Water crisis in India. According to the India Meteorological Department, the pre-monsoon rainfall from March to April — critical to agriculture in several parts of the country — has recorded a 27% deficit. An analysis by scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, suggests that about half of the country is in the grip of a drought.

First published in the April 29, 2019, 8:03 p.m. edition

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