‘After coming from school, I don't get time to play. I need to get water first’: Meet the Indian children who take a train to collect water everyday
Their families are some of the poorest in the hamlet of Mukundwadi, in the western state of Maharashtra, a village that has suffered back-to-back droughts.India's monsoons have brought abundant rain and even floods in many parts of the country, but rainfall in the region around Mukundwadi has been 14% below average this year and aquifers and borewells are dry.. Aurangabad, India. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas"This is my daily routine," said Garud.
More than 100 families in Garud and Dhage's neighbourhood do not have access to piped water and many depend on private water suppliers, who charge up to 3,000 rupees for a 5,000-litre tanker during summer months.. Aurangabad, India. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas"Nowadays, I don't get enough money to buy groceries. I can't buy water from private suppliers," said Dhage's father, Rahul, a construction worker. "I am not getting work every day.
"Some people help me, sometimes they complain to railway officials for putting pitchers near the door. If we don't put them near the door, we can not take them out quickly when the train stops," Dhage said.
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