Assess water diversion to thermal plants: Greenpeace to Maharashtra.

Asking Maharashtra government to take the weak monsoon forecast and low reservoir levels in the state seriously, NGO Greenpeace recently demanded urgent assessment of water diversion to thermal power plants.

'Last week, two new pieces of information were released -- one by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and another by the state Water Resources Department -- which are of great consequence to Maharashtra.


'While the IMD (and private meteorological depts) predicted below average rainfall in the state (and country-over), the WRD disclosed figures showing that water is already dismally low in many reservoirs (especially in Marathwada),' the NGO, working on environment-related issues, said in a statement here.

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