Number of rain deficient talukas has gone from 54 to 201 in one month Only 63 talukas have recieved 100 per cent rainfall Natural disasters have affected 1,41,255 hectares of crops in state Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today asked his ministers to undertake visits to water scarcity affected talukas in the state as the drought alarm bells rang aloud at the meeting of the council of ministers.
As per statistics available with the government, initially, just 54 out of 355 talukas had received deficient rainfall in August.
The figure has now shot up to 201, a rise of 147 talukas in a span of just one month.
As per the report of the Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Center, 28 talukas have received 25 to 50 per cent rainfall whereas 143 have received 50 to 75 per cent rainfall and 121 have received 75 to 100 per cent rainfall.
Only 63 talukas have received 100 per cent seasonal rainfall till August end.
Crops like cotton, soya bean, tur, moong and others have been affected.
Sadashiv Khot, Minister of State for Agriculture, said that cotton is a worst affected crop due to water shortage.
The Union government has laid down revised guidelines for determining drought conditions.
A report by the Relief and Rehabilitation Department states: "Considering the deviation of the rainfall, if the period between two consecutive rainfall is more than three to four weeks and if the average rainfall recorded is below 50 per cent in June and July month, the government considers the situation in such villages or talukas is under Trigger-1 mode of the drought-prone definition."
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