It is shocking. However, given the indications of temperature rise across the country, this is perhaps not surprising. Hill stations are now waking up to the reality of fans and ACs.

We should be really concerned, as most of our perennial rivers will run dry. It would be pertinent to mention that the revered Saraswati river dried up due to the shifting of glaciers. The rivers Ganga and Jamuna can go dry. It might be blow for the religious sentiments, however there is no escape if global warming is not reversed. Whether it will happen during our lifetime or a few years after we are dead and gone is another issue.

Sabyasachi