Water scarcity

The number of villages and hamlets in the state facing water and fodder scarcity has increased by 850 after the first week of February. In the first week of February, 5,294 villages and hamlets were facing severe water scarcity. The number has now increased to 6,153.
The state government has also opened 518 fodder camps in the state to provide fodder and water to 4.33 lakh cattle. The highest number of fodder camps are in Ahmednagar (212) followed by Solapur (118) and Satara (100). The other districts having fodder camps are Pune, Sangli, Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed and Osmanabad.

The scarcity-hit districts in the state include Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed, Osmanabad, Solapur, Satara, Sangli and parts of Pune district. The government has spent Rs 749.29 crore on supplying drinking water and fodder.

The current water storage in the state is 488 TMC, which is 37% of the total storage capacity.Marathwada has only 12% water available, while Pune division has 39% water storage,