Drought

Drought - India

National drought fears loom as India gets deficient rainfall. India is staring at the spectre of a possible drought as the progress of the monsoon has been abysmally slow. If the city of Pune doesn’t receive a good rainfall by June 25, “tough measures” will be taken to tackle the looming water scarcity. Pune is the seventh largest metropolis in India and the second largest in the state of Maharashtra. The dams that supply water to the city hold a storage which can only last till July 25.

“We have water storage that will last a month. Every year the city receives at least some rains in the first fortnight of June. This year, however, there hasn’t been any rainfall in the city nor in the catchment areas of the dams which provide water to the city. We shall see how monsoon behaves for a couple of days. If it doesn’t rain we will call a review meeting on June 25 and will take some tough measures."

Drought -North Korea

North Korea is suffering such a serious drought that soldiers have been mobilized to irrigate fields and paddies.