Marathwada suffers worst water crisis

AURANGABAD: Marathwada is the only region in the state which is being supplemented with hundreds of water tankers in the midst of the monsoon this year. As many as 559 villages and 365 hamlets from across the 76 talukas of the eight districts in the region are being supplied drinking water through tankers now.

Read more here - TOI - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/Marathwada-suffers-worst-water-crisis/articleshow/40251824.cms

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