date:Nov 06, 2020
The month of September saw 77 per cent less rainfall than in a normal year and October remained dry as well. This means the spectre of drought now looms large over the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
The prolonged dry spell has affected the sowing of early varieties of different crops, mainly wheat, and the situation could worsen if rains continued to elude the hill state for some more days.
N.K. Badhan, state Agriculture Department Director, told: The sowing of crops wont be possible till t