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Parched Latur villagers walk miles at night to fetch water

Parched Latur villagers walk miles at night to fetch water

Amid heavy water crisis and with the city's water supply reduced to a trickle, people of Latur district in Maharashtra were seen queuing up to fill water and store it.

08 April,2016 02:17 PM IST
550 couples from different religions tie knot at mass wedding in parched Maharashtra

550 couples from different religions tie knot at mass wedding in parched Maharashtra

After getting tremendous response for mass wedding of 577 couples belonging to drought-affected areas and weaker sections conducted by the Shiv Sena at Parbhani and Aurangabad, the Maharashtra state Bharatiya Janata Party president Raosaheb Danve organised a mass marriage for 550 couples.

18 April,2016 12:22 PM IST
Manjara dam: Last hope of parched Latur dries up

Manjara dam: Last hope of parched Latur dries up

Manjara dam, one of the major source of water in Latur, Maharashtra, has completely dried up. Dams that supply water to several districts in the area have dried up in the recent weeks. Other districts such as Osmanabad and Beed are also reeling under severe water crisis.

20 April,2016 01:01 PM IST
50-wagon train with 25 lakh litres of water arrives in parched Latur

50-wagon train with 25 lakh litres of water arrives in parched Latur

A 50-wagon train carrying around 25 lakh litres of drinking water reached Maharashtra's drought-hit Latur on Wednesday morning. The train had left for Latur from Miraj near Pune on Tuesday night.

20 April,2016 02:11 PM IST

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