Mumbai, May 29 (Reporter) Senior Congress leaders will set out on drought inspection tours in the affected areas of Maharashtra from May 31 to gauge the severity of the people's sufferings, the party's state chief Nana Patole announced on Wednesday. He said the tours were being organised to give justice to the people, adding the situation was severe with many areas not getting drinking water for 15 to 20 days. 75 percent of the state is suffering from drought, but Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has gone on a vacation, said Patole. "The Congress will begin drought inspection tours from May 31 to give justice to the people. The Congress delegations will go to the fields to observe the drought. A report will be given to the divisional commissioners concerned after visiting each division," Patole. said at a media conference here at the Congress office. Attacking the state's grand coalition (Mahayuti) government, Patole said the problem of drinking water and animal fodder is also serious and the tanker mafia is flourishing due to government apathy. "The government says the water tankers are fitted with GPS, but the GPS is removed and fitted to motorcycles. Does the government also collect money from the water tanker mafia or what?" he asked. Patole said he would go to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Thursday and begin his drought inspection tour from May 31. He would meet the Commissioner and brief them about his experiences. He would set out on a drought inspection tour again from June 4. In North Maharashtra, legislature party leader Balasaheb Thorat will undertake the tour, while in West Maharashtra, the onus will be on former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. The tours will be taken out In Vidarbha, under the leadership of Vijay Wadettiwar, while in the Amravati region former minister Yashomati Thakur will spearhead the programme. In the Konkan division, the tour will be led by state working president Naseem Khan, said Patole...////...