Whereas this year, most of the expected quantum of rainfall has been received by these particular states. "Only deficit was there in the Madhya Pradesh segment and Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana. Those are the regions (where) rainfall was deficit," Ramesh said.To a question, he said with global warming , the number of rainy days is going to shrink but the intensity of rainfall will increase. "The ultimate message is you are going to get the rainfall in less number of rainy days, but in spells of heavy intensity. So, that is how we have to manage our groundwater resource appropriately to hold the water and use it for our requirements," he said.

Source: Times of India October 05, 2017 15:22 UTC