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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Drought of management -Asha Ramachandran

Drought of management -Asha Ramachandran

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published Published on Nov 10, 2017   modified Modified on Nov 10, 2017
-The Statesman

The ongoing flood situation in several parts of peninsular India has left people confused. Just a few months ago, the states were declared drought-hit with a severe drinking water crisis. Yet, images of the 2015 floods in Chennai are still fresh in one’s memory. Reports of the recent floods in Bangalore and Mumbai poured in even as the region was declared to be facing the worst drought in recorded history.

“Drought is nothing new to India since organised agriculture began some 10,000 years ago,” asserted Richard Mahapatra, managing editor of Down to Earth(DTE), a fortnightly brought out by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). “Drought and rains have always been with us and people have learnt to cope with them. The trouble is, what was once an occupational hazard has now metamorphosed into a human-made disaster of unmanageable proportions.”

Launching DTE’s new publication, Drought,But Why? Mahapatra said in a panel discussion, 245 districts across the country faced extreme rainfall this year. But these very districts were reeling under drought-like situation in the rest of the year.

Therefore, every district faces both drought and floods. He also alluded to Rajasthan, which, going by data from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), experienced this year more than normal rains ~ 300 times than in last year. “It rained in the desert and the place faced three months of floods,” he said. “The people and the local ecology are not geared for excess water, leave alone floods.” In the midst of this seemingly excess water, 57 per cent of the country is more drought prone than 20 years ago. Even before monsoons have left the country’s shores, most areas faces water shortage and soon, drought. One is left wondering whether this drought is a natural phenomenon, human-made or the impact of climate change? The book adds another dimension to this situation ~ government policy.

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The Statesman, 9 November, 2017, http://www.thestatesman.com/books-education/drought-of-management-1502525054.html


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