Yavatmal: The Irrigation Department in the district has reserved over 43 million cubic metres (mcm) of water from its nine water resources to tackle the impending water scarcity here.
One man stands surrounded by the debris of agricultural distress in this country: Sharad Pawar. In his second term as Agriculture Minister, he faces the formidable task of redeeming himself by solving the farm crisis that has claimed so many lives in India
Can solar power match nuclear energy? While solar energy may be nothing but nuclear energy produced by sun rays, the earthen reality is that it's too expensive yet to match coal-based or nuclear power
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Nagpur: Greenpeace, an NGO, has set up solar panels at two schools to power 10 fans and two computers at Jalka village in Yavatmal district of Vidarbha, visited last year by Rahul Gandhi to meet Kalavati, the widow of a farmer who had committed suicide.
