The Southern Part of India has been reeling under drought for consecutive years. This page provides links to the coverage of the drought in the Press.
The Hindu
Dry days: A seven part series on water scarcity in South India by The Hindu
The New Indian Express
Andhra Pradesh/Telangana
Apocalypse Now: Here is the real picture of drought in Andhra Pradesh
Hard hit by drought, villages in Andhra’s Anantapur become ghost towns
Kerala
Kerala braces to battle deadly drought
Kerala’s creeping drought: Somebody save pallams from these saviours
Karnataka
For the past 16 days, no water in Vijayapura in Karnataka
Tamil Nadu
Never been as bad as this, lament people on drought in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu down to dregs as vicious drought tightens noose
Five-pot water wagon is drought mobile in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram
Tamil Nadu drought-hit areas’ solitary bloom: Leaked water
Hit by drought, Tamil Nadu farmers turn to technology for saving crops
Hindustan Times
Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Karnataka droughts: The looming water crisis in South India
Cattle in Karnataka on the brink of starvation as water bodies dry up, fodder supply falls
In Tamil Nadu, debt more than drought is driving farmers to commit suicide
Drought is a reality in Tamil Nadu. But no one seems to be taking it seriously
Columns/Op-Eds
Avik Saha and Yogendra Yadav, Parched in Tamil Nadu’s rice bowl, The Hindu Businessline, May 19, 2017.