Tag: Amid the severe water crisis

Lower-caste man digs up well after being denied water in drought-hit western India

MAHARASHTRA, India (Reuters) — A laborer from the lower-caste Dalit community dug up a well after being denied permission to draw water from the well of an upper caste man in India’s western Maharashtra state. India is reeling under excruciating summers. Maharashtra is one of the worst hit states in the country which is facing its third straight drought this year. Amid the severe water crisis, when people from the lower-caste community in Nagpur district […]