what happened in Cherrapunji due to deforestation?
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You know there is heavy rainfall in cherapunji through the year and its a mountainous so water flows very quickly so before deforestation trees used to hold this water and maintain as a reservoir now due to no trees even having high rainfalls there is nothing to stor this water hence there are slightly drought conditions in cherapunji
Cherrapunji's desolate landscape: Turning into a desert Reputed to be the wettest spot on earth, Cherrapunji in Meghalaya is fast turning into a true desert and in another few decades will not even be able to support grass. A hint of what the future here will be like was provided in the Meghalaya Government's admission last fortnight that currently even drinking water was in terribly short supply in the area.
The Cherrapunji paradox and the plight of its inhabitants, ecologists believe is the result of past sins: indiscriminate deforestation. Decades ago, it is believed, vast oak forests prevailed over the land but jhum (shifting) cultivation - which is banned nowadays - gradually denuded the hillocks. Years of record rainfall - averaging 500 inches per annum - washed away top soil at the rate of 300 tonnes per hectare annually.