Is Bundelkhand again heading towards drought?

After experiencing a deluge last year, the region is in for water scarcity in the year of Super El Nino

Bundelkhand, notoriously prone to drought, is once again drying off.Photo: Vikas Choudhary/CSE

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29 Jun 2026, 12:10 pm

These images show buffaloes cooling off in one of the last remaining pools on the Yamuna riverbed near Mahoba in the Bundelkhand region of north-central India.

Last year, it has witnessed a deluge. This year, the water is vanishing again.Photo: Vikas Choudhary/CSE

Bundelkhand is notoriously drought prone.

Just last year, after nearly two decades of chronic water scarcity, it witnessed an extraordinary spell of monsoon rainfall that left fields flooded and crops ruined.

Now, the water is again vanishing.

These images of buffaloes cooling off in the last remaining pools on the Yamuna riverbed is a reminder of the region’s recurring battle with drought.Photo: Vikas Choudhary/CSE

The images are thus a stark reminder of Bundelkhand’s recurring battle with drought and disappearing rivers.

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