The Paradox of Marathwada | Sayantan Acharya | TEDxIISERPune

The Marathwada region of Maharashtra has seen a huge number of farmer suicides in the past years. Most people believe that the frequent droughts and low rainfall is the culprit in this crisis. However, Sayantan Acharya says the data begs to differ. In this talk, Acharya unravels the mystery of these suicides and tries to address some of the issues that Marathwada faces. Sayantan Acharya is a documentary filmmaker and creator of the award-winning documentary “Geography of Drought: The Voices of Marathwada” in collaboration with a NAAM Foundation survey which sent people to various parts of Marathwada. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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40 years old dispute of Telangana state's claim over several villages in Chandrapur district comes back to limelight. The Telangana High Court declared these villages to be part of their state. In response, the Maharashtra government had moved it to the Supreme Court, where its appeal is still pending. 14 villages in Jiwati taluk, 12 villages in Rajura taluk and 5 villages in Antapur of Chandrapur district are disputed with Telangana State. They are revenue villages of Marazoda, Anarpally, Lakampur, Ananthapur, Esagaon, Bolapathar, Gouri (D), Parandoli, Paraswada, Arkepally (D), Karanjiwada, Kota, Mukadamguda, Maharajguda, Lendijala, Lendiguda, Indiranagar, Yesapur, Narayanguda, Shankarloddi, Padmavathi and Janakpur, etc. sharing border with Adilabad District of Telangana, which has laid claim on these areas. The encroachment by Telangana is much attributed to its two humungous projects Pranahita Chevella lift irrigation scheme and Icchampally project which are seen to drain-out the water, land, people and agricultural resources of Vidarbha region. The ongoing Telangana State Irrigation project Pranahita Chevella lift irrigation scheme which is a project not in the interest of Maharashtra. Maharashtra will be losing about 2123.4 hectares of land (which is severely under reported by print media at 1500 Ha or even less). The Telangana State Irrigation project Icchampally Project which is a project not in the interest of Maharashtra. Maharashtra will be losing 33,614 hectares of land which is more than 100 villages. Telangana govt suppresses the progress in Marathwada because if Marathwada becomes separate and builds dams like Kaleswaram in their region also it will be hinder growth in telangana.