Female foeticide, acute water shortage in 15 districts in the state, alleged irregularities in irrigation projects, farmers' suicides and superseding of Belgaum Municipal Corporation are some of the other areas which might find focus during the three-week-long session.
Deficient rainfall has taken a toll on the sowing of kharif crops in the state. This, coupled with reports that there is only nine per cent water supply in state reservoirs has given the opposition ample ammunition to attack the Congress-NCP government.
The Raj Thackeray-led MNS has claimed that the figures about toll collection available with the state government were "bogus" and party workers kept a watch on the toll booths to gauge the exact figures.
The issue would be highlighted by MNS legislators, party group leader in the Assembly, Bala Nandgaonkar said. "Our activists have collected factual information about how many vehicles pass through these toll booths," he said.
The BJP is planning to target Water Resources Minister Sunil Tatkare for his alleged involvement in a land scam.
BJP, which demanded a court-monitored probe into the alleged irregularities, claimed the scam, involving acquisition of large tracts of land by the senior NCP leader's family and associates, was to the tune of over Rs 25,000 crore wherein black money was parked through 1,000-odd companies.
A major fallout of the blaze in the mantralaya is that the loss of important files in the fire has made it inconvenient, if not altogether impossible, for bureaucrats to brief ministers in detail on issues to be raised in the state legislature.
The offices of Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, who holds urban development and housing portfolio, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, in-charge of finance and power, and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat were among those damaged in the fire.
Among the legislations due for passage is the 'Black Magic and Evil and Aghori Practices Bill' against superstition.
