If Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s crude remarks about urinating in dams to raise water levels shocked you, there is yet more evidence of the state government’s utter apathy in attempting to alleviate the suffering of parched souls across the state. It appears that the state government has been pouring cold water over the BMC’s plan of sending 25 lakh litres of drinking water to drought-stricken parts of the state.

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