Around 200 nos. tribal people and farmers from the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand taken part in a prayer ritual believed to bring rain, outside the Hindu Lord Shiva temple in the state capital, Ranchi on May 6, 2012.

 This  was a mass prayer by local Adibashi Jhrakhandis ( Original tribal peoples of Jharkhand) . The tribal youths had taken part in this prayer in the sunny day, when the day temperature had crossed 44 deg, C and in that hot weather they had taken pain to pray for 3 hours by lying down in the hot ground of the  temple of Lord Shiva.

Our View :- In place of plantation, protecting of forest , taking care of nature, it is easy to pray in one day.  Large of forest area of Jharkhand is reducing year after year.  Hardly many major initiative  to protect them. One environment ministry is there in the present government and need faster action to  over come the current situation. Will this prayer by tribal youths help to bring the rain early in Jharkhand ?

Till 1^st. week of May 2012, the overall, the rain deficit in India is just 2 percent, making this one of the best monsoon in five years. However, in the Eastern part of India, the  overall rainfall deficit is as high as 21 percent. The report is shown in the attached map of India.

Drought has been declared in some parts of Jharkhand and  Bihar while the deficit faced by North-Eastern states is as high as 20 percent.

Our state Jharkhand is more desperate with rain deficiency of over 50 percent and 12 drought-hit districts. Our Neighbouring state Bihar is 24 percent short of rains and the seven North-Eastern states are facing a deficit of 20 percent.

Beside this pray,  which is needed is the   regain of  the forest area and  nature of the area. For which we all need to work honestly, regularly and effectively.