After abandoning homes in parched Marathwada, people find more hopelessness in cities

There is no work in the fields and not much in the city either.

Mridula Chari and Aarefa Johari

· Oct 12, 2015 · 02:30 pm

In Marathwada, villages are trying to recharge their groundwater supplies by denying water to others

In the drought-stricken region, it's every village for itself.

Mridula Chari

· Oct 11, 2015 · 09:15 am

After years of drought, Marathwada is under threat of losing its last rescuer: Water tankers

The tankers have been recklessly drawing from the groundwater reserves. Now those reserves are also drying up.

Mridula Chari

· Oct 10, 2015 · 09:00 am

In parched Marathwada, farmers are finally turning away from water-intensive sugarcane

As Marathwada faces its worst drought in living memory, sugar factories are shutting down and farmers planting crops other than sugarcane.

Mridula Chari

· Oct 09, 2015 · 09:15 am

Carrying water by train: A desperate fix-it solution shows what drought-hit Marathwada really needs

The expensive proposal highlights the panic that gripped the region yet another year.

Mridula Chari

· Oct 08, 2015 · 09:15 am

Four maps that show how severe India’s water problem is

Fifty four percent of India faces high water stress with groundwater depleting fast – the northwest running dry the fastest.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 21, 2015 · 08:30 am