Unseasonal rains, hailstorms damage over 18,000 hectares of agricultural land in Maharashtra

IMD predicts conditions to continue through March 19

Irregularities mar irrigation projects in Maharashtra says CAG report

The report also says that fines have not been imposed on contractors despite delay

In rain-shadow Marathwada, everyone loves tankers

They form an essential part of the economy of the region

Bullet train or safe sanitation: Tough choice for Nanded

When Nanded already lacks the basic infrastructure of sanitation, what is more important for the city at present

Unseasonal Maharashtra rains damage crops on 7 million hectares: Govt

Kharif crop in Marathwada, Konkan and western Maharashtra affected

Water, Marathwada women’s woe: Inclement weather affecting farmers’ mental health, social standing

Market does not support the farmers even if they manage to harvest the crops

Swachh Bharat Mission: Water shortage drives people in Marathwada to open fields

Maharashtra’s rain-shadow region has had so little rain in the last four years that residents don’t have enough water to flush …

Climate action can help address crop loss in Central India

Small and marginal farmers in the central plateau are gradually finding agriculture non-viable

Maharashtra: No brides for Marathwada farmers

City jobs and owner of farm land — prerequisites for prospective grooms have changed

DTE tracks trafficking: Droughts, migrating parents leave Marathwada girls vulnerable

Sugarcane cutters’ children at high risk, targeted through proxy marriages 

A land imagined: Indigenous crops help Marathwada women in adding to family nutrition

Women in Maharashtra's Marathwada region reclaim parts of their farmland to grow produce of choice and to ensure nutrition security of their …

Extreme rainfall damages nearly 4 million hectares of crops in Marathwada

Incessant rains through the month of August and September have affected 4.48 million farmers this season

Water, Marathwada women’s woe: Weather vagaries force farmers to sell lands

Simultaneous droughts and floods have become an increasing concern and the instances have escalated in the past five decades

Nearly 600 farmer suicides in 8 months: Is Marathwada facing agri-distress

Activists blame government policies for the farmers’ situation, rather than extreme weather events

Excessive July rains destroyed 800,000 hectares of crops in Maharashtra

Marathwada, Vidharba regions heavily affected  

Marathwada in the grip of drought-like situation

With only 58 per cent rainfall this season, Maharashtra is likely to face one of the worst agrarian crises ever

Drought, but why: Several districts in peril every year

Despite 40 years of efforts and huge resource allocation, drought continues to hit the same districts over and again

Climate change escalates suicide rates among Marathwada farmers

Farmer suicides have increased significantly and doubled in some regions where weather extremities incurred heavy losses

More rainfall predicted in second half of monsoon

Some regions like Marathwada, Punjab and Haryana to remain parched

Another hailstorm in Maharashtra, claims lives of two

Ready-to-harvest crops damaged, farmers fear orchards may not regenerate

Water, Marathwada women’s woe: No brides for farmers as families look for city matches

Access to water, better infra drive marriage prospects as women yearn for more 'comfortable' lives

Drought but why: What happened to the promise of a drought-free Maharashtra?

Between October last year and February this year, the state government has declared 151 talukas and 268 revenue circle as drought-hit.

Skewed sex ratio worsens marriage woes for Marathwada farmers

May encourage child marriages, worries expert

Half of Maharashtra’s villages lose 50% crop

Farmers want drought to be declared; government dilly-dallies

After excess rainfall, now poor prices leave Marathwada cotton farmers in debt

Excess rainfall has caused a loss of about 50 per cent across the cotton belt region