Even as rural areas in otherwise drought-hit regions of Maharashtra (as also in neighbouring areas of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) struggle to cope with immense damages due to untimely rain and hailstorms in Feb-March 2014, the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment report warning that “extreme weather events may increase in frequency,” has led to alarm amongst environmental activists and farm rights groups alike. They are calling immobility on the issue since June 2008, “unacceptable negligence.” An RTI response by the state environment ministry to the South Asian Network for Dams, Rivers & People (SANDRP) confirms that both the state and its consultant The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) have failed to prepare the State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC).

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