‘We can only watch our animals die’: A drought disaster in Kutch
Al JazeeraIn Kutch, a northern Gujarat district, residents say their livelihoods are at risk as experts warn of a water crisis. Kutch district, Gujarat, India – Over the past few days, dark monsoon clouds have enveloped the small desert town of Bhuj, in the Indian state of Gujarat, with rainfall finally bringing relief to the distressed region. “In Kutch, a three-year drought cycle is considered a normal pattern.” Local communities had learned to cope, but this summer many were forced to migrate. The 1819 earthquake in the Rann of Kutch – the Thar Desert’s famous salt marsh in the North – made the Indus River change its course and shift into Pakistan. “When the monsoon is scarce we use groundwater for irrigation: 50 years ago the water table was higher, it deepens by 20-30 feet every year,” said a local farmer in his 60s.
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