CLIMATE change seems to be hitting lakhs of farming families. According to government records, in the past nine years, 519 lakh hectares of farmland across Maharashtra have been damaged due to unseasonal rains between 2015 and 2024.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, too, admitted that climate change was a major reason for repeated losses, noting how even the rain-deficient Marathwada region was now reeling under excess rainfall.