#indiadrought

It goes without saying droughts can be detrimental to the environment. But droughts also have serious consequences for people’s livelihoods, affecting everything from agriculture and water supply to transportation and health. Nearly 40 percent of the world – 1.3 billion people – relies on agriculture as its main source of income. So if severe droughts lead water shortages in an area dependent on agriculture, it puts the health and wellbeing not only of animals and crops at risk, but of the farmers and communities that depend on them too. Tahaan organizes awareness campaigns on water conservation and by involving students and citizens we conduct tree plantation drives on various parts of Pune and nearest cities and villages. Since public awareness and action are key to fight climate change and drought-like situations. Ref: @climatereality @ministry_of_jal_shakti @unicefwater @centralgroundwaterboard @indiawaterfoundation @nwmgoi @niti.aayog @nih_hydrology @missionpaani @cwcofficial.goi @gwp_water #WorldWaterDay #drought #maharashtradrought #indiadrought #UnitedNationsWater #UnitedNations #JanShakti4JalShakti #JalShaktiAbhiyan #GlobalClimateChange #climatechange #MissionPaani #ministryofjalshakti #climatechangepune #WaterPune #punewater #climatechnagewater #punewaterresources #climatecrisis #waterpolution #waterbornediseases #tahaan #tahaanefforts #waterresources #floods #waterscarcity https://www.instagram.com/p/B8tqQiXKE2u/?igshid=hzekc5yl7xkx

Even as an overall bountiful monsoon this year had the most belated recorded withdrawal – on October 10, against the usual date of September 1 – the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that five of the country’s 36 meteorological subdivisions, accounting for 15 percent of the 3.29 million sq km land area, had received deficient rainfall. This was just short of the IMD’s own recognition that, on an average, 20 percent of the country receives scant rain during the monsoons. Indeed, data released on October 24 by the Drought Early Warning System (DEWS), a drought monitoring platform, indicate that “at least 20.8 percent of India is under different degrees of drought”, of which 6.3 percent is witnessing severe, extreme or exceptionally dry conditions. Ref: Mongabay #india #drought #indiadrought #watercrisis #waterstress #waterconservation #rainfall #monsoon #extreme #severeconditions #data #norainfall #tahaan #tahaanefforts https://www.instagram.com/p/B4plbJ8o2Ur/?igshid=1bccpk6q1wdhc