Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, the ruling BJP-Shinde Sena-NCP (Ajit Pawar) coalition can’t afford to let the unrest over agriculture and Maratha quota gather momentum.
The water storage in 964 dams recorded till mid-September is 31.36 per cent of the maximum capacity. It is almost one third at 77.75 pc last year during the same period.