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Vidarbha’s broken pipelines cause water loss, health risks, and economic strain, with municipalities struggling to respond.

Vidarbha's cities like Nagpur and Akola show gaps in monsoon readiness, while Chandrapur takes proactive steps for 2025 floods.

Tobacco-related cancers surge in Vidarbha, with oral cancer leading. High tobacco use drives this health crisis in the region.

Despite loan waiver promises, Vidarbha farmers face debt recovery actions and rising land possession notices.

Floods from 2015 to 2023 reveal major coordination, warning, and infrastructure gaps across Vidarbha's districts.

Financial crimes in Vidarbha, from GST scams to bank frauds, hit hard, with slow action and deep effects on locals.

Cotton farming in Vidarbha has driven unsustainable groundwater use, with extraction crossing 90% in key districts.

Over 21,000 farmer suicides and protest deaths in Vidarbha expose critical gaps in response, relief, and irrigation access.

Four decades after launch, the Gosikhurd irrigation project in Vidarbha remains incomplete despite massive cost overruns.

Vidarbha auto drivers protest e-bike taxi policy, fear job losses, demand talks and fair regulations to balance livelihoods.

Despite revised guidelines, tribal children in Vidarbha face severe malnutrition under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme.

Small farmers in Vidarbha face shrinking land, debt, poor yields, and unstable markets with little institutional support.

Vidarbha shows persistent gender gaps in education, employment, and financial access across districts and communities.

Livestock farmers in Vidarbha face poor veterinary access, staff shortages, and slow rollout of government health schemes.

Repeated eviction drives in Nagpur have displaced thousands of hawkers without viable alternatives or legal support.

Vidarbha faces deep economic and social disparities within Maharashtra, with low income, poor infrastructure, and rising distress.

Maharajbagh Road in Nagpur faced repeated digging, delays, and cost overruns, disrupting traffic for over a decade.

Fake seeds and illegal inputs are damaging cotton farming in Yavatmal and Buldhana, causing crop failure and distress.

Nagpur’s illegal speed breakers damage vehicles and backs alike as civic rules are flouted without consequence.

Cancer screening and treatment in Vidarbha's rural districts, such as Chandrapur and Yavatmal, face barriers despite government programmes.