This Heart-Wrenching Photo Essay Is An Eye-Opener On The Maharashtra Drought And Its Effects
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The drought has now lasted four years in a row and affected all of the region’s 8,000-plus villages.
Journalist Nikhil Inamdar, along with his 23-year-old cousin Ameya Marathe, recently travelled to the Marathwada region of Maharashtra to photograph the effects of the region's severe ongoing drought. In a photo essay published on The News Minute, they describe the consequences of a drought that has now lasted four years in a row and affected all of the region's 8,000-plus villages.
Captioned: A farmer inspects his damaged soybean crop after a prolonged drought in the village of Murud Akola in Marathwada.
Ameya Marathe
Ameya Marathe