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Drought and Drain.... A global warming impact....

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My dear social friends, brothers and sisters ...  Vanakkam, Namaste and good day!. In this blog, I will share my real world experiencing both drought and drain as a farmer...This blog is about drought and drains that we experienced last year....  Global warming is alarming, and it is time to act on, rather than being reactive always... Background:  Last year we had severe drought in our area. It was really worst, i.e. around 4 to 6 months: i.e. from June till October, it was really worse. People had to search for drinking water and preserve for few days till they got again. In farm, we had very little water only. Existing 100+ feet well drained out completely, and all the bore-wells or boreholes ran out of water. Hence, it was very tough to maintain the farm. You could see a dying mango tree in below picture ...   During this drought period, we lost many big mango trees.  They were planted by my father. These trees were growing along with us. When we were kids, my dad planted those in