Demand for water tankers highest in Maharashtra in five years
(WorldNews India)

The acute water crisis raging across the state this summer has seen the demand for water tankers at its highest over the last five years. The crisis has been caused by the drought-like conditions in several talukas. At the end of the third week of May, 4,615 villages in the state, most of them in Marathwada region, have been severely hit, and as many as 5,859 tankers are delivering water across the state. Advertising The crisis is particularly severe this year, with villages across Marathwada and Madhya...