In Maharashtra those villages have sugarcane crop are mostly depended on tankers for drinking water says ex secretary of irrigation department Dr. D. M. More. He says, sugarcane is not backbone of Maharashtra. In drought affected area drinking water is being used for sugarcane crop. Chitale committee & Godbole committee had submitted their report to state government, but no one read that report carefully. In Chitale committee report, it has been suggested to ban sugarcane crop in drought affected area of Maharashtra.