The erratic and heavy rainfall last year has turned a large part of the deep desert country into a vast submerged landscape.

The erratic and heavy rainfall last year has turned a large part of the deep desert country into a vast submerged landscape.
Barmer District, Thar Desert, Rajasthan has an average rainfall of 280 mm annually, but during the monsoon of 2006 it received about 600 mm of rain within 2

A rural area of western Rajasthan was surveyed for diarrhoeal disease. The objective of this study was to carry out analysis of domestic water use and environmental health.