With 68 per cent below normal rainfall, Punjab on the verge of drought

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  • Published On: July 24, 2012
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With just 12 mm of rain in all of July, people in Punjab's Sangrur district are hoping for divine intervention. One of the main districts for producing rice, their crop is now dangerously delayed.

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