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Stretching over the states of Mahrashtra, parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, this province is also deficient in underground water resource. In fact, the Deccan Trap is a deep lava formation of the Cretaceous Period in which the seepage of water is possible only through the cracks and fissures. The limited under-ground water is however, of immense help for the irrigation of cereal crops, orchards, sugarcane, vegetables, flowers, and grasses.