Dengue, another climate alert


What does farmer's despair over crop failure have in common with dengue fever, which is ravaging Delhi and other cities of India? Seemingly nothing. But dig a little deeper and you will find that in both cases, variable and erratic weather is at the root of these tragic events. There is another connection: lack of governmental policy, action and, quite frankly, callous neglect that has made both events even more horrific and painful.

Last fortnight, I wrote about the killing fields of India, where unseasonal, extreme and deficient rainfall had driven farmers to despair. It is clear that this variable weather is not a freak event, but points to the changes that are beginning to influence our monsoon lifeline. It is equally clear that current policies exacerbate agrarian distress. It is farmers who pay with their lives................Read more

 

Source web page: Business Standard


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