ABSTRACT
The unequal impact of drought is increasingly evidenced in the drought-prone areas of Maharashtra state, India. Ongoing relief programs have neglected water scarcity and the control of water by the economically powerful sugar mills and farmers. Mitigation projects are all implemented with the intention of avoiding harm to the economic interests of those who control the water. Sustainable water resource management in this drought-prone area has become an insignificant policy issue, furthering the resource crisis of the state and challenging the concept of ecological sustainability.
