Fighting droughts locally

We need a community-level ‘water husbandry’ movement to address the water problem.

After six frantic weeks of a dry monsoon, it finally rained in Tarai on August 1, offering some relief to farmers who had nearly given up hope of planting rice this year. However, the drought story isn’t new, nor is it limited to Tarai alone. What’s happening in the region is just the tip of the iceberg of what communities across the country have experienced in recent decades.