Drought threatens to wither the economy of India – Times Online
Posted on August 28th, 2009.Drought threatens to wither the economy of India – Times Online .
August 28, 2009
“He committed suicide because the rains had not come,” Rekha, his wife, told The Times, sitting on her haunches in her tiny dilapidated shack.”
“… Dilip left Rekha, 20, with two small children to provide for — and little else. The family is now among the worst-hit victims of a drought that has gripped India and threatens the economic security of millions.
“We are in God’s hands now,” she added, still seemingly in shock.
Signs of the monsoon’s failure are easy to find in Hiwara, the small village in the western state of Maharashtra where Rehka lives.
Five of the village’s six boreholes no longer produce water…”
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