Ponds, dams losing copious water to rising evaporation. Experts attribute it to climate change, green cover depletion.
Kalaburagi: Soaring mercury levels across Karnataka – some parts of the state are already registering maximum temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius – are extracting a huge cost on water bodies such as lakes, agricultural ponds, and even irrigation canals, which are drying up at an alarming speed. Experts have attributed increasing evaporation levels to climate change, while depleted green cover has also resulted in the fog thinning out.
