The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Meghalaya’s paradox: too much rain, too little water
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Bhavya Razshree & Adarsh Ashok
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Despite being one of the wettest places on Earth, the Sohra region in Meghalaya faces severe water shortages during winter months. The lack of infrastructure to store monsoon rainfall has led to a reliance on purchased water for local residents.
By November, the streams around Sohra begin to fall silent. The rivers that roared through the monsoon thin to a trickle and then to nothing, and the springs that families have drawn from for generations turn seasonal. By deep winter, in a town that holds two world records for rainfall, people are buying water by the bucket.
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