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10 States in India where Water Scarcity has become common in just Few Years
WATER as we all know is the most important resource of our life. An average human being can survive for two days to a week without water. There are places where water is abundant but yet there are more places where water has declined drastically and within few years it has became rare. When I started making this article, I thought of listing 10-20 places in India where there is acute water scarcity. But as I started researching, I found out atleast 10-20 places in a single state. My list started expanding, and I ended up having more than 100 places where water has become Common to Rare. I…
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12 Extreme Weather Events that Shook India in 2017
Here is a list of 12 extreme weather events that happened in the year 2017, that were extremely devastating. Have a read about them. Avalanche in Gurez Sector, 25th January, 2017 : Season’s heaviest snowfall was recorded on the day before India’s Republic Day on the upper heights of Kashmir. The heavy snowing then triggered four avalanches back to back in the Gurez sector of Bandipora district of Kashmir resulting in demise of almost 14 Indian Army Soldiers and many localites. Floods and Avalanche in Kashmir Valley, 7-8th April, 2017 : The offseason heavy rain and snowfall triggered a couple of extreme weather events that shook the entire Kashmir…