The Army unit deployed in Ashti successfully evacuated 40 people with the help of an NDRF team and other agencies.
Drought or no drought... life goes in the water-starved Beed district in Maharashtra's Marathwada region
According to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research Director General Trilochan Mohapatra, the insects have attacked about 40,000 hectares of land.
Yogita Ashok Desai, 12, died of 'cardio pulmonary arrest', after she collapsed on her way home after fetching water.
