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This Is What India's Devastating Drought Looks Like Up Close
2016-06-30 23:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: For years, Lakshman Pal, 28, planted wheat and tended to his small field here. Each season, he hoped for rain. He looked up at the sky and waited for the showers that normally came. But for the past two years, they've hardly come at all. His crops eventually withered and died, crumbling to dust. In early May, Pal returned from a spell of work in the distant state of Haryana, where he earned 250 rupees, or about $3.70, a day toiling long hours as a laborer. Fifteen other members of his family also...
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