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> In India, the problem was drought. This year the monsoon rains in some areas were delayed later than at any other time in this century. A heat wave roasted 14 Indian states, killed 800 persons and directly affected another 50 million. The loss in standing crops such as sugar cane and jute was over $400 million, and in several states famine relief measures were introduced to give work and wages to people who would otherwise starve.
The monsoon rains finally arrived in Bombay last week. But in Delhi, where temperatures hovered around 110° F., the people were still waiting for rain, as was much of India's parched northwest.