Jaipur: The Desert State area, spread in four Jaisalmer, Barmer, Jodhpur and Bikaner districts, is growing rapidly due to people’s migration, not scientific plantations, changes in rainfall patterns.
According to the report, prepared by the Central University of Rajasthan (Curaj) under the United Nations Convention to combat desertification, the last decade (2008-2018) has caused more damage to desert ecosystems than the last 50 years.
This report has warned that, in the coming years, sandstorms will be more intense and will travel as far as the National Capital Region (NCR), beyond the usual goal in Central Rajasthan.
The desert area in the arid region or the core district is around 75% of the total of the Thar desert while the remaining 25% are spread in other districts.
This report was published in the ‘Journal of Arid Environment’ by Laxmi Kant Sharma, Alok Raj and Kritika Somawat from the Department of Environment Science, Curaj.
“The suspended particles from the Arid region have traveled as far as Delhi contributed to air pollution.
This happened because of the increase in sandstorms and wind storms in the arid region of Rajasthan in the past decade.
With continuous increase in desertification and degradation of the Bukit Aravalli, which is a natural wall, which is a natural wall, which is a natural wall, The day is not far away when a sandstorm in this desert district will be seen in Delhi too, “Sharma said, who is also a member of the United Nations International Nature Conservation and Natural Resources.
The report said that 4.98% of the regions in four districts have turned into a complete desert while 21% of the total regions have become ‘critical’.
Increased vegetation of 10% in this region may look significant, but caused by large plantations inside and around Aravalli’s reach in Jodhpur.
In three other districts, the situation did not change.
Even the critical area will act as a fuel and change the small storm into the main and speed up the speed and distance.
This department now plans to document the number of storms based on data from the US, Landsat remote sensing body.
According to Sharma, this is the first time a detailed integrated report on desertification has been prepared by evaluating socio-economic, climate and regional vegetation indicators to understand the process of desertification.
“Census data from 1971 to 2011 has thrown some major surprises such as the growth rate in the region, which was on the agreement of all time from 1971-1991 but began to fall afterwards.
During the same period, changes in rainfall patterns and hotter days causing further sand particles.
The situation has triggered migration which has become more intense after 2011 leads to the relics of the land cultivated and turns it into a barren soil .
Sandstorms from Rajasthan can reach Delhi-NCR: Study
