The downpour in the last few days also affected around 54,000 hectares of agricultural land, of which more than 53,000 hectares is located in the Amravati division alone, where 2,796 people - mostly in Yavatmal district - were shifted to safer places, they said
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At least 16 people were killed in rain-related incidents in parts of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in the last 10 days, where nearly 4,500 houses were damaged due to heavy rains, officials said on Sunday.
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In #Vidarbha, the epicentre of India’s agrarian crisis, changing weather patterns and easy access to microfinance loans are creating a new crisis: pushing women farmers into an unending spiral of debt and despair, writes @kunalpurohit for #THMagazine.
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