Nearly 50% of India is currently facing drought: IIT Gandhinagar scientists

1. Nearly 50% of India is currently facing drought: IIT Gandhinagar scientists The continuing drought will further burden the already depleting groundwater resources of the country About 50 percent of the nation is presently confronting draught less than 16 percent falling in the "outstanding" or "outrageous" class, as per IIT Gandhinagar researchers dealing with India's ongoing dry

2. season expectation framework. This continuous dry spell will represent a great deal of difficulties in water accessibility this late spring, Vimal Mishra, partner teacher at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here, told PTI. The constant observing framework kept running by his group, which incorporates PhD understudy Amardeep Tiwari, gathers climate and precipitation information from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), which is then used to reproduce soil dampness and different variables that add to dry spell. The aftereffects of the reproductions, arranged by the Water and Climate Lab at IIT Gandhinagar, are accessible on the site of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). "Around 47 percent of the nation is confronting dry season - with 16 percent confronting extraordinary, or uncommon class of dry season - which we appear from our ongoing checking framework that we have produced for the nation," said Mishra, who heads the lab. Continue Reading