Telangana's drought story in one line: These women, walking single-file

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Channel: NDTV · 2016 · News & Politics

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Aruna is four months pregnant. Last year, the 22-year-old had a miscarriage. And has been advised not to lift weights. But every morning, at the break of dawn, as the hot sun gets ready to beat down with its scorching weight on the dry, barren fields of Nalgonda in Telangana, she walks for nearly 15 minutes to get to a well. She waits in line patiently in a row of women, some much older than she is. Then, with two full pots, weighing nearly 20 kg, she goes back to her home, balancing the water on her head.

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