The Bombay High Court has sought to know from the Maharashtra government what measures it proposes to tackle "serious" issues like the drought in the state.
A vacation bench of Justices Ajey Gadkari and NJ Jamadar was hearing a petition filed by activist Sanjay Lakhe Patil, seeking setting up of independent disaster management committees in each district of the state.
Patil sought for implementation of the 2016 disaster management guidelines which listed several measures to be undertaken by the state government to tackle natural calamities and disasters, including drought.