During 2014-2017 India was shaken by severe spells of drought that hit over 500 million people across geographical regions. Unlike in the past, these droughts did not spare the urban areas; metropolitan cities like Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru declared water emergency and several towns resorted to water rationing. “Drought But Why?” examines how an occupational hazard has turned into a human-made disaster of unmanageable proportion since organised agriculture began some 10,000 years ago. The book also delves into the experiences of several villages in chronic drought-prone areas of the country that remain unaffected by the scourge. These experiences show that India is a victim of its own policy that revolves around drought relief instead of working towards relief from drought in the long run. These villages offer the new commandments for drought management.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/books/drought-why-how-india-can-fight-scourge-abandoning-drought-relief
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/richard-mahapatra
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/snigdha-das
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/centre-science-and-environment-cse
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/droughts
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought-management
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought-relief
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought-prone-areas
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/centre-science-and-environment-cse
