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Drought leaves Beed cotton fields with little to harvest
Drought has left Beed’s cotton fields with little to harvest.
Beed is a district in Maharashtra, where the Chauhan family’s four-acre field has stunted cotton plants and few bolls.
The shortage of rain has reduced the crop.
Women in Takarwan village say they have been seeking work through Employment Guarantee Schemes for the past two years.
They now plan to seek work under VB-G RAM G. They say they do not want to migrate to feed their families.
Their next step is to fight for work locally.
Drought has left cotton fields in Beed district with few bolls to harvest.
The plants in the Chauhan family’s four-acre field in Majalgaon are stunted despite remaining green.
Vanita Chauhan is picking the small amount of cotton that the drought has spared.
Women in Takarwan village say they have sought work under employment guarantee schemes for the past two years.
They say they will seek work under VB-G RAM G this year rather than migrate to feed their families.
- Who
- Cotton farmers, including Vanita Chauhan, and women in Takarwan village.
- What
- Drought has left cotton plants with few bolls to harvest.
- When
- During the October sun; the report was published on November 15, 2026.
- Where
- Beed district, Maharashtra, including Majalgaon and Takarwan village.
- Why
- The fields lack rain, leaving the cotton harvest severely diminished.
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- Chauhan family field
- Four acres in Majalgaon
- District
- Beed, Maharashtra
- Takarwan women seeking work
- For the last two years
- Report published
- November 15, 2026