New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday downplayed the drought dear, saying that heavy rainfall is expected from next week onwards in the country. While admitting that the deficiency of rainfall is 31 per cent upto July 2, he said, "Certain states, which are known for early sowing have been effected. Particularly Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and parts of UP and Bihar." "Nine per cent of sowing has been...
12:00 PM, Jul 03, 2012
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is expected to hold a high-level meeting on Tuesday to take stock of the drought-like situation in many states. ...
09:18 AM, Jul 03, 2012
Bangalore: A drought of a different kind has affected Karnataka. One of governance. While 27 districts in the state are facing a rainfall deficit and farmers are worried, the state's Agriculture, Water and Rural Development Ministers have not taken corrective steps. In fact, what they are more bothered about is who should be sitting in the Chief Minister's Chair. Estimates show that just about 15 per cent of the crops...
07:13 AM, Jul 03, 2012
83 per cent of the country, including grain-rich Punjab and Haryana, have received scanty rains. ...
09:43 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Wardha: Superstar Amitabh Bachchan came to the rescue of 90 farmers in Maharashtra's Wardha district as they were on Saturday given cheques to repay their debt. The cheques would be delivered at the homes of 24 other needy farmers. The farmers were selected from over 20 villages of the district by members of the Rotary Club of Gandhi City Wardha and Rotary Club of Mumbai. The cheques total around Rs...
02:12 AM, May 13, 2012
Bangalore/Raichur: Raichur in North Karnataka battled floods three years ago, but the district is still reeling under a severe drought. It's as if the Gods are mocking the farmers of Raichur district. In 2009 the farmers' homes and crops were destroyed by flooding and now three years on, a severe drought has hit the farmers hard. Gudusi Ramaiah a cotton farmer committed suicide in April this year by consuming pesticides....
06:10 AM, May 12, 2012
Thane: As the state of Maharashtra reels under a severe drought, one is seeing a strange occurrence in the district of Thane. The farmers in its villages are resorting to polygamy, so that there are more hands to fill and carry water from wells that are over two hours from their villages. CNN-IBN visited one such family, where the farmer and his three wives have lived happily for over 30...
07:59 AM, May 11, 2012
As farmer suicides and acute water shortage continues in Vidharba, villagers are migrating to Mumbai for a better life. ...
10:31 AM, May 10, 2012
Large parts of Maharashtra are in the midst of a severe drinking water crisis. Hillary Clinton ends the American flip-flops on Hafiz Saeed. ...
11:58 PM, May 08, 2012
Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday failed to get any assurance from Manmohan Singh on drought relief package. Maharashtra had demanded a 2,700 crore relief package from the Centre. ...
11:32 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday failed to get any assurance from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on drought relief package. Maharashtra had demanded a 2,700 crore relief package from the Centre. The Prime Minister has asked Prithviraj Chavan to exercise discipline through proper use of allocations made by the Planning Commission. "I am confident that our demands of 1500 crore for drought relief and 1200 crore for...
05:54 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to seek a special relief package for the drought-hit state. Nearly 12 districts in the state have been hit by a severe drought. The Prime Minister is expected to make an announcement soon in this regard. Chavan had reportedly sought a relief package of over Rs 2,200 crore and 5...
08:36 AM, May 08, 2012
Satara: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is set to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday to seek a relief package for 12 drought-hit districts in his state. The state has reportedly sought a package of over Rs 2,200 crore and 5 lakh tonnes of foodgrain at BPL rates. However, CNN-IBN has found that quick-fix relief packages every year have failed to cure the problem and no long-term remedies have...
08:09 AM, May 08, 2012
Mumbai: Over 6000 villages in 15 districts of Maharashtra are drought affected, and while the state government has announced extra funds for the areas, the government's plan to send 25 MLAs on the annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Board tour to Europe at such a time has met with severe criticism, particularly from MNS Chief Raj Thackeray, whose party sent out a letter requesting the MLAs to cancel the planned trip. Said...
08:01 AM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: An all-party team from Karnataka led by Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought immediate release of Rs 1,500 crore for drought relief in the state. Gowda said the team apprised the Prime Minister about the severe drought in the state as 123 taluks (revenue sub-divisions) out of 176 taluks have been hit by it. Crop loss is estimated at over...
01:44 AM, May 03, 2012
Mumbai: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, who launched his five-day campaign in Maharashtra for a strong Lokayukta in the state on Tuesday, hit out at Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi. The veteran Gandhian slammed Rahul over his visit to drought-hit regions, and termed it as media publicity. "Rahul Gandhi went for a few hours to tour a drought-affected region, the media hailed him, there was a photo op and that is...
01:56 PM, May 01, 2012
Mumbai: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday visited drought-affected areas in Satara district in western Maharashtra and interacted with villagers there. Rahul, who addressed a series of meetings with party workers in Mumbai on Friday, flew to Satara on Saturday morning, along with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and MPCC president Manikrao Thakre. Soon after his helicopter landed, Rahul made his way to Zashi village and spoke to villagers about...
05:43 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Challakere: The farmers in Karnataka are bearing the brunt of a twin crisis of drought and severe power scarcity this year. The state supplies just six hours of three-phased power to villages, and in a drought year, farmers in central Karnataka are a worried lot. The farmers have no other source of water and they solely depend on pumped-up underground water. No power could mean no water and no crop....
09:00 AM, Apr 21, 2012
Mumbai: Even before the onset of summer, farmers across nearly nine districts in Maharashtra are battling drought like conditions, many forced to go without food and water and, the worst part, this time around, the fear of a lower than normal rainfall looms large as well. Sangli is one of the nine districts in the state that are facing drought like conditions. Dhule, Nasik, Usmanabad, Latur, Pune, Satara, Solapur and...
06:14 AM, Apr 10, 2012
Bangalore: Former Chief Minister and State JDS President HD Kumaraswamy on Monday hit out at BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa for 'indulging in theatrics' over the drought situation in Karnataka. "Yeddyurappa is indulging in theatrics over the drought in some parts of the state. As soon as he came to know Karnataka BJP Incharge Dharmendra Pradhan is in Bangalore,he rushed back dropping his visit to drought-hit taluks for the sake of...
05:32 AM, Apr 10, 2012
