So far, the state has received only 53.5 per cent of the average rainfall (125.2mm) while last year, around this time, 182.80 mm of rainfall had been recorded.
"The water storage in state's dams is just 13 per cent," officials said.
Sixteen districts have received less than 50 per cent rainfall, 15 districts have recorded 50 to 100 per cent rains and Akola and Amravati have recorded more than 100 per cent, they said.
Barring Konkan, fodder camps and cattle shelters will continue till July 15, they added.
Pune, Osmanabad, Jalna and Nashik cities were facing shortage of drinking water.
"If there is no sufficient rain in the next week, scarcity conditions will arise," they said.
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During the meeting, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan directed officials to ensure that water from reservoirs supplying drinking water should not be diverted for other uses, sources said.
A four-member committee of senior bureaucrats has been set up to look into the distribution and availability of water in the entire state.