India, April 22 -- The primary reason for the floods is the insufficient number of waterbodies

India's Drought Early Warning System found that 21.06 per cent of the country faced a drought in 2022. This was 7.86 per cent in 2021.

At the same time, India was highly vulnerable to floods during monsoons. Of the 329 million hectares of land in the country, 46 million were prone to flooding.

Floods devastated 5.04 million hectares of crop area in this monsoon till November 25, 2021. In the last three years, 6,811 people died due to meteorological disasters. India is continuously affected by floods and its average annual loss is estimated at Rs 5,649 crore.

The primary reason for the flood is the insufficient number of waterbodies. Around 3...