Desertification looms large in 40 villages

  • 11/06/2010

  • Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)

Anantapur, June 10: People of at least 40 villages under Kanekal, Beluguppa, Bommanahal and D. Hirehal mandals in Anantapur district are shivering with the impending accumulation of sand dunes that create havoc in this part of world during July to September, an annual and unavoidable phenomena. Thick layers of sand covering the roads make transportation to and fro their habitations a Herculean task during this time, also known as