Newsletter No. 53;
IRBMS; May-June, 2016
Flood in June 2016
Drought in April 2016
The 2015-16 drought, now in Central India,
The water affluent urban power centres
is slowly disappearing from public memory
usually react late to such rural slow
with the arrival of monsoon. The causes for
deprivation. The system does not proactively
the drought remain there as it was earlier.
act knowing very well that Climate Change
The temporary respite on monsoon rain has
is
diverted
temperature pattern across India.
urban,
so
called
mainstream
already
changing
the
rainfall
and
society’s attention towards other news. One
When Jat reservation movement threatened
of the worst drought affected area is
the water supply of Delhi, immediately
Bundelkhand which is receiving less than
armed forces were called for continuous
average rainfall in last 10 years. Riot,
supply of water. The problem is known; the
fighting, brawl over water has escalated in
average annual per capita availability of
the region but this predominantly poor
water in the country is reducing steadily. In
region does not come to the mainstream
2001 it was 1816 cuM which decreased to
news.
1545 cuM in 2011. India with 18% of the
world's population is having only 4% of the
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