R0308/B India: drought

Описание: (22 Feb 2003) SHOTLIST

Rajasthan, India (recent): desert: various including antelope; almost dry reservoir; wildlife; SOT, M P Sahu, Rajasthan Agriculture University; Mundiar: village scenes; man operating water pump; dead cattle; Murari, a villager who lost his parents, wife and baby to hunger; SOT in Hindi, Murari; Murari eating cattle seeds; labourers including women; men displaying 'Below the Poverty Line' identity cards; village scenes; Jaipur: Water Palace; Ram Lubhaya, Secretary to The Government Of Rajasthan; SOT, Ram Lubhaya; various of 'langar' or feeding camp; SOT in Hindi, Sant Baba Mohan Singh Ji, Head of Punjab-based Sikh NGO; various of feeding camp; village woman with children; woman sorting crop; various of dry river bed; various of crop; SOT, M P Sahu of agriculture university; various of camels; SOT, G P Singh of National Camel Research Centre; various of labourers working on a road; villagers (APTN)

STORYLINE

The Indian state of Rajasthan is suffering its worst drought for more than a century. Other parts of the country are also suffering from a lack of monsoon rains in 2002 - which was designated an all-India drought year. Cases of starvation have been reported among the poorest Rajasthan communities. But while malnutrition is acknowledged by the authorities, they say there is no famine. Either way, disputes between the BJP-led central government in Delhi and the Congress Party-led state government in Jaipur over the handling of the crisis means there has been only limited action.

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