The exhausting task has a knock-on effect on the local community. Young women are increasingly reluctant to spend their lives hauling water, so prefer not to marry men from the village. That leaves many men struggling to find a wife.
" so many men in our village who are not getting wives just because of basic necessity
water,". Her story is common in rural India. Despite recent improvements, around half of rural households still lack a tap water connection, according to government figures.
Water is not only a problem for households. Making sure there is enough water for farming and industry is also a massive challenge.
India, has around 17% of the world's population, but just 4% of the world's freshwater resources, according to official reports.
There makes it one of the most water-stressed countries on the planet and raises questions about the future of food production.The exhausting task has a knock-on effect on the local community. Young women are increasingly reluctant to spend their lives hauling water, so prefer not to marry men from the village. That leaves many men struggling to find a wife.
" so many men in our village who are not getting wives just because of basic necessity
water,". Her story is common in rural India. Despite recent improvements, around half of rural households still lack a tap water connection, according to government figures.
Water is not only a problem for households. Making sure there is enough water for farming and industry is also a massive challenge.
India has around 17% of the world's population, but just 4% of the world's freshwater resources, according to official reports.
There makes it one of the most water-stressed countries on the planet and raises questions about the future of food production.Chaya Badushi lives in the village of Kerawadi, 120 miles (190km) from the bustling streets of India's financial capital Mumbai, but in terms of lifestyle - a different world.
With other women from the village Chaya makes a four-hour round trip to collect water from a river. That task is done twice a day, once at 06:00 and again at 15:00.
"In summers the heat is so bad that many of us have fainted while getting water," she says.
"I have a constant headache, backache, my hands hurt because of carrying water. It's worse for senior citizens like my mother-in-law, who is more than 60 years and has to struggle with me to get water."so many men in our village who are not getting wives just because of basic necessity
water,". Her story is common in rural India. Despite recent improvements, around half of rural households still lack a tap water connection, according to government figures.
Water is not only a problem for households. Making sure there is enough water for farming and industry is also a massive challenge.
India has around 17% of the world's population, but just 4% of the world's freshwater resources, according to official reports.
There makes it one of the most water-stressed countries on the planet and raises questions about the future of food production.Chaya Badushi lives in the village of Kerawadi, 120 miles (190km) from the bustling streets of India's financial capital Mumbai, but in terms of lifestyle - a different world.
With other women from the village Chaya makes a four-hour round trip to collect water from a river. That task is done twice a day, once at 06:00 and again at 15:00.
"In summers the heat is so bad that many of us have fainted while getting water," she says.
"I have a constant headache, backache, my hands hurt because of carrying water. It's worse for senior citizens like my mother-in-law, who is more than 60 years and has to struggle with me to get water."
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