Drought and its effect on Human Life

Disaster Management Geography

Drought is a natural disaster as well as man-made disaster. precipitation variability is main Natural reason of Drought in India. Inappropriate use of water, we do not give the value to water, government ignore the importance of water, many farmers taking the crop like a sugarcane which is absorb lot of water, every year we get sufficient rainfall, but we don’t plan of the rain water. And these are the man-made reasons of drought. Drought impacts health through many pathways. Water is life! People need water to drink, grow food, and be clean. But drought affects health in many other ways too. Drought affects our lives in many different ways because water is such an important part of so many of our activities. We need water to live, and animals and plants do too. We need water to grow the food we eat. We also use water for many different things in our lives, like washing dishes, cooking, bathing, and swimming or river rafting. Water is also used to help make the electricity we use to run the lights in our houses and the video games you may like to play. When we don’t have enough water for these activities because of a drought, many people and many different things will be affected in many ways.

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