Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took a detailed review of the impending drought situation in the state. CM Fadnavis has instructed the tehsildars to to apprise him directly if they were not getting the requisite number of tankers for supplying water to parched villages. He also further asked village sarpanch (heads) in Jalna and Aurangabad districts to take up water conservation related works. He has assured them that there would be no fund paucity for the drought related works.
Chief Minister Fadnavis directed the officials to have a common number for complaints regarding drought related issues. He told the tehsildars to ensure that every complaint is addressed and sorted out in a matter of 48 hours. A toll free number '8879734045' has been provided for two districts of Jalna and Aurangabad for any issue related to drought.