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How is 2012-13 Maharashtra drought worse than the one in 1972? [1]

Maharashtra is facing one of the worst droughts this year. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar as well as Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan have said that this year’s drought is worse drought than the one in 1972, which was termed as a ‘famine’. Maharashtra has the highest number of large dams in the country and is now claimed to be suffering the worst drought in four decades or more.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2013
Parineeta Dandekar [2], Himanshu Thakkar [3]
South Asia Network on Dams [4], Rivers & People [5]
Tags:
Droughts [6], Maharashtra [7], Rainfall [8], Rainfall Pattern [9], Agriculture [10], Monsoons [11], Water Management [12], Dams [13], River Basin [14]
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