{"id":56154,"date":"2019-05-15T12:13:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T06:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56154"},"modified":"2019-05-15T12:13:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T06:43:08","slug":"bombay-high-court-asks-maharashtra-government-about-steps-taken-to-tackle-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bombay-high-court-asks-maharashtra-government-about-steps-taken-to-tackle-drought","title":{"rendered":"Bombay High Court asks Maharashtra government about steps taken to tackle drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/drought-hit-maharashtra.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" data-attachment-id=\"56155\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bombay-high-court-asks-maharashtra-government-about-steps-taken-to-tackle-drought\/drought-hit-maharashtra\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/drought-hit-maharashtra.jpg?fit=665%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"665,389\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"drought hit maharashtra\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/drought-hit-maharashtra.jpg?fit=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/drought-hit-maharashtra.jpg?fit=640%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56155\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/drought-hit-maharashtra.jpg?resize=640%2C374&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/drought-hit-maharashtra.jpg?w=665&amp;ssl=1 665w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/drought-hit-maharashtra.jpg?resize=150%2C88&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/drought-hit-maharashtra.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>The Bombay High Court has sought to know from the Maharashtra government what measures it proposes to tackle &#8220;serious&#8221; issues like drought in the state.<\/p>\n<p>A vacation bench of Justices Ajey Gadkari and N J Jamadar was hearing a petition filed by activist Sanjay Lakhe Patil, seeking setting up of independent disaster management committees in each district of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Patil sought for implementation of the 2016 disaster management guidelines which listed several measures to be undertaken by the state government to tackle natural calamities and disasters, including drought.<\/p>\n<p>When the petition was heard on Monday, Patil produced records before the court to show that water levels in dams and other resources had gone down in the state&#8217;s Vidarbha and Marathwada regions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The issue is serious. We want some lawyer from the state government to inform us what measures the government proposes to take (to tackle the issue),&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench then posted the petition for further hearing on May 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bombay High Court has sought to know from the Maharashtra government what measures it proposes to tackle &#8220;serious&#8221; issues like drought in the state. 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