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India experienced the driest August on record last month (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by LollerCorleone@kbin.social to c/india@kbin.social

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India monthly rainfall in August fell below 190mm for the first time in record to 161.77 mm last month. The impact this will have on agriculture is huge with more than half our country dependent on rainfall for irrigation.

Source: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/weekly-numerics-the-good-and-the-bad-gdp-has-grown-well-but-the-rains-are-playing-truant-11295491.html

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[–] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I shudder thinking how it will be in India as climate change worsens. There is any barely adaptation policies being implemented.

[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Under Modi's regime, it'll be like covid deaths of wave 2 on steroids but ignored by Modi-Shah like Manipur. remember the mass funerals? remember the mass graves on the banks of the Ganga? remember how their grave-coverings, the ramnami-chadars, were taken away by the govt to hide the no.of dead?

We're getting a real-time lesson on 'those who fogert histry are doomed to repeat it' .

Under anyone else, there'll still be mass deaths, but the govt will step in to do atleast something.