Monsoon season may not provide drought relief in India
MAY 09, 2016
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029808
CNN : India is experiencing its worst drought in decades. Exceptionally high temperatures some 3–5 °C above average over the past year and two years of below-average rainfall have severely reduced groundwater levels. According to India’s Central Water Commission, the country’s major water reservoirs are 79% empty, and three-quarters of the country’s basins have less water than the 10-year average. They are so depleted that the next monsoon season, which begins in June, will likely not be enough to fully replenish them, says Nitya Jacob of WaterAid India.
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