Inaugural Address: P. Goswami, Director, CSIR-NISTADS

DROUGHT
What is a Drought?
Drought is defined as a
period in which a region
has a deficit in its water
supply whether surface or
underground water. It can
last for months or years, or
even days….. though
droughts can persist for
several years, even a short,
intense drought can cause
significant damage and
harm to the local economy.
.
• Drought Affected area:Telangana,Dist:Adilabad,Mancherial
(Godavari River)
.
• Affectedarea(s):Telangana,Dist:Adilabad,Mancherial (Godavari River)
Affected Area(s):Telangana, Dist:
Adilabad,Basara Saraswathi
TempleTown
.
• Cultivation in Godavari
River Bed
Dried river Beeing cultivated .
Basara Temple Town – Sever scarcity of water
Digging the Open Well In godavari River.
Telangana:Adilabad,Basara (Saraswathi temple)
• Bengal gram cultivation In
Middle of the Godavri River
Bed
• Godavari River Used AS
Road For Travelling From
Karimnagar To Adilabad
Dist.
Telanagana:Kadem (GodavariRiver)
• Godavari River Used as
Transportation From
adilabad To Karimnagar.At
Kadem
• Godavari River Pond Never
Dried For Last Few Decades
But Present Its Dried Up
Krishna River Vulnerable Drought
Drought Effects.
Telangana:Lohesra Godavari
Near By villages scarcity of
water and fodder for cattle's
at Godavari River Bank
• Shelter to the Animal
Fodder near Godavari River
Bank
Drought brings cattle to slaughters houses.
Karuvu Korrallo Kakatiyula Vibhavam.
(kakatiya dynasty vulnerable to drought).
Farm crisis arrives villagers to become
migrants, Isolate the villages.
Rivers turned into Deserts.
Mass Migration From Villages to City’s.
For Basic necessities .
Climate Changes & Long Dry spell,
Floods effects Globally.
Too Much “HOT” Kill Human beings.
The Burning Sun Dying People.
NO Fodder For maintenance of cattle's Selling Cattle‘s to slaughter Houses.
kidney)
Drought Famine – High Vegetable Prices
FARM POND
Un Sustainable water schemes & sustainable water
scheme.
Water intensive crops
Paddy
Sugar canes
Alternative crops
ALTERNATIVE CROPS
ALTERNATIVE CROPS
Causes
 Drought can be caused by a number of
factors.
 The most important one though relates to the
amount of water vapor in the atmosphere as this is
what creates precipitation.
 If there is an above average presence of dry,
high pressure air systems instead, less moisture is
available to
 produce precipitation.
 Even, deforestation for agriculture and/or
building combined with the resultant erosion can
also cause drought to begin because as soil is
moved away from an area it is less able to absorb
moisture when it falls.
Thanking You.