Earlier this year, I was complaining about how it rains all year in India, except the rainy season. Apparently, Nature has taken upon itself to prove the likes of me wrong.
This year, we have had relentless rains during the rainy seasons leading to many landslides across the country. The result was massive destruction and loss of countless lives. Those who survived have lost homes and livelihood.
The entire state of Punjab has been flooded since it receives water from five rivers. And it is not the only one. Thousands of hectares of crops have perished, including those right outside my city. From my third storey rooftop, I can see river Yamuna swelling to the point that I can’t see the other shore, drowning all the crops of the local farmers.
Considering that farming is the primary vocation in India, the loss can lead to starvation of farmers. We are all heading towards a time when cost of food, and hence cost of living, would shoot up tremendously and would be beyond the means of millions of those people who lost everything except their lives.
My prayers go with these people and we are all trying to see what we can do to help them.
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