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Coming after consecutive drought years, 2018 brought the worst drought in 20 years in Andhra. The state government declared 347 mandals (blocks) drought-affected in nine of 13 districts.
#Election2019 #AndhraPradesh
Source: IndiaSpend
#Election2019 #AndhraPradesh
Source: IndiaSpend
Further, the entire state received 32% deficient rainfall between June 2018 and April 2019, affecting the main kharif and rabi (October to March, or winter) crops.
— @bhanupriya_rao
— @bhanupriya_rao
Nagamma belongs to the Boya caste, a Backward Class group. She has been leaving her, now teenage son, back in the village to work on Guntur's chilli farms for the last six years.
#AndhraDrought
#distressmigration #watershortage #crisis #climatechange
#AndhraDrought
#distressmigration #watershortage #crisis #climatechange
