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Drought in Vidarbha forces 50 families to live under Navi Mumbai flyover
Updated On: 19 May, 2012 06:53 AM IST | | Saurabh Katkurwar
Although some of these people plan to return to their villages once monsoon sets in, most of them have decided to stay on as they have found employment
While fast cars speed over the city’s bridges and flyovers, life strives to keep afloat underneath. You don’t have to look too far. Not one but 50 families from villages of western Vidarbha have taken shelter under the Sanpada flyover on Sion-Panvel highway for the last two months.u00a0These folks are mainly from Washim, Akola and Yavatmal districts, where lack of water and dearth of jobs has left farmers and labourers in the lurch, as they have no means of earning money this summer.

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