Outstanding reporting thanks to 'down to earth' for bringing this very dark reality of rural Maharashtra& India in front of people & at the time when now there is clear cut division in 'Rich India' & 'Poor India'..Rich India where all government, bureaucracy, Media, all institutions are there servent, but in poor India no one give attention all government spending goes to rich india, inequality is rising exponentially, poor are deprived politically, Socially, & economically...Mass media is structuring narratives superficially, &in favour of rich...& In this tough time you have turned your camera towards 'poor India' really glad to see you... 🙏
I recently went to Ambajogai(Beed) Talking to Some agricultural students of Latur,I got to know that Though rainfall is scarce,and uneven,the crops that are grown here are soyabean,Toor daal and Cotton.For common people,or students who are still studying,we see only the tip of iceberg.The deep rooted problems should be addressed or else We will have all machines and development and still will lack everything.Please bring out more small documentaries.These need to reach the authorities.
It is hard to imagine how Climate Change could affect the social fabrics and change the dynamics. Excellent reporting. Please bring such reporting where different man made and natural issues changes our social settings. Its an eye opener
Very sad!! We have so many engineering colleges, law colleges, but Karnataka has only about 6 agricultural universities with few seats. We need more people looking into this, then only will we atleast have a chance of finding some kind of a solution. Some nations invest money into studying their climatology and agriculture, we should also start doing it in whatever scale we can. These many suicides are heart rending to look at. 😞
Immediate measures should be taken to make them access tap water throughout the day. The govt should take initiative with help of private sector and ngo to tackle this problem as root cause is water .
Hello @DownToEarth. I really love your content & have been watching your channel for more than a year now. Just one suggestion: Please don't dub the Non-English conversation/interview to English. Just the subtitles are enough for an English speaker who is watching. Keeping audio as it is also maintains the authenticity of your content. Dubbing the real audio (for example in this video Marathi) makes the video less interesting for a person who belongs to Maharashtra (or is a Marathi speaker).
Why isn't the BJP government doing anything here to save lives? Modi ji is busy inaugurating events and trumpeting his achievements (I admire his contribution though 😁), instead of letting his 2nd line leaders to do so. He must visit Marathwada once and announce life-changing plans.
हमेशा के तरह इस वर्ष भी पुणे में लगातार बारिश हुई, इस बारिश से तोह परेशान हो चुका हूं दीपावली के एक दिन पहले तक जोरदार बारिश हुई । मुझे ऐसे लगता है कि पुणे में होने वाली अधिक बारिश के पाने को स्टोर करके मराठवाड़ा में पाइपलाइन के जरिये सप्लाई करने चाहिए लेकिंन महाराष्ट्र में कोई भी सरकार हो वो किसान के बारे में नही सोचते । मराठवाड़ा के लोगो से मेरा यही निवेदन है कि आप सरकार को छोड़ स्वयं ही अपने गावो में पानी के भंडार बनाये , एक एक एकर के जमीन में तालाब बनाये ।
Many farmers in Telangana n karnataka shifted to Millets cultivation Which is a crop for less water areas And which was the TRADITIONAL CROP of the region We changed our food habits In past 80 90 years to eat more RICE n WHEAT which requires toooo much water... HENCE POOR SUSTAINABILITY HENCE POOR HEALTH DIABETES ETC
the things have changed in many villages due to Paani foundation, they had successfully changed many lives in maharashtras drought prone areas...they run "Water Cup" from 2016 to 2019 (due to covid it was stopped in 2020 as the period of water cup was 8th april to mid May) and thousands of villages become water abundant....in just 45 days.... and now they are running "Farmers Cup" where in they are teaching these farmers how to do farming in groups, and also teaching them how to do it without using fertilizers and harmful chemicals....the results are positive and all of them are making good money
The west coast of India in Maharashtra receives excessive rainfall, on the other hand these Marathwada regions are drought prone areas..... If the govt. makes infrastructure to trap all the rain water which falls on the windward side of western ghats and transport this water across through the pipelines, canals etc..... this problem could largely be solved.... Also farmers should be made aware on the use of tankwater irrigation and not just relying completely on groundwater.... Wetllands should also be preserved and not filled up with gravel for the construction of buildings
Climate change will deteriorate the situation gradually and it will be unbearable financially to do farming in majority of our country where majority of population is engaged in Agriculture. I don't even want to think further in that direction.
देश के किसानों की इतनी बड़ी समस्या की अनदेखी हमेशा से ही रही है। आज विकास की बाते ही की जाती है लेकिन जमीनी स्तर पर कुछ खास काम नहीं हो पाया है। अगर खेती कर रहे किसानों को अपना उत्पाद बेचने के लिए सही प्लेटफार्म मुहैया कराई जाए तो उनको होने वाले नुकसान से बचाया जा सकता है। इसके अलावा उन्हें फसल बीमा और सही जानकारी भी उपलब्ध कराई जानी चाहिए।
I'm from Beed. We have two pieces of agricultural land in two different locations 2kms apart half acre each. I'm 25 years old right now preparing for competitive exams and my elder brother is 30 years old and yet unmarried and unemployed. He does gigs beside focusing in the meagre farmland that lacks any kind of irrigation apart from monsoons. Even monsoons have become irregular and inadequate. One cannot do any business for lack of intial capital, can't take loans for we are already debt ridden since I can remember. There is no single education institute in entire Beed district for post metric studies which can guarantee employment prospects after getting a degree from it, even if you top it. All educational institutions are of MLAs and MPs who use these institutions for vote farming and extending their political interests, and nothing beyond that. Education in my district is only on apparent level, there is no actual education whatsoever. So for families like us who have meagre land without irrigation who engage in business remains only option of studying hard and getting either a government job or private one in the metro cities. Regardless of kind of job you get, in 99% scenarios you'll have to leave your village and migrate to the place of job outside the district. Migration for livelihood solves one set of problems to an extent and creates even more problems in longer term. One's family cannot function properly by merely sending funds home as there is illiteracy all over the place, my own parents being illiterate(the main reason my elder brother cannot leave the town as I'm studying in another city and there has to be someone to manage household.) The quality higher education seems legitimate way out, but there is no provision for that either. All middle class or rich send their children out of the district for eduction. Marginal farmers or daily wage workers can't afford to send their children not even to taluqa for education. So there is no quality education that caters skills to provide you any kind of job, you face hurdles to migrate for job, you can't get a decent paying local job, the land doesn't earn you anything beyond keeping you alive, people don't want to wed their daughter with you for obvious reasons, you can't live sustainably without taking high interest loans that keep piling, the draught hits often, the utter misery of all this makes you addict to all kinds of substances from tobacco, gutkha to country liquor. And if you somehow get married despite all of this, you just pass on the generational trauma to the next generation. The vicious cycle keeps on going.
Are there ways to conserve water n improve ground water?? This is heart breaking to here ...I am sure if proper experts are consulted and a plan is made ppl will crowd fund and help out with the finances to do it Kindly look into it ...and help change this cycle of misery
It's not issue of Marathwada only. The condition of North Maharashtra region is same. People here brought bride by giving money to the intermediary who have contacts in vidarbha or another region and caste isn't come in distant equation (that's good to see). Here people also don't have issues like water scarcity as mostly in Marathwada, they get returns but no one want to marry their daughter to farmer, it's issue of hardships mainly. Another thing is same as pictured in documentary girls/womens get higher freedom in urban areas.
Coverage like this is much needed, especially in such eras of crises... Mainstream media really need to think what they are reporting and what not, this is the issue of real India. Not able to meet the basic need of life.
Root problem is to get maximum people's from this region out of farming to something other earning source, Areas where water is a biggest issue would start shifting to other money source, Which woman want to marry a man who's earnings are not constant and may lead to loan defaults and then suicide, One of my friend hear in Mumbai from marathvada but his family is living in city from 50 year's, when he was serching for bride he was flooded by many girls parents from his native place, even 3 girls was calling him constantly to imprace him for marriage, He marry Mumbai girl from his own cast but he were told me this some years ago which I took as joke but now it seems like very serious issue
Unfortunately, UA-cam limits sharing options for videos that have mentions of suicide or self harm. But we believe that stories of farmers and realities of India need to be spoken about. You can still share it my copying the link or retweeting the story from our twitter handle. www.downtoearth.org.in/video/agriculture/maharashtra-no-brides-for-marathwada-farmers-85973 twitter.com/down2earthindia/status/1592449831477329929
Marathwada region was not part of Maharashtra during British Era. It was ruled by Nizam of Hyderabad. Historical, geography, political factors etc are the factors behind backwardness. This region should be helped financially as same as Jammu Kashmir... article 371 of Indian constitution has not been helpful to Marathwada..in fact article 371 J applicable to Karnataka region is more helpful for Karnataka people when both region ruled by Nizam
@@D2E so nature is punishing for wrong decisons. we must move backwards which is in sync with environment. Nexus of Sugarcane - cooperative bank - vote is creating this problem
Many farmers in Telangana n karnataka shifted to Millets cultivation Which is a crop for less water areas And which was the TRADITIONAL CROP of the region We changed our food habits In past 80 90 years to eat more RICE n WHEAT which requires toooo much water... HENCE POOR SUSTAINABILITY HENCE POOR HEALTH DIABETES ETC
@down to earth,, please provide possible solutions and way forward in your future videos,,, farmers dont need empathy, they need azadi to do business and azadi from trecherous monsoons by providing infrastructure
Kokan में भी ladikiya farmers से शादी नहीं कोकण region में पाणी है सब है और kyu करें शादी क्या मिलेगा उसे farmers से शादी करके में सभी farmer's को कहना चाहूँगा आप अपने खेतों में कम पाणी lagane वाली लोकल tree लगाओ और खेती से बाहर निकलो क्युकी क्लायमेट change का पहला effect farmer's को मिल रहा है और आगे और होगा effect farmer को .
This situation can be easily tackled if women think from the perspective that they marry the farmer and took up the charge of any small business like a stationary shops etc. This ways , both will be happy .
For that to be possible women should be taken seriously and respected in roles outside their homes in rural settings. If a female shop owner and shop keeper has to carry out business she has to be taken seriously when handling vendors and costumers. Would a rural social structure support this ? As explored in this report, women are choosing urban living because they want a life not burdened by social restrictions that leave them unable to contribute to their families wellbeing beyond cooking, cleaning, fetching water and bearing children.
Yes, the Paani foundation does work across Maharashtra. But the reach is limited. Some problems that are sustained over decades need to be addressed through effective execution of government policies apart from efforts from private enterprises.
We need more such master pieces. What a brilliant sociological analysis.
Thank you so much!
Outstanding reporting thanks to 'down to earth' for bringing this very dark reality of rural Maharashtra& India in front of people & at the time when now there is clear cut division in 'Rich India' & 'Poor India'..Rich India where all government, bureaucracy, Media, all institutions are there servent, but in poor India no one give attention all government spending goes to rich india, inequality is rising exponentially, poor are deprived politically, Socially, & economically...Mass media is structuring narratives superficially, &in favour of rich...& In this tough time you have turned your camera towards 'poor India' really glad to see you... 🙏
Thank you so much! We appreciate your support.
How fortunate I am to have all good facilities in city. The pain of not settling well & not getting a bride is too immense.
I recently went to Ambajogai(Beed) Talking to Some agricultural students of Latur,I got to know that Though rainfall is scarce,and uneven,the crops that are grown here are soyabean,Toor daal and Cotton.For common people,or students who are still studying,we see only the tip of iceberg.The deep rooted problems should be addressed or else We will have all machines and development and still will lack everything.Please bring out more small documentaries.These need to reach the authorities.
It is hard to imagine how Climate Change could affect the social fabrics and change the dynamics. Excellent reporting. Please bring such reporting where different man made and natural issues changes our social settings. Its an eye opener
Thank you so much! We will continue to do so with your support.
Sociological study of great importance. Thank you DTE
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Every bit of info kept me hooked to the video. Great reporting DTE 👏🏻
Awesome! Thank you!
Very sad!! We have so many engineering colleges, law colleges, but Karnataka has only about 6 agricultural universities with few seats. We need more people looking into this, then only will we atleast have a chance of finding some kind of a solution.
Some nations invest money into studying their climatology and agriculture, we should also start doing it in whatever scale we can.
These many suicides are heart rending to look at. 😞
Thanks down to earth.
Everyone is responsible for this.
If we can't change then, this situation will be gone in other cities also.🙏🏿
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Immediate measures should be taken to make them access tap water throughout the day. The govt should take initiative with help of private sector and ngo to tackle this problem as root cause is water .
An eye opener! Deep rooted problems cannot be wished away in a day!
Agriculture is the base of urbanization
But here the base is in distress
Hello @DownToEarth. I really love your content & have been watching your channel for more than a year now.
Just one suggestion: Please don't dub the Non-English conversation/interview to English. Just the subtitles are enough for an English speaker who is watching. Keeping audio as it is also maintains the authenticity of your content.
Dubbing the real audio (for example in this video Marathi) makes the video less interesting for a person who belongs to Maharashtra (or is a Marathi speaker).
Many thanks for your comment. We have duly noted your suggestion.
Why isn't the BJP government doing anything here to save lives? Modi ji is busy inaugurating events and trumpeting his achievements (I admire his contribution though 😁), instead of letting his 2nd line leaders to do so. He must visit Marathwada once and announce life-changing plans.
Farmers must be supported.
Yes, thank you for watching!
Authentic ground reality from which many are unaware.
Good work to highlight ongoing problems 👍🏻
DTE Fanboy💪💪 superb groundwork keep up DTE
Thank you so much!
हमेशा के तरह इस वर्ष भी पुणे में लगातार बारिश हुई, इस बारिश से तोह परेशान हो चुका हूं दीपावली के एक दिन पहले तक जोरदार बारिश हुई । मुझे ऐसे लगता है कि पुणे में होने वाली अधिक बारिश के पाने को स्टोर करके मराठवाड़ा में पाइपलाइन के जरिये सप्लाई करने चाहिए लेकिंन महाराष्ट्र में कोई भी सरकार हो वो किसान के बारे में नही सोचते ।
मराठवाड़ा के लोगो से मेरा यही निवेदन है कि आप सरकार को छोड़ स्वयं ही अपने गावो में पानी के भंडार बनाये , एक एक एकर के जमीन में तालाब बनाये ।
This year continous rain in pune has really irritated me , sometimes i feel like i want to break my head.
Many farmers in Telangana n karnataka shifted to Millets cultivation
Which is a crop for less water areas
And which was the TRADITIONAL CROP of the region
We changed our food habits In past 80 90 years to eat more RICE n WHEAT which requires toooo much water...
HENCE POOR SUSTAINABILITY
HENCE POOR HEALTH
DIABETES ETC
the things have changed in many villages due to Paani foundation, they had successfully changed many lives in maharashtras drought prone areas...they run "Water Cup" from 2016 to 2019 (due to covid it was stopped in 2020 as the period of water cup was 8th april to mid May) and thousands of villages become water abundant....in just 45 days....
and now they are running "Farmers Cup" where in they are teaching these farmers how to do farming in groups, and also teaching them how to do it without using fertilizers and harmful chemicals....the results are positive and all of them are making good money
The west coast of India in Maharashtra receives excessive rainfall, on the other hand these Marathwada regions are drought prone areas..... If the govt. makes infrastructure to trap all the rain water which falls on the windward side of western ghats and transport this water across through the pipelines, canals etc..... this problem could largely be solved....
Also farmers should be made aware on the use of tankwater irrigation and not just relying completely on groundwater.... Wetllands should also be preserved and not filled up with gravel for the construction of buildings
Climate change will deteriorate the situation gradually and it will be unbearable financially to do farming in majority of our country where majority of population is engaged in Agriculture. I don't even want to think further in that direction.
देश के किसानों की इतनी बड़ी समस्या की अनदेखी हमेशा से ही रही है।
आज विकास की बाते ही की जाती है लेकिन जमीनी स्तर पर कुछ खास काम नहीं हो पाया है।
अगर खेती कर रहे किसानों को अपना उत्पाद बेचने के लिए सही प्लेटफार्म मुहैया कराई जाए तो उनको होने वाले नुकसान से बचाया जा सकता है।
इसके अलावा उन्हें फसल बीमा और सही जानकारी भी उपलब्ध कराई जानी चाहिए।
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such a shame on the mahrashtra govt. in decades they aren't able to provide water to their people!
I'm from Beed. We have two pieces of agricultural land in two different locations 2kms apart half acre each. I'm 25 years old right now preparing for competitive exams and my elder brother is 30 years old and yet unmarried and unemployed. He does gigs beside focusing in the meagre farmland that lacks any kind of irrigation apart from monsoons. Even monsoons have become irregular and inadequate. One cannot do any business for lack of intial capital, can't take loans for we are already debt ridden since I can remember. There is no single education institute in entire Beed district for post metric studies which can guarantee employment prospects after getting a degree from it, even if you top it. All educational institutions are of MLAs and MPs who use these institutions for vote farming and extending their political interests, and nothing beyond that. Education in my district is only on apparent level, there is no actual education whatsoever.
So for families like us who have meagre land without irrigation who engage in business remains only option of studying hard and getting either a government job or private one in the metro cities. Regardless of kind of job you get, in 99% scenarios you'll have to leave your village and migrate to the place of job outside the district. Migration for livelihood solves one set of problems to an extent and creates even more problems in longer term. One's family cannot function properly by merely sending funds home as there is illiteracy all over the place, my own parents being illiterate(the main reason my elder brother cannot leave the town as I'm studying in another city and there has to be someone to manage household.)
The quality higher education seems legitimate way out, but there is no provision for that either. All middle class or rich send their children out of the district for eduction. Marginal farmers or daily wage workers can't afford to send their children not even to taluqa for education.
So there is no quality education that caters skills to provide you any kind of job, you face hurdles to migrate for job, you can't get a decent paying local job, the land doesn't earn you anything beyond keeping you alive, people don't want to wed their daughter with you for obvious reasons, you can't live sustainably without taking high interest loans that keep piling, the draught hits often, the utter misery of all this makes you addict to all kinds of substances from tobacco, gutkha to country liquor.
And if you somehow get married despite all of this, you just pass on the generational trauma to the next generation. The vicious cycle keeps on going.
Are there ways to conserve water n improve ground water??
This is heart breaking to here ...I am sure if proper experts are consulted and a plan is made ppl will crowd fund and help out with the finances to do it
Kindly look into it ...and help change this cycle of misery
This simply brought me agony against the present govt. They are simply doing bloody nothing for these people.
sathymeva jayathe water cup, not effective??
Great coverage by down to earth
It's not issue of Marathwada only. The condition of North Maharashtra region is same.
People here brought bride by giving money to the intermediary who have contacts in vidarbha or another region and caste isn't come in distant equation (that's good to see).
Here people also don't have issues like water scarcity as mostly in Marathwada, they get returns but no one want to marry their daughter to farmer, it's issue of hardships mainly.
Another thing is same as pictured in documentary girls/womens get higher freedom in urban areas.
Nice report Project👍@Down2Earth
Coverage like this is much needed, especially in such eras of crises... Mainstream media really need to think what they are reporting and what not, this is the issue of real India. Not able to meet the basic need of life.
Root problem is to get maximum people's from this region out of farming to something other earning source,
Areas where water is a biggest issue would start shifting to other money source,
Which woman want to marry a man who's earnings are not constant and may lead to loan defaults and then suicide,
One of my friend hear in Mumbai from marathvada but his family is living in city from 50 year's, when he was serching for bride he was flooded by many girls parents from his native place, even 3 girls was calling him constantly to imprace him for marriage,
He marry Mumbai girl from his own cast but he were told me this some years ago which I took as joke but now it seems like very serious issue
Why the share option is not there? This needs to be circulated more.
Unfortunately, UA-cam limits sharing options for videos that have mentions of suicide or self harm. But we believe that stories of farmers and realities of India need to be spoken about. You can still share it my copying the link or retweeting the story from our twitter handle.
www.downtoearth.org.in/video/agriculture/maharashtra-no-brides-for-marathwada-farmers-85973
twitter.com/down2earthindia/status/1592449831477329929
Thanks for replying. I have already shared.
This is really saddening. We don't have food in the near future, because one is not interested in farming.
🙏🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Report gave me goosebumps
Thank you!
What happened to the fake promise of PM that farmers' income will be doubled in 2022? Who is going to ask that to the PM?
India🇮🇳❤
I know why they want to bring a bride, so that they can have a son...
its reality of farmer please dont ignore it.
Marathwada region was not part of Maharashtra during British Era. It was ruled by Nizam of Hyderabad. Historical, geography, political factors etc are the factors behind backwardness. This region should be helped financially as same as Jammu Kashmir... article 371 of Indian constitution has not been helpful to Marathwada..in fact article 371 J applicable to Karnataka region is more helpful for Karnataka people when both region ruled by Nizam
Is there any crop which requires less water so that their crops are less rain dependent.
Yes there are but unfortunately years of sugarcane cultivation has reduced groundwater levels considerably.
@@D2E so nature is punishing for wrong decisons. we must move backwards which is in sync with environment.
Nexus of Sugarcane - cooperative bank - vote is creating this problem
Many farmers in Telangana n karnataka shifted to Millets cultivation
Which is a crop for less water areas
And which was the TRADITIONAL CROP of the region
We changed our food habits In past 80 90 years to eat more RICE n WHEAT which requires toooo much water...
HENCE POOR SUSTAINABILITY
HENCE POOR HEALTH
DIABETES ETC
Government must focus on farmer distress areas with some special policy intervention.
I belongs to this region, we faces many problems due to water scarcity
Please do share your experiences with us.
@down to earth,, please provide possible solutions and way forward in your future videos,,,
farmers dont need empathy, they need azadi to do business and azadi from trecherous monsoons by providing infrastructure
Thank you for your comment... here is one
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Kokan में भी ladikiya farmers से शादी नहीं कोकण region में पाणी है सब है और kyu करें शादी क्या मिलेगा उसे farmers से शादी करके में सभी farmer's को कहना चाहूँगा आप अपने खेतों में कम पाणी lagane वाली लोकल tree लगाओ और खेती से बाहर निकलो क्युकी क्लायमेट change का पहला effect farmer's को मिल रहा है और आगे और होगा effect farmer को .
Help him
Not only Marathwada farmers....all india small and marginal farmers facing debt trap issues ...
Yes, absolutely.
This situation can be easily tackled if women think from the perspective that they marry the farmer and took up the charge of any small business like a stationary shops etc. This ways , both will be happy .
For that to be possible women should be taken seriously and respected in roles outside their homes in rural settings. If a female shop owner and shop keeper has to carry out business she has to be taken seriously when handling vendors and costumers. Would a rural social structure support this ? As explored in this report, women are choosing urban living because they want a life not burdened by social restrictions that leave them unable to contribute to their families wellbeing beyond cooking, cleaning, fetching water and bearing children.
Permaculture
How big is your bank account? How romantic
Kuni ahe ka Marathi 🇮🇳❣️
Food forrest
What about the Paani Foundation? I thought they teach methods to store water and increase income of the farmers of Maharashtra? Is this Fake News?
Yes, the Paani foundation does work across Maharashtra. But the reach is limited. Some problems that are sustained over decades need to be addressed through effective execution of government policies apart from efforts from private enterprises.
It’s helping, I’m sure, but it’s slow and it takes time for the large scale changes to start changing the hydrology of an entire region.
There should be 1 child policy for the poor.. else millions will die of hunger in future
Fake news
Permaculture