Water Resources in Maharashtra
Date
2014-09-05Author
Borkar, Prema
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Pune (India)
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The state of Maharashtra experienced one of the worst droughts in the year 2012-13. This has again brought to the fore various issues relating to availability of water resources in the state and the shortfall in the supply of water for satisfying water demand of various sectors. This paper makes an attempt to study the availability of water resources viz., surface and ground water resources in Maharashtra that would explain the persistent shortfall in availability of water as compared to the demand for it. ...