K Jayalakshmi

In Andhra Pradesh's Goddumarri village, people have drilled over 40 borewells on a 405 sq m community land next to a temple. This is causing the dry riverbed of the Chritravati, barely 500 metres from the temple, to cave in at places (Photo: Ayesha Minhaz)

Droughts getting intense, more frequent in southern states

Shreeshan Venkatesh

23 May 2017

8 min read

A puddle created by the spillover from a borewell is the only source of free water for the residents of Nagakuri village in the Cauvery delta of Tamil Nadu (Photo Bhaskarjyoti Goswami)

Natural Disasters

Water scarcity, parched lands stare at peninsular India

Shreeshan Venkatesh

23 May 2017

9 min read