Indo-Polish project to reclaim geo-ecosystem of Cherrapunji
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03/01/2007
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Pioneer (New Delhi)
A team of Indian and Polish geographers is working together to reclaim the degraded geo-ecosystems of Cherrapunji, said to be the wettest place on the earth, located on the southern spur of the Meghalaya plateau, which is, ironically, facing acute water crisis. They warned that the looming global climate change might cause more unstable weather and higher frequency of extreme rainfalls in the Cherrapunji region. "The situation in the Cherrapunji region may be even more dramatic," said Prof Leszek Starkel of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organisation, Poland.