QUOTE(yogi @ Oct 19 2006, 09:56 AM) [snapback]65928[/snapback]
you ought to research further into what lies in the past before they came up.
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Droughts happen even today. Only difference it, they don't result in femine. That is because India has suffecient storage of food grains to provide food in case of draughts.
Example from 2001:
* Chhattisgarh: 10,252 villages in 12 of 16 districts, 9,400,000 people affected.
* Gujarat: 12,240 villages in 22 of 25 districts, 29,100,000 people, 107,00,000 cattle.
* Madhya Pradesh: 22,490 villages in 32 of 45 districts, 12,700,000 people, 8,570,000 cattle.
* Orissa: 15,000 villages in 28 of 30 districts, 11900,000 people, 39900,000 cattle.
* Rajasthan: 31,000 villages in 31 of 32 districts, 33,000,000 people, 39,900,000 cattle.
* Himachal Pradesh: All 12 districts affected, 4600,000 people, 88,000 hectare of crop area.
* Maharashtra: 20,000 villages in 26 of 35 districts, 45,500,000 people, 258,000 cattle.
* Uttaranchal: One district affected.
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