Viral video shows India woman risking life for water

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A viral video showing a woman scaling the wall of a well to access water has highlighted the acute shortage in several areas of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

The video shows the woman going down the well without a rope or harness to access water.

People in Ghusiya village have been forced to take such extreme measures after wells and ponds have dried.

Several other areas across India are facing similar water crisis.

Videos showing Indians risking their lives to get water frequently go viral. In April, a similar video showed a woman going down a well in Maharashtra state to get water.

A 2019 global report had named India among 17 countries where "water stress" was "extremely high".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-61679615

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They throw their dead (wrapped in clothing) in one of their main river streams, the Ganges, who eventually wash up decomposed on it's river bank.  I'd be climbing up and down walls for water in other places too.

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India water: Hundreds jostle to reach well

People in Khadimal village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra have been forced to risk their lives every day for one bucket of water.

The village is in Amravati district in Maharashtra's drought-prone Vidarbha region, which also faces frequent heat waves.

The residents say the local village council sends tankers twice or thrice a day. The tanker drivers pour water into a well, triggering a desperate rush to fill buckets before the stock runs dry.

Their troubles are worsened because of the poor quality of the water - children, they say, often fall ill after drinking unclean water.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-india-61755730

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