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India’s future drying up?

May 13, 2008

NEW DELHI - With the winter rains predicted to fall, water storage levels in India could dip leading to greater water stress during the lean monsoon period. Combined with the fall in winter rains, the increasing intensity of rain would lead to a higher number of floods during monsoon which too could result in reduced groundwater recharge potential, the authors of an IPCC report have warned.

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Source : Times of India

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One Response to “India’s future drying up?”

  1. hitha on August 26th, 2008 2:42 am

    to read more about water scarcity and contamination

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