Question

Causes of drought in India

Answer 1

Droughts are one of the scariest and deadliest natural calamities. Droughts have claimed innumerable lives in India in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Since agriculture is one of the main livelihood sources in India and it is depended on rainfall and water supply, a shortage in water affects agriculture badly resulting in famine and causes deaths on a large scale.



• Location

Certain regions in India are drought prone. These areas receive an annual rainfall upto 60 cm and hence are severely affected where the monsoons aren’t enough. The Irrigation Commission of India has identified 67 districts in the country that are drought prone. Some of the states that have been identified as drought prone include Rajasthan, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Northern Karnataka and Maharashtra.

Answer 2

Droughts happen when there is not enough rain for longer period of time. There is so little precipitation that whole region starts to dry out. At times droughts takes decade to develop fully and they are very difficult to predict.

Environmental changes like climate change, rise in oceanic temperatures and the local landscape changes play a role in giving birth to droughts.

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