Anantapur in Telugu means “blessed with many things”. It's an ironic name for a place that has come to be known for what it’s not blessed with — rainfall. This district in Andhra Pradesh has seen 18 droughts in the last 20 years (till 2020), making it a living example of creeping desertification and mass migration.
2 decades of drought emptying out Andhra’s ‘blessed’ district
![2 decades of drought emptying out Andhra’s ‘blessed’ district]()
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October 30, 2021
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