Which of the following statement s clearly bring out the reasons for persistent draught in the Marat...........

Geography Physiography of India

Which of the following statement/s clearly bring out the reasons for persistent draught in the Marathawada region of Maharashtra?

1. Being located in the south-central part of Maharashtra it lies in the rainshadow of both eastern as well as Western Ghats.

2. No major river flows through the region.

3. In Marathwada there is significant paddy cultivation which consumes lots of water resources.

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Explanation:

The region has significant Sugarcane cultivation which is a water guzzling crop.
No major rivers originate or flow through Marathwada except rivers like Purna, Shivna, Dudhna, Velganga, Sindhphana, Bindusara, etc. These are modest rivers, which carry little water as the harsh summer approaches. This is unlike Vidarbha (to the east of Marathwada) which has mighty rivers like Penganga, Wainganga, Wardha etc., or Khandesh and Western Maharashtra to its north and west, which have bigger rivers, denser watersheds and more rainfall.
Tata Hydropower Dams, at the origin of the Mula-Mutha sub-basin of Bhima basin, have been diverting water of the Bhima Basin to water surplus Konkan for the past century for power generation. Such water transfer from a water-deficit basin like Bhima-Krishna to water surplus basin like Konkan, in such a terrible drought is reprehensible.