gearing up to conserve water on a war-footing: About five lakh people will gather in Rajkot district on M

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300 Families In Amreli Have Shifted To Coastal Areas With 8,000 Cattle

Rajkot: Dhandha nesh (traditional dwellings of maldharis) near Dhari, some 55 km from Amreli town, usually bustles with activity. People of this pastoral community sell milk to near-by dairies. In fact, this nesh is famous for its mava (milk solids used to make sweets), which is brought by large number of sweet shop owners.

Mysore: A herd of elephants has been shifted from neardry Bandipur to a deeper Mulehole area inside the sanctuary where active water bodies and fodder still exist.

Most of the waterholes and tanks in the Bandipur camp have gone dry in the very first week of summer, forcing the Bandipur tiger sanctuary authorities to move the elephants to leafy terrains in the interiors.

The Madhya Pradesh government had announced a bonus of Rs 150 over and above the MSP

Owing to arrival of the new wheat crop in western states, prices of the commodity have started falling. In Madhya Pradesh, set to be the largest wheat producer in a year, prices have fallen to below the minimum support price (MSP). Farmers in the state are selling wheat at Rs 1,350 a quintal, against the MSP of Rs 1,500 a quintal.

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Mahatma Gandhi University Vice-Chancellor A.V. George has called for the preparation of a comprehensive water management plan for the entire State as it faced the possibility of a severe drought.

He was inaugurating a seminar on ‘Groundwater Resource of Kerala: Retrospect and Prospects’ organised by the Department of Geology, Government College, Kottayam, on Wednesday.

Even as estimates of drought-related crop loss in the district have touched Rs 61 crore, a large number of minor irrigation projects, which are expected to provide solace to beleaguered farmers hit