India, Jan. 25 -- This may lead to further food insecurity in a region already grappling with depleting Rabi crop production since past few years

The lack of snow and rain over the western Himalayas - that has continued from December 2023 into January 2024 - could give way to heat waves in March and April and heavy rainfall in the pre-monsoon season over northwest India, experts have told Down To Earth (DTE) .

This may lead to further food insecurity in a region already grappling with depletion of Rabi crop production since the past few years.

From January 1 to January 23, six states in northwest India have received no rainfall. Two states (Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand) have received 99 per cent less rains than normal, and the rest...