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Bharat Mata is thirsty. No water for her, Fadnavis?

Rajdeep SardesaiApril 7, 2016 | 09:47 IST

(This vlog first appeared here on April 5 here.)

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The media talks about these deaths in the passing, but why don't we see persistent social campaigns to create awareness about issues that are pertinent to our very survival, each of ours? Campaigns that question the government's inaction and laxity towards agriculture in this country, where 60 per cent of the population depends on it as their livelihood. We have managed to travel to Mars and yet nearly 65 per cent of India's agricultural land lacks irrigation facility. Comforting?

A thirsty state. (ruralindiaonline.org)

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