Even as the Lok Sabha election campaign is in full swing in the state, water scarcity has wreaked havoc in the rural areas. In the middle of April itself, more than five thousand villages in the state have to supply water through tankers. The water storage in small and large dams in the state has gone down to 33 percent.
Harsh summer started from the month of March itself. It is still about two months before the rainy season starts. In such a situation, a dire picture of water scarcity has emerged in the state. According to the weekly report of the water supply department, currently 5,317 villages in the state have to be supplied with water through 1997 tankers.
This number is highest in Marathwada division where 868 villages are suffering from water shortage. Below that there are tanker affected villages in Khandesh and West Maharashtra. The Konkan division has not yet started to feel much heat. In Vidarbha, only Amravati division is being supplied by 37 tankers and no such need has arisen in Nagpur division.
On the other hand, the condition of dams in the state is also rapidly deteriorating. All the small, medium and large dams in the state have an average water storage of 33.33 percent. The dams in Marathwada have the lowest water storage i.e. only 16.49 percent.
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