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This despite the state government giving top priority for rain water harvesting and well recharging.
Though in June the rainfall deficiency was as high as 33 per cent, July has been wet so far and it is expected to remain like this.
The elite in Delhi and most other parts of the country remain unaffected by the water scarcity while the poor scramble for supplies every day.
Babu predicts not just the rains in Kerala, but the rate of rainfall in Karnataka as well.
Builders have started using self-curing concrete and plaster to reduce the consumption of water.
According to scientists of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the erratic monsoon is likely to affect both Kharif and Rabi crops in the northeastern region.
Such has been the extent of the monsoon let down that in the two months after it hit the state, sowing of paddy could only be taken up in 26 per cent of the area.
The waterfalls, located in the Brahmagiri Range in the Kodagu district of Karnataka, have gathered volume in the heavy rains.
The Indian summer monsoon, the annual cycle of winds coupled with a strong cycle of rains, is undoubtedly India's lifeline.
Scores of tourists from Kerala and Tamil Nadu used to visit the waterfalls but now the area is deserted due to travel restrictions put in place to check the spread of coronavirus.
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