Drought is an abnormal condition resulting due to a decrease in rainfall. The occurrence of drought is unpredictable and causes unprecedented damage to the production of crop and livelihood. The present study has been conducted to assess the meteorological drought situation in Ujjain district using Effective Drought Index (EDI). For assessment six rain gauge station situated in the study area is selected. Out of which station namely Barnagar, Ghatiya and Tarana have maximum extreme drought event with 8, 7, and 3 respectively. The occurrence of severe drought event is high for Khachrod station with 30 events. Drought intensity is maximum for Barnagar station () and minimum for Mahidpur station () indicating variability in the availability of water. The rising trend of meteorological drought severity is found in the region. The surface feature of land also contributes to the frequent occurrence of drought in that region. The rainfall distribution is uniform although the runoff is affected due to the slope which resulting in accumulation in water low lying area . Mahidpur station and hence the existence of less severe drought, on the other hand in a high elevated area where water does not accumulate like Barnagar station are affected by extreme drought situation. | Assessment of meteorological drought for Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh, India using effective drought index and ArcGIS
