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Drought and despair [1]

Tamil Nadu reels under a third successive year of drought, and the rural economy is fast drying up as a sixth straight crop failure stares farmers in the face.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2004
T.S. Subramanian [2]
Frontline (Chennai) [3]
Tags:
Tamil Nadu [4], Drought [5], Economy [6], Farmers [7], Cash Crops [8], Nagapattinam (D) [9], Thanjavur (D) [10], Cauvery [11], Karur (D) [12], Drinking Water Scarcity [13]

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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/economy
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cash-crops
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nagapattinam-d
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/thanjavur-d
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cauvery
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karur-d
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water-scarcity