IIT team develops system to monitor drought in south Asia.The precipitation and temperature data provided at finer resolution than before.Near real time monitoring of drought at a 5 km scale that will help policy maker in water management at district level is now possible,thanks to tools developed and made available online by researchers at the IIT Gandhinagar.The data will be updated weekly.Besides droughts,the data sets can also be used for monitoring heat and cold waves in south asia.