FORMATION OF BANNI REGION
The word ‘Banni’ comes from Hindi word ‘banai’, meaning
made. The land here was formed from the sediments
that were deposited by the Indus and other rivers over
thousands of years. Old villagers from this region say
that before the 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake, the
river Indus flowed right through banni and the local
farmers reaped a rich harvest of crops like red rice and
sindhi chookha, since the earthquake of 1819 the river
Indus changed its course and now flows through Sindh
in neighbouring country of Pakistan effectively turning
this entire region arid.
CLIMATE
The climate of the district is by and large very dry and
hot during the summer and cold during the winter
except coastal areas. The monsoon in this district is
generally accompanied by the gusty winds. It receive
scanty rainfall during the monsoon period. Average
minimum and maximum temperature of the district
during the year 2001 to 2010 is 9.97 degree centigrade
and 42.01 degree centigrade respectively.
Below Image shows
sunrise in Birandiyara
village in Banni
Bhunga Inside and out