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Ground water shrinks further in Marathwada region [1]

PUNE: The rising temperature and shrinking water stocks in Marathwada region has forced the authorities to increase water supply by tankers.

As many as 1,875 tankers are supplying drinking water to 1,646 villages and 749 hamlets in Marathwada. A week back, 1,413 villages and 743 hamlets were receiving drinking water from 1,733 tankers. Now 142 additional tankers have been deployed for supplying drinking water to 1,646 villages and 749 hamlets, stated the report of the Marathwada divisional commissionerate.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2013
Nikhil Deshmukh [2]
Times Of India (Pune) [3]
Tags:
Maharashtra [4], Groundwater [5], Drinking Water [6], Water Supply [7], Jalna (D) [8], Drought [9], Drinking Water Scarcity [10], Water Resources [11]
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